dear sir

I am amazed you know the name Teschner-Collath in india. This was a very old german firm that was going in the big hunting grounds when Frankfurt an der Oder, their old location burning down in the winter 1944/45. Let me say you the firm and the speial shotgun cartridge is allmost forgotten in germany. you find guns sometimes on gunshows, most are drillings and I have never see a bad gun from teschner collath. It was allways a "Herrenwaffe" you may say gentlemans gun. their action was unique and very strong and the shotgun cartridges No.0,1,3,4,5,6,7,8 you mention are also unique with a needle fire primer inside the case. the cartridge was older than the lancester shotgun cartridge we use today.

sincerely your's