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Sempert & Krieghoff Trumpf-Primus Drilling

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Sempert & Krieghoff Trumpf-Primus Drilling
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serial #21796, 16 ga (2 1/2'') over 7x57mmR, 23 5/8'' Roechling Elektro-Stahl shotgun barrels choked full in both with bright near excellent bores showing a few small oxidation speckles and very tiny shallow dings hardly worth the mention and Krupp Lauf-Stahl rifle barrel with a bright excellent bore showing crisp rifling. The barrels of this November 1941 proof-dated drilling retain about 90% original blue showing some scattered fine surface oxidation and areas thinning to a mild gray-brown patina under bright light. The action has mostly toned to an attractive silvery case-hardened patina and features lovely factory embellishments in full coverage with wide Germanic foliate scrollwork, stippled background shading, rehbock right and stag left. The horn triggerguard shows a crack near the front attachment point and the small parts all retain strong original blue. All markings remain intact and strong showing period commercial ''(Eagle) / N'' proofs and the gun is equipped with Krieghoff Montage system and a set of refinished dovetail-style mounts that hold a Hensoldt Dural-Dialytan 4X scope serial #47916 that retains about 96% black enamel finish and shows a Sempert & Krieghoff retailer marking on the right side of the body, strangely with a misspelling ''Grieghoff''. Scope features single standing post with crosshair reticle and very good optics that have yellowed slightly but are serviceable. The gun has been neatly restocked in Germanic form featuring walnut capped pistolgrip buttstock and forend with skipline checkering, oak leaf carving along stock flats and bottom of pistolgrip and nice left-side shadowline cheekpiece. Horn accents include forend tip insert, pistolgrip cap and attractive heel and toe plates. The stock flats are a bit proud of the action and the stock otherwise remains in very fine condition showing nice grain figure and is equipped with the original four-cartridge trap along the toe line. Length-of-pull is 14 1/4'' and the arm is equipped with sling swivels, German silver cocking indicator pins, Greener safety and set trigger for the rifle barrel. The rifle sight automatically flips up when the rifle mechanism is cocked with the tang slider (though the scope mounts are not see-through). Lock-up is by dual under-bites with Greener crossbolt and side-clips and is solid on-face with the lever resting about dead center. The action seems to function well mechanically. Boxlock Trumpf-Primus drillings are much rarer than their sidelock counterparts and this gun features the desirable removable trigger mechanism via a rotating pistolgrip cap. A fine wartime drilling. (13C11108-113) {C&R} [Tom Devers Collection] (2500/3000)