what you have is a Franz von Dreyse sidelock, Patent Nr. 61455 given on 30.5.1891 for five years but not renewed anymore. Franz v. Dreyse was dying in 1894 and the firm was taking ovr by his son Nikolaus von Dreyse until 1897 to 1901 when Dreyse became a part of Rheinmetall step by step.Yours is the Dreyse sidelock with the lowest serail number I have seen now. its óne of only four double guns till now so this model is rare. with SN 32352 I am sure it was made in 1891 /92.







please make a pic showing the action so i can see its realy a No. 12! Dreyse had a lot of special cartridges and the fact you get a No 12 cartridge into the chambe does not meaning it must be a 12 ga gun.








another sidelock with a drob barrel action like Teschner -collath














Last edited by pwm; 01/04/17 05:00 PM.