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Hello All,
I'm a new member but, the affliction has been life-long with sporting arms of all types.
I am not familiar with how forums work so please overlook my ignorance until I get it figured out.
I have a nice 16 gauge BLNE that I purchased from Thad Scott some years ago.
It was proved in Suhl in 1952, has 2 3/4" chambers, 72cm barrels, a raised rib, and weighs 6lb. 4 3/8oz.
The gun has over-hanging sears, a diamond cross-section wrist and is very petite.
The barrels bear the name "Theokar Kummer", the action carries the Simson stamp (mountains) on the water table and the good quality mark (1 in triangle) on the bottom exterior.
I purchased this piece as the basis for a double rifle project but liked it so much that I aborted that idea.
Although I had always had an appreciation for doubles, combinations, and drillings, it was not until I purchased this gun that I formed the opinion that German guns of even a mediocre grade were of superior quality to anything ever made in the U.S.
I have since owned other German-made guns but am by no means a collector. I have many interests and hobbies and the guns that are beyond what I actually use somehow get sacrificed for another cause.
Internet searches have revealed nothing on Kummer except for a couple of hits on text in a Russian "ask the expert" site.
Can anyone here tell me anything about this maker?
regards,
Kevin
I'm a new member but, the affliction has been life-long with sporting arms of all types.
I am not familiar with how forums work so please overlook my ignorance until I get it figured out.
I have a nice 16 gauge BLNE that I purchased from Thad Scott some years ago.
It was proved in Suhl in 1952, has 2 3/4" chambers, 72cm barrels, a raised rib, and weighs 6lb. 4 3/8oz.
The gun has over-hanging sears, a diamond cross-section wrist and is very petite.
The barrels bear the name "Theokar Kummer", the action carries the Simson stamp (mountains) on the water table and the good quality mark (1 in triangle) on the bottom exterior.
I purchased this piece as the basis for a double rifle project but liked it so much that I aborted that idea.
Although I had always had an appreciation for doubles, combinations, and drillings, it was not until I purchased this gun that I formed the opinion that German guns of even a mediocre grade were of superior quality to anything ever made in the U.S.
I have since owned other German-made guns but am by no means a collector. I have many interests and hobbies and the guns that are beyond what I actually use somehow get sacrificed for another cause.
Internet searches have revealed nothing on Kummer except for a couple of hits on text in a Russian "ask the expert" site.
Can anyone here tell me anything about this maker?
regards,
Kevin
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