It has overhanging and lower intercepting scears, sideclips, scalloped frame and a roundtop that you would see on a Model 40 slated for the American market from Schoverling, Daly & Gales but I can't tell if it is game scene engraved or not and it is void of the embelishment of the church-windows as found on Model 40s. If it's just "handsome engraved" it is a Model 3, or Model 30, but I don't know if ejectors were an option on a Model 3 and may have been found on the Model 30. I don't see a cheekpiece, sling swivels or cocking indicators, otherwise it would be a Model 14. Does it have "Krupp Fluid Steel" or "Special Krupp Gewehrlauf Stahl" on the tubes anywhere? It's not date stamped; therefore, it passed the Suhl proofhouse prior to Sept. 1923 and it doesn't have "Made in Prussia" which usually indicates a pre-1916 longarm. Sometime around 1920 "Made in Germany" was required by the U.S. Just by the serial number only, it would fall in the late 1930s, but apparently this Model 3/Model 30 twenty bore is an exception and falls in the 1920-1923(early) period. Is "Schoverling, Daly & Gales" on the top rib?
It also has the typical "M.S" in an oval(also see "W.B.") on the crossbar in the receiver.
I see my question has been previously answered; therefore, it's probably a Model 280, which is a Model 17 with the scalloped frame. I don't think Model 180s(pre-WWI Model 8s) had scalloped frames or lower scears.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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Last edited by ellenbr; 12/16/08 08:52 PM.
