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It may well still be a collaboration of craftsmen who turned out the final product.

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I would say it is almost certain that the rifle was a colaberation effort!

Almost all, if not all, other than Guild guns,which must be made in it's intirity, by one man, are made by a team.

There is usually an barrel man,who does the ruogh fitting of the barrels together, and an action man who does the primary joining of the barrels to the action by the the smoke, and file fitting. A stock man who is the wood fitter, and finisher, Then the rifles are sent to the regulator who regulates the barrels to the load. The rifle then goes back to the to the barrel fitter, who finishes the rib joining, and cards, and does the primary polish of the steel, and installs the final sights. The rifle then goes back to the regulator to file in the sights. When that is finihed, the wood is final fitted to the steel,the rifle is disassembled, and the steel finished,UNLESS engraveing is needed! If that is the case, the steel goes to the engraver. The stock is given it's final fitting to the steel, it's final finish by the stock man, The rifle,is then, given back to the regulator to check the rifle out for final approval, and to shoot in the test target that will accompany the rifle to it's new owner! An average of 400 man hours of very skilled labor is why the rifle has a price tag, that is higher than the price of my first new home, bought in 1956, even for a working double rifle! It is a wonder to me why they are not more expensive that they are!


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Did the makers in Suhl do much of this, also? I had a pre war Merkel sidelock drilling that had the exact same action as my Charles Daly, that has the same action as my Sauer.

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The other thing I like is the ability to press down on the rifle cocking lever...pull its trigger, and slowly bring it back up, releasing the spring slowly and uncocking the rifle.

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Also, do you know who made the Eduard Kettner guns prior to WWII? I can't find any source of information, and when I write Kettner now, they reply with "where do you want your catalog sent?"

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