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Too, it looks like the tubes were originally >>62/78<< bore then the left landed up being >>54/35<<??(5,4X35???) & received an insert or was sleeved?

Serbus,

Raimey
rse

How did you determine original wood?what year was the barreled action made? At some point it was altered to the existing calibers I am very surprised the gun is original.it would be fun to shoot

Hello ellenbr,

Yes, you can see fragments of the original 11mm left tube marking. The caliber numbers "5.4 / 35" are over-stamped when the barrel was later sleeved.

Hello mc,

I have several European rifles and doubles and in my opinion wood and metal appear to be original. I'm not sure of year of mfg. I don't recognize a typical proof house date stamp. Other than the numbers shown in the pictures above, ( number 62687 is the serial number, on the bottom of the left barrel flat, numbers 933 / 1643 are on the bottom of the right barrel flat ) there is the number "1341" on the bottom of the original 11x60 right barrel. No doubt, the 22 Hornet sleeve was later added, and the "5.4 / 35" was stamped over the original 11mm caliber stamp. As can be seen in the breech photo, the sleeve and extractor work was very professionally done.

buckstix,
See my comments on the GGCA site, underneath Axel's.
Mike

Hello All,

Here is a shooting update. I custom loaded both 22 Hornet ammo and 11mm Mauser ammo. (loads are shown on the targets) I fired the right 11mm barrel first, followed by the 22 hornet barrel. I fired 5 shots each barrel to zero the scope. After the 22 Hornet barrel was zero at 50 yds, I fired a 3 shot group with the 11mm barrel that went into a 1 inch group. Although left-to-right was good, the 11mm group was 10 inches low.

And now I understand the reason for the Nikon Prostaff Scope. The reticle is BDC = "Bullet-Drop-Compesator" that consists of a series of small aiming circles, below center, along the vertical wire. These circles are for reference "hold-over" for various ranges beyond initial zero. The aiming method I used is shown to the right of the target pictured below. Although the aiming was different for the 2 calibers, its easy to remember and use when hunting.



KETTNER TARGET