Robertovich, that is a fine article. Thank you. I might remind the readers that if they copy the article's address and paste it into Google Translate, you can have the article in English.
Of course, I am interested in the final gun in the article. I have shown it for some years and asked the thoughts of others. It has no proof marks or touch marks, but has fine workmanship. Auto ejectors, assisted opening, highly figured wood, and quite a bit of engraving. I have never even been able to establish a country of origin, but have guessed it came from somewhere on the European Continent. How did you establish that it was from Germany ?
Please keep up the good work.
Hi, Daryl
Thank you for asking. This shotgun has a typically German finishing. This wasn`t done in Belgium for example. The lack of proof marks makes think this is a post-WWII gun "from 1945"possibly. Many such shotguns without proof marks arrived in Russia from Germany after the war.
You can read about it
https://wp.me/p461yQ-1LcRegards,
Igor
