These are much better photos than on the other thread. The Simmons logo is clear now. The barrels are marked 16/70 and the action shows a 16/70 on each side of the water table. There is a 16.70( note the period). This is confusing. If there were 16 months in a year, I would say it is a date. I believe it is a post war, East German gun and I am not as "up on" East German marks as I would like to be.
Mike
The barrel flats, of which we only see a little bit, do show a "16/70", telling me this is a 2 3/4 inch chambered 16 ga. My 1979 Simson shows 12/70 on the flats, in addition to the proof date and the Suhl proofhouse marks. If we could see the whole of the barrel flats, that would surely help a lot.
I'm halfway betting there are no Suhl proofhouse marks, which would reinforce the supposition of Otto Reif's involvement.
