Hi everyone. I found a strange pinfire combination rifle shotgun w/bayonet.
As you can see in the images, the toe of the but plate is marked with a "G O" with a number below that, above the G O there appears to have been some other marking that has been rubbed out over time.
The barrel rib is marked "Grundig in Dresden" It has a rod bayonet under the barrels. In the image the bayonet is fully extended. Left barrel is rifled and it's about 15mm or .50 cal. The right barrel is smooth bore of about 24 ga. The rifled barrel is marked with crowned R G and U over the number 35. smooth bored barrel marked crowned R S and U over the number 22 next to a circled 24. I suppose then, it's a 24 ga. pinfire shotgun next to a 15mm pinfire rifle barrel.
It's notable that the gun has no engraving or checkering although it is of excellent quality workmanship. Because of the markings on the toe of the butplate I'm wondering if it was made for military, police or some other institutional use? I wonder if the G might stand for Gendarmerie? But it's only a guess.
Thank you in advance for any information you have to share.
Grundig 1.jpg
Grundig 2.jpg
Grundig 3.jpg
Grundig 4.jpg
As you can see in the images, the toe of the but plate is marked with a "G O" with a number below that, above the G O there appears to have been some other marking that has been rubbed out over time.
The barrel rib is marked "Grundig in Dresden" It has a rod bayonet under the barrels. In the image the bayonet is fully extended. Left barrel is rifled and it's about 15mm or .50 cal. The right barrel is smooth bore of about 24 ga. The rifled barrel is marked with crowned R G and U over the number 35. smooth bored barrel marked crowned R S and U over the number 22 next to a circled 24. I suppose then, it's a 24 ga. pinfire shotgun next to a 15mm pinfire rifle barrel.
It's notable that the gun has no engraving or checkering although it is of excellent quality workmanship. Because of the markings on the toe of the butplate I'm wondering if it was made for military, police or some other institutional use? I wonder if the G might stand for Gendarmerie? But it's only a guess.
Thank you in advance for any information you have to share.
Grundig 1.jpg
Grundig 2.jpg
Grundig 3.jpg
Grundig 4.jpg
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