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Doubleup
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Reged: 21/11/05
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Loc: Vic, Australia

Looking for info on A.SCHOPFER Cape Gun.
#70285 - 27/01/07 05:51 PM

Hi all. Recently I acquired a German Cape Gun with A.SCHOPFER on the rib. It has a top lever with hammers. Sidelock. The rear sight is a single leaf. The front a bead. The left barrel is Damascus and is 16 gauge. The right says 10.7 on the underneath. A black powder cartridge I'm assuming. I can't find anything out about the gunmaker and nothing about the 10.7 Rimmed calibre.

A gunsmith friend did a chamber cast but there are no matches to anything in Barnes. I don't have my Vernier calipers with me to write down the exact dimensions. Sorry. From a metal rule the chamber is almost 2.5" long. About 1.5" to the shoulder with about a 7/16" rim diameter.

A Cartridge collecter friend contacted a mate in Germany for help but he couldn't help either.

Can anybody help with this curious but beautiful gun?

Cheers, Doubleup.

Ps. I will try and add photos when I grapple with the technology to do so later.

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Marrakai
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Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 3596
Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia

Re: Looking for info on A.SCHOPFER Cape Gun. [Re: Doubleup]
#70288 - 27/01/07 07:16 PM

Doubleup:
It may be a long shot I realize, but check the .43 Mauser (11mm Mauser, or 11.15 x 60 R). If that 10.7 mark refers to bore diameter rather than bullet diameter (ie 'land' diameter prior to cutting the rifling), then this could be it. The 11mm Mauser was a popular sporting cartridge long after it became obsolete as a military round.

Other than that, no definites, sorry.

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Doubleup
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Reged: 21/11/05
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Loc: Vic, Australia

Re: Looking for info on A.SCHOPFER Cape Gun. [Re: Marrakai]
#70357 - 28/01/07 09:56 PM

Thanks Marrakai. This firearm came with about 50 of Bruce Bertram's 43 Mauser cases. I thought they may have been modified to suit, not specifically for the gun. Yet to slug the bore. But that's terrific. Thanks again. Will investigate further.

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belgmart
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Re: Looking for info on A.SCHOPFER Cape Gun. [Re: Doubleup]
#70366 - 29/01/07 01:00 AM

FWIW, it was indeed mornal to put land diameter as calibre on the rifle, not groove diameter as is done now - so it could well be 11mm Mauser indeed.

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