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Just picked up a pre WW I shotgun by Anton Ferdinand Korinsky of Erlangen. This is a nice quality boxlock with gold barrel rings & rib name, nice game scene engraving, side clips, cross bolt, cocking indicators, horn trigger guard & Funk style cheek piece on the butt stock. The Korinsky barrels are choked EF & F and it has a set of Schurk barrels choked IM/IC. Know he was in business until 1920 and was most famous for his drillings. Anyone have any additional information on him or his work?
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All I can find is that the business was taken over by Leberecht in 1920. -
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Anton Korinski in Erlangen is documented from 1906 to 1918, when he sold his shop to Franz Leberecht, a competing sporting gun dealer and gunsmith in Erlangen, who had opened his shop in 1909. As Korinski advertized as a retailer of hunting- and target arms, ammo and handloading supplies, he almost certainly did not make your gun himself, but had it made and signed with his adress by the Suhl or Zella-Mehlis guntrade, if not in Ferlach or Liege. This was a common practice with all the German "country gunmakers". Photos of the proofmarks and other markings under the barrels and on the action would be helpful in determining the actual maker.Comment
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Thanks again for the information. You're a wonderful source. The top of each barrel is marked Prima Guss stahl
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