Okay guys, here’s my first attempt at posting a few pictures of “Gertrude”. Don’t laugh I figured a gun with this much personality deserved a name. I believe what I have is a late 1800’s (1888-1891) Thieme and Schlegelmilch combination gun. Also I think it’s a 16 gauge shotgun with a 2 1/2 or 2 9/16 chamber (I’ve read both) and after casting the chamber and a huge learning experience I think the rifle is chambered in 8X72r Sauer. I am really looking forward to working through things and making this gun a shooter once again. I already have 50 pcs of 9.3X72r Sauer on order to use as a parent cartridge and will order the dies Monday if I can. Of course there’s a whole other side to this gun........literally and I’ve never reloaded brass shotgun shells either. Going to have to figure out the correct components for that as well.
Well thanks for taking the time to read my post and I look forward to reading any input, advise or direction you’d care to share.
Well thanks for taking the time to read my post and I look forward to reading any input, advise or direction you’d care to share.
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