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#319235 03/28/13 10:23 AM
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I'm trying to identify another shotgun that I picked up here in Japan. This one is marked Werk Haenel Suel. I'm assuming that it's an East German gun. It looks a whole lot like a Merkel to my untrained eyes. Any inputs?

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Rob






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Garand 101,
It would be helpful if you could post photos of the proof marks on the barrel flats.
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I will take some pics asap.

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Here you go

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it IS a lot like a merkel .post ww2..merkel, simsom, haenel, fortuna and a few other brands were all made in the same GDR complex....

BTW the 365 stamp is when the gun was made March of 1965....


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Can anyone put an estimated value on it?

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950-1250..........


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