J033 - Journal #33, Summer 2007

Journal #33, Summer 2007

On The Cover: The ultimate German hunting gun: a sidelock Vierling by Ernst Kerner of Suhl. See story on page 15

Inside:

• Thoughts from the Founder and Editor, pg. 3-4
• Krieghoff and the Parabellum, pg. 4
• Greifelt and Co., Suhl i. Thür. pg. 5
• Meet our member: Howard Weston and his collection of Greifelt guns, pg. 7
• Haenel Sporting Rifles Model 1900 and Model 1909, pg. 8-11
• The photo gallery of fine German hunting guns, pg. 12-14
• Aluminium, Leichtmetall, Aluminum: Three names for the same metal pg. 15-16
• The Ultimate German hunting gun, A sidelock Vierling by Ernst Kerner of Suhl, pg. 17
• Emil Eckholdt of Suhl- Patent Nr. 262444, pg. 18
• WAFFA? Double Rifle Drilling, pg. 19
• A name well known to photographers- MINOX, pg. 20
• Straight rifling in shotgun barrels? What's the benefit? pg. 21
• What do all those marks tell us about the rifle caliber? pg. 21
• The ejector in most Prussian Daly guns; The Holland & Holland ejector, pg. 22
• Finding the maker of a German gun, pg. 22
• No Words necessary- Johann Jakob Reeb & Philipp Reeb, pg. 23