Had to look up Taubenflinte but got that figured out. The gun looks built for heavy shooting but a 6 lb 16 ga. seems an unlikely pigeon gun set-up, plus it is choked IC/LF. It does seem to be dressed up like many pigeon guns (at least the Brit versions I have seen) - it also has some nice horn ornamentation on the butt, stock panels and fore-end. Seller confirmed that the safety is manual and that the chambers are closer to 2 5/8".
Perhaps set up more for driven shooting - but was there much of that going on in Germany in the 1920s?
One other detail - barrels are dovetailed, but were chopperlump barrels common on German sxs at that time?
Update - I decided to take the plunge and just bought the gun for a little over $2k. It seemed like too much gun to pass up for that price. Thank you all for your help and guidance. It is off to NECG for an inspection and some stock modifications.
Last edited by Doverham; 01/18/12 02:18 PM.
