Velocette Posted Tuesday at 20:00 Report Share Posted Tuesday at 20:00 This another Holts bargain ( £50.00) which scratches a particular itch for a couple of reasons. Firstly, its the great grandfather of my beloved Baikal IZH54's which were based on the Sauer Model 9 when the Sauer factory was taken as reparations by the Russians after the War. Secondly, its a "hanging sear" system which has always intrigued me. I was told that it came to Holts as part of a huge consignment from a Danish collector and is mechanically very sound but not used for decades. This is the Holts image showing the crack in the stock at the head and the filthy chequering. As I dismantled it I took pictures as it was found, before a thorough cleaning and polishing of the innards. These images show the action and the position and pivot of the hanging sear. There is also a schematic section of how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocette Posted Tuesday at 20:06 Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 20:06 The sequence of the tumbler and sear parts is laid out in their approximate working relationship The proof marks are all there, including the "giant with club motif that Sauer used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocette Posted Tuesday at 20:15 Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 20:15 The only work I had to do was on the stock which had a slight crack at the head at the right hand side and smaller similar one on the left. A good soak in Acetone to remove some oil saturation and then gluing with Titebond 2 along with a small dowel put that right. The stock probably split as a result of hand and breech pins coming loose and it being shot like that for some time The result of this looseness had caused the hole in the stock for the breech pin becoming slightly elongated and thid was compounded by the fact that the pin is tapered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocette Posted Tuesday at 20:20 Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 20:20 A careful smear of plastic steel in the worn spots followed by fitting the pin exactly has cured that. Someone in the distant past has done something similar to the hand pin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted Tuesday at 20:23 Report Share Posted Tuesday at 20:23 Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted Tuesday at 20:25 Report Share Posted Tuesday at 20:25 I had exactly the same make of gun , mine was a hammerless s x s and looked more like a hunting rifle , it had a check piece on the stock and swivels on the underside of the stock and the barrels , this was also bought at auction at Kings Lynn and if I remember rightly it cost about £75 all in , I took it to a roadshow where Robert Tilney and Bill Harriman were on a stall inspecting guns , I took mine to find out what chokes it had and they said the workmanship was far better than a lot of Spanish guns but these German guns were never really in favor , I had the gun for a good many years and put 1000s of cartridges through it , in the end the top rib came loose which I had done and a while later I was Pigeon shooting one day and after I took a shot the bottom rib fell off along with the fore stock , this was the end of the line for the ailing gun and it ended up in the melting pot , minus the bottom rib which I still have in my garage . that ole gun never owed me a penny . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocette Posted Tuesday at 20:25 Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 20:25 All I had to do now was fit a stock extension as it had been cut down to about 12.5". I had an old Belgian stock of roughly the right size so cut a piece off it and fitted it to the Sauer. I've never done this before, and it shows ! but its to be a working gun. The original stock wood has some nice fiddleback on it with a bit more oiling and polishing will look fine. Its choked at 5 and 15 thou and shoots 28g of Imperial Game very well out of its 29.5 " barrels and I got some of the first pigeons on fallen barley that I've seen this year. All in all, an interesting gun which will get some use this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holloway Posted Tuesday at 22:03 Report Share Posted Tuesday at 22:03 Always enjoy reading of this type of project ,thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted Tuesday at 22:38 Report Share Posted Tuesday at 22:38 facinating.........great write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan123shooting Posted Wednesday at 06:31 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:31 Excellent write up, enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted Wednesday at 10:36 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 10:36 It is a pleasure to see an old gun brought back to life. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted Wednesday at 11:39 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:39 Great stuff and an interesting gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croohur Posted Wednesday at 15:22 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 15:22 Great photos and lovely write up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry78 Posted Wednesday at 19:42 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 19:42 Fantastic piece shows you how well some older guns were made 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocette Posted Wednesday at 20:12 Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 20:12 Thanks for all the encouraging comments, I'll be out with it tomorrow on more fallen barley, fingers crossed !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted Thursday at 07:11 Report Share Posted Thursday at 07:11 Excellent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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