Prussian Sauer
At Thanksgiving we were visiting my wife's family, and I stopped in a little local gunshop that specializes in C&R military arms such as old Mausers, Enfields, funky French guns, etc. Hanging on the wall was a pristine JP Sauer SxS in 12 gauge. It looked a bit out of place. I had nothing to trade at the time and no cash either, so I left it. We visited again this past week and I took a few old military rifles that I had not shot in years and were largely collecting dust. I wondered if it was still there, and lo and behold it was. I worked a trade and am quite pleased. I bet the gun has not had a flat of shells run through it. From what I can tell because of the "Made in Prussia" stamp on the watertable, it is a pre-WW1 gun. It has 30" barrels with 30 points of choke in each, but the bore size is .715! It also has 2 3/4" chambers and is marked "70" on the extractor face. I assume that is 70mm. There is a simple engraved border with about the same amount of overall engraving as a "G" grade Parker. The barrels have two underbites and a cross bolt. It makes a Parker action look a bit wobbly in comparison. First round of 5-stand at the local club I shot a 22/25, so it fits, at least that time it fit. Anyway, if anyone has any knowledge of these guns I'd love to hear from you.
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