Gordon
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I found a 95% (on the metal, the forend is very thin and has cracks) nice hammer 16ga, 9.3x72R German Drilling for $700. It is so light (about 7 pounds on the nose) and nice handling it is amazing! Based on the proofs it was made between 1921 and 1933 and is fully nitro proofed on the Krupp Fluss Stahl barrels.The 16ga chambers appear to be 2 3/4" and are polished like maybe they were deepened. The owner is deceased, but it was a WW2 bring back.The action is like new tight and stiff with the Kersten bolting system. I have been wanting a slim , nitro proofed German hammer gun, but didn't expect the rifle barrel to be thrown in for what I could afford!
The downside is the rifle is the older and weaker 9.3x72r chambering, Sellier and Belliot still makes shells and I can get them for $40 a box. I cerrosafed the chamber (to find out the cartridge it took), the bore is tight for a 9.3, as most 72Rs are apparently.I gather you don't want to load the 286-300 grain commonly available bullets for it-better stick to 200 grain lead ones as the barrel is startlingly thin!
I have it apart for a complete cleaning as it has 80 year old grease every where inside and I want to repair the foreend cracks before I shoot the thing. It is a "Hubertus" 'DRP' marked gun. It came with a quick detachable claw mounted off set side of barrells factory scope set up with a 1.75x Optylith scope that unfortunately has the ocular lens broken
the claw mounts are built into the scope tube , I'll see if anyone can repair it.I'll take pictures when I get it back together. Just what I needed- another money pit! But at least I bought low-I think!
The downside is the rifle is the older and weaker 9.3x72r chambering, Sellier and Belliot still makes shells and I can get them for $40 a box. I cerrosafed the chamber (to find out the cartridge it took), the bore is tight for a 9.3, as most 72Rs are apparently.I gather you don't want to load the 286-300 grain commonly available bullets for it-better stick to 200 grain lead ones as the barrel is startlingly thin!
I have it apart for a complete cleaning as it has 80 year old grease every where inside and I want to repair the foreend cracks before I shoot the thing. It is a "Hubertus" 'DRP' marked gun. It came with a quick detachable claw mounted off set side of barrells factory scope set up with a 1.75x Optylith scope that unfortunately has the ocular lens broken
the claw mounts are built into the scope tube , I'll see if anyone can repair it.I'll take pictures when I get it back together. Just what I needed- another money pit! But at least I bought low-I think!
