Johann Springer was born in Hungry in 1819, moved to Vienna (Wien) he died in 1875. Springer made guns until 1957, I have a list with a general outline of serial numbers to year made. If Springer made your gun they still have the order books and can tell you when it was made and who for. The last email I have from a published source is c.springer@magnet.at
Mailing address is
Christian Johann Springer
Josefsgasse 10
1080 Vienna, Austria
Tel:43-1-4061104
Fax: 43-1-4061226
My email exchange with them several years ago was at office@springer-vienna.com
They had a web page off and on but I have not checked it in a few years so not sure if it’s still up.
The Springer guns I have see were all first class, can you post a picture for us?
