Double shotgun ID and Age??

[Mike Brooks]

possibly because nobody else wanted sling swivels on a shotgun?

OK, makes sense to me. :v I told you I wasn't setting you up! :haha:

 

[robinghewitt]

I told you I wasn't setting you up! :haha:

Okay, I'll stick my neck out a bit further :thumbsup:

The carving is Nordic, the Germans feel a strong Nordic influence, (hence popularity of Wagner's Ring Cycle).

 

[Mike Brooks]

(hence popularity of Wagner's Ring Cycle).

Well, you lost me now... :haha:

 

[pichou]

Hmmm...

Hefty blonde viking maidens with SXS's... :shocked2:

There is also a strong Southern German tradition of wood carving, full of stag motifs.

 

[robinghewitt]

Hefty blonde viking maidens with SXS's... :shocked2:

Is that American for a double D cup? :rotf:

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

Hefty blonde viking maidens with SXS's... :shocked2:

Is that American for a double D cup? :rotf:

It works for me! :rotf:

 

[dyemaker]

I know I've seen a photo of the exact same shotgun. It is driving me crazy. This is not it but it looks (somewhat) similar. It is from southern Norway.
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I have seen the cravings like that on French guns too. I saw another gun with an elaborate dragon instead of a deers head. Others with hogs. The photo in question struck me as odd until I saw it was a deer's head. That's why I recall it so well. I look at alot of guns but I swear it was the exact same carving and the lock was backaction.


Just don't want to look at all the photos on the littlegun.be site again. I'm not even sure if that's where I saw it.

 

[dyemaker]

Ok I FINALLY found the photo in question. It has a very similar carving but is entirely different. Go ahead and shoot me now. Here it is...

http://littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20den/a%20dewalle%20freres%20gb.htm

This one is Belgian.

 

[dyemaker]

Ansiaux & Dewalle were gunsmiths in Liege Belgium circa 1842-1850.

In case you think the similarity of the carving is worth noting. It's a longshot I know. Just trying to help. I think I'd rather have a carving of a double-D Valkerie on my shotgun.

 

[Lorne Johnson]

Now, that is one interesting gun!

The bone trigger guard extension was quite popular in Germany (or Bavaria and Tyrolia).

Ingenious 4 shot concept, not so sure that I would want to try it though.