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Re: Triebel of Altona? gbmarli #434822 02/01/16 04:16 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 693 Likes: 65 Missouri Ozarks sharps4590 Sidelock
sharps4590 Sidelock Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 693 Likes: 65 Missouri Ozarks	Goodness!!!! What an improvement! So how didja do with it? NRA Benefactor 2008 NRA Patron 2007 NRA Endowment 1996 NRA Life 1988

Re: Triebel of Altona? gbmarli #434838 02/01/16 06:06 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 17 Shropshire, UK gbmarli OP Boxlock
OP gbmarli Boxlock Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 17 Shropshire, UK	It shot quite nicely. Got a few geese with it, but I still need to experiment with some different loads.

Re: Triebel of Altona? gbmarli #434883 02/02/16 03:04 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 17 Shropshire, UK gbmarli OP Boxlock
OP gbmarli Boxlock Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 17 Shropshire, UK	She's a big old thing!

Re: Triebel of Altona? gbmarli #434943 02/02/16 08:41 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 231 Minnesota Judge Sidelock
Judge Sidelock Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 231 Minnesota	Neat gun and a great restoration. The Egyptian connection makes me wonder if she was abandoned by the Germans somewhere in the desert. I would name it Monty.

Re: Triebel of Altona? gbmarli #434964 02/03/16 06:34 AM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 693 Likes: 65 Missouri Ozarks sharps4590 Sidelock
sharps4590 Sidelock Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 693 Likes: 65 Missouri Ozarks	Good doin's gb!!! It is a tall drink of water! I expect once you get her swinging she doesn't stop! NRA Benefactor 2008 NRA Patron 2007 NRA Endowment 1996 NRA Life 1988

Re: Triebel of Altona? gbmarli #435000 02/03/16 11:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 14,410 Likes: 2186 somwers in Jawja Stanton Hillis Sidelock
Stanton Hillis Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 14,410 Likes: 2186 somwers in Jawja	Great job on the old girl, gb. How is she choked? SRH May God bless America and those who defend her.

Re: Triebel of Altona? gbmarli #435008 02/03/16 12:26 PM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 982 Likes: 13 Bonn, Germany Gunwolf Sidelock
Gunwolf Sidelock Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 982 Likes: 13 Bonn, Germany	I guess, Mr. Barnes was a member of the British 37 FIELD SQUADRON, who was based at the Canal Zone in Egypt from 1952 - 1954 and repaired the Triebel for a companion who got it some years earlier in WW II in Germany. The plate was probably a kind of joke. It's only a guess of course...! Cheers, Wolfgang It's a great old gun! Last edited by Gunwolf; 02/03/16 12:26 PM. http://www.hunting-heritage.com

Re: Triebel of Altona? gbmarli #435072 02/03/16 08:59 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 231 Minnesota Judge Sidelock
Judge Sidelock Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 231 Minnesota	Gunwolf-- How common are German 10 bore waterfowling guns? Haven't heard of many.

Re: Triebel of Altona? gbmarli #435078 02/03/16 10:01 PM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 982 Likes: 13 Bonn, Germany Gunwolf Sidelock
Gunwolf Sidelock Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 982 Likes: 13 Bonn, Germany	Well, to be honest,I don't know exactly. But seem to be not uncommon. Look here for a very nice one from Schmidt & Habermann: http://www.bestguns.de/main.php?g2_itemId=3313 Cheers, Gunwolf Cheers, Gunwolf http://www.hunting-heritage.com

Re: Triebel of Altona? gbmarli #435095 02/04/16 09:20 AM
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Judge Sidelock Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 231 Minnesota	Thanks much. I think you are right about the gun being taken in Germany and then transported to Egypt. More ducks in Egypt than the Western Desert!

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