Post war J. P. Sauer und Sohn model #?

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During the Soviet occupation shotgun production in Suhl was cranked up to high gear, more shotguns made in Suhl than ever before. Shotguns delivered to the USSR: In 1945 = 1593, 1946 = 21739, 1948 = 39961, a large part made by the former Sauer & Sohn factory. So the "left over pre-war parts" are pure legend. Until 1950 all the Suhl production was sent to the USSR as reparations......

What I find "legend" is the holes in the bucket your toting of post WWII parts sourcing analysis. Many of the post WWII examples up to say 1949, wear the Krupp 3 Ringe steel stamp(they are others much later so either steel or tubes were stored). So was Krupp making 3 Ringe Stahl post WWII or were the mechanic haphazardly apply the 3 Ringe stamp to their wares - more than likely not. Up till the time that Otto Reif left - circa 1948(& about the time you arrived on the scene) or at least by 1952-run out of town on rail, he was a shadowy figure racing Simson cars from the time Simson was making rubber baby buggy bumpers till he was King for a day post WWII, most of the components are pre-WWII or from pre-WWII raw materials. From that point on to the aire of rebellion/revolt of say 1953, the quality of the raw materials for components were either substandard or took a dive & Russia was forced to supply the 4 Ringe Lauf-Stahl S.G.1 50A(1953-1955 origins??), which later was 50AR and for the most part, GDR Merkels & other upper rung offerings were of the chrome-nickel steel 30CrN2МF (Böhler Blitz analog). Your production numbers seem to indicate this also. Let's hear some fact & please don't being your paragraph with "Oh Raimey...."


It would seem the reparations examples 1st wore the stamp on the standing breech then it migrated to the aft lug - I believe this one is 1948. Centered around Sauer, there would either be a Modell Nr. or a reparations stamp on the aft lug.

Cheers,

Raimey
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