Gentlemen,
back to the topic:
a Sauer Selbstspanner-System sidelock shotgun SN 60255, having the hands cocking indicators according to DRGM 17913 and a lot of the wild man with the club markings:
Barrel flats: 2 (on each barrel nearly invisible on the right barrel, but its present there also)
Round portion of left barrel: 5 (!)
Round portion of right barrel: 1
Plus the two large crowns on the right barrel.
What I dont have an explanation for: Beside the factory applied SN 60255 it has two additional serial numbers 38012 and 36979 on the barrel lug as well as on the receiver.
Here are others I discovered recently:
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=116963 Another sidelock Sauer, SN 60177. A very beautiful gun!
http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=58904A hammer shotgun SN 45906. Maybe this gun holds the world record regarding pre-1945 German proof markings:
1/ crown/V used between 1st Jan. 1891 and 31st March 1893
2/ the complete set of usual shotgun markings 1893 1940 plus crown/R (repair)
3/ eagle/N and eagle/J of April 1942,
More German proofs are hard to find.
Regards
Martin