eightbore,

That "old German living in Sweden" just happens to be perhaps the most knowledgable in Sweden about old Sauer guns. Also, ALL the folks, him included, that provided information about date of making of my old Sauer had same cautionary statement to effect that remaining records are incomplete, even contradictory. Should Jeff Stephens have gotten everything straightened out, then, congrats are in order. However, given situation in Germany after WW2, and apparently even much earlier, I will reserve judgement till I learn of consensus amoung leading Sauer students.

Niklas