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Ludwig Schiwy of Berlin was the choice of Goering as Goering had several Schiwy examples. I can't remember if they were related by marriage or some political connection.

Goering may have purchased some sporting weapons from Oscar(OttO) Geyger, but I can't say there were connected in any fashion. I guess Oscar Geyger to have been born circa 1872 and was a master gunsmith by 1896 as his firm appears in the Berlin address book and previously in circa 1890 he was listed as being connected to the Nicolas(?) Dreyse firm. Oscar Geyger sourced most, if not almost all, of his doubles and the like from Oskar Merkel, or the Merkel boys. But many of his bolt guns were sourced from Sauer and circa 1936 after WWI and the depression, Sauer closed it's Berlin satellite office and O. Geyger was the sole agent. This example has all the hallmarks(early style floorplate release lever, front sight slot with ramped milled from the tube steel) of a Sauer barreled Repetier Pirschbuchse with a Mauser action with commerical casehardened bolt. Any type Krupp steel stamp on the tube may strengthen the notion of an origin at Sauer. There should be a serial number on it somewhere and if it is between 250xxx & 300xxx, it is surely a Sauer sourced example. Even though it has the early style floorplate lever, I'd guess it was made in the 1930s, possibly in the late 1930s where there was a close relationship between O. Geyger and Sauer. Also in the late 1930s the last listing for the firm O. Geyger is found but he may have had an heir or assign that continued up or on into WWII. By 1940 Oscar Geyger would have been approaching 80 years of age and has surely had retired by then. Or at the onset of WWII his son may have been killed in battle and the business closed its doors.

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Raimey
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