Ok, so i just got this gun from an uncle. Its older than dirt, and rusted/ pitted beyond all reason. I spent a full hour brushing all the rust out of the barrels when i got it. The rifle barrel looks sound, but the shotgun barrel is so pitted and the throat is so eroded that i highly doubt it's salvagable. Its a sxs exposed hammer gun with what appear to be damsacus barrels. The metal is carved with all kinds of cool designs and the stock is fine walnut with equally intricate carvings. The shotgun barrel appears to be around 16 gauge and the rifle barrel is around .45. I would say it used black powder cartridge loads.The only markings are on the top of the rib "R. Staudinger, Landau". Im guessing that Mr Staudinger was a small time gunsmith crafting high- grade, ornate sporting arms for wealthy folks in the area of Landau, Germany in the mid to late 1800s but thats just a guess
The story behind it is that my grand dad, a full col. in the US Army Engineers found it laying in a field somewhere on the european front. He also brought back 2 lugers and an MG-42. thats right a friggin MG-42! the mg was snached by the government almost as soon as it came back to the states, and the lugers were given away over the years. (i come from a family of brainless liberals, grand dad was the last one before me to appreciate guns... just the kind of folk who would give away 2 lugers![[angry]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/008.gif "Angry [angry]")
) Anyhow, if anybody has info on this old sxs please let me know. i could post a picture or 2 if that helps.
The story behind it is that my grand dad, a full col. in the US Army Engineers found it laying in a field somewhere on the european front. He also brought back 2 lugers and an MG-42. thats right a friggin MG-42! the mg was snached by the government almost as soon as it came back to the states, and the lugers were given away over the years. (i come from a family of brainless liberals, grand dad was the last one before me to appreciate guns... just the kind of folk who would give away 2 lugers
) Anyhow, if anybody has info on this old sxs please let me know. i could post a picture or 2 if that helps.
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