serial #809, 16 ga by 9.3x72R, 27" Roechling Elektrostahl shotgun barrels choked full and tight full with bright very fine bores showing some scattered mild fouling and a few errant freckles and Kruppstahl rifle barrel with a bright excellent bore showing crisp rifling. The barrels of this quality drilling retain about 60% plus original blue, thinning and toning overall to a mild blue-gray patina with a few sparsely scattered specks of minor oxidation and tiny pinprick pits. The barrels are marked with nitro-proofs and on top with "MAX KOBER / SUHL". The top lever retains about 92% original bright blue, even the firing pin retainers show strong brilliant fire blue. The action has mostly toned to a pleasant deep gray tone showing some lovely vibrant case-hardened colors throughout the protected areas and is embellished in full coverage with excellent quality deep relief wide foliate scrollwork with stippled background shading. There are wonderful finely detailed game scenes left and right and on the toe line cartridge trap door. The left scene shows a forest scene with a felled buck slightly out-of-frame, another buck on the run with two hunters visible in the distance, one taking aim. The right scene shows a hunting dog nipping at a buck, another dog in the distance peering over a log with a rather worried human-like expression. The cartridge trap door shows a nicely detailed auerhahn. The checkered capped pistolgrip walnut buttstock and forend with slight schnabel remain in very good condition showing a little bit of older added finish, scattered light dings and handling marks one would expect from a field-used arm. The checkering shows moderate wear and the stock shows some small gaps where it meets the frame. The stock shows a nice left side European cheekpiece, attractive grain figure and is cast-on. The horn triggerguard, pistolgrip cap and buttplate rate very fine showing some light handling marks and minor insect damage along the buttplate. Length-of-pull is just shy of 14" and the arm has a number of nice features including dial cocking indicators for the shotgun barrels, pin-style for the rifle barrel, side clips, left-side Greener safety, tang safety that automatically engages the rifle rear sight and European sling swivels, sadly the front sight is missing. Lock-up is by dual under-bites and Greener crossbolt and remains solid on-face and the action seems to function well mechanically. A fine quality drilling that just needs a front sight for the fall gunning season. (13B9738-76) {C&R} [Kris Congdon Collection] (800/1200)
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