Sauer Drilling/date

[osekerschan]

Have just acquired a Sauer Drilling-3000, 16x16 -7x65, sr.#F11965. Marked made in Western Germany. The rifle barrel proof stamp, Federal eagle, has the letters HB underneath. Another similar Sauer Drilling is marked made in W. Germany and the proof stamp has the date of proof underneath. Can somebody tell me when the drilling was proofed and when the markings changed?

[ellenbr]

Should be able to extract the date from here(6th image):

https://www.realgunreviews.com/is-my...really-german/

Cheers,

Raimey
rse

[osekerschan]

Raimey,

Thanks for the information.

osekerschan