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Posted By: moses Walther SxS BLNE. 16. - 07/31/17 11:17 AM
I was on holiday & scouting gun shops for goodies when I espied this svelte little number in the rack. She was the standout in the vault, you know, the others are just guns.
Walther SxS shotgun ? Never knew they were made. I had to buy it. Especially seeing as how it comes up to my eye so well.

The shop owner told me it was a one little old lady owner gun, used for home security in Papua New Quinea. When she moved to Australia the gun came with her.
All I can say to that is, she must have had a fair security problem. It shows signs of being carried a lot but not shot much.

Very clean bores & tight action, slight pits under the fore end wood & bluing getting a bit scruffy, no dents.
April 1936 build date.
70 mm chambers.
Nitro proof Krupp-laufstahl barrels 29 1/2" long.
I have measured the choking at .642. -.020 is modified both R&L
14 1/4" LOP with cheek piece.
6 lb. 1 oz.
Cocking indicators. double triggers.
sling swivels.
POW grip.
Anson button release fore end.
Some sort of bakelite or German faux horn trigger guard, safety button & butt plate.
Greener cross bolt.
And a duck & a flowery scroll engraved on the action.

There is very little information on the net about these guns & from the bits I have found, it seems these are quite thin on the ground. Only about 3,000 made & no idea as to the number of survivors.
It shoots DTL clays well. 1 1/4 oz. Federal 4's. & CRC Italy 28g 9's. First barrel breaks, one after the other.
My first ever anything to do with a sixteen & I am liking it.
The Federals do let you know that they went off. Bit of a tap on the shoulder but that is acceptable for the trade in carrying its 6lb. 1oz. afield.
O.M
Posted By: Kutter Re: Walther SxS BLNE. 16. - 07/31/17 11:37 AM
I had a 12ga Walther SxS a few years back.
About the same description of yours otherwise.
I think mine was 1937 mfg/proof, but I can't swear to it.

The insides remind me of the Walther P38 in that there are a lot of stamped parts, coil and torsion wire springs.
Probably a bold jump from the standard German SxS builds of the time.
The trigger guard and safety button are Bakelite or a similar product. Might be the same as the P38 grips?
When you take the trigger guard off, you can see the cast -in-place sheet metal reinforcement piece inside it on the front end .

I have a Walther catalog reprint from the period and they are in there. IIRC there were a few different versions all built on the same basic gun.
They even listed a simple one standing leaf 'rifle' style rear sight dovetailed into the rib. No rifle bbl'd guns that I remember,,just for better accuracy shooting Brenneke's I guess!
Posted By: moses Re: Walther SxS BLNE. 16. - 08/06/17 09:11 PM
Thanks Kutter.
Are these guns really so rare that no one else had or has one ?
Has anyone got anything that might add some more information to the scant amount that I have been able to find ?
O.M
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