Help me identify this shotgun!

[psdan000]

this shotgun is my dad's. he has had it for a long time, im not really 100% sure where he got it. theres no name or serial number on the gun, just some strange markings and "Made in West Germany" on the bottom of the reciever. my digital camera sucks so its hard to see the markings. any ideas? thanks for the help,

Dan.

[psdan000]

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[SDC]

The "strange markings" on the bottom of the gun in front of the trigger-guard will be the manufacturer, but I can't read them (your shot is out of focus); if you can type them out here, or take a better photo, this should be an easy one to identify.

[psdan000]

The "strange markings" on the bottom of the gun in front of the trigger-guard will be the manufacturer, but I can't read them (your shot is out of focus); if you can type them out here, or take a better photo, this should be an easy one to identify.

well they are not in english so its kinda hard to figure that one out. they are not even english letters. i will try to get a better picture tomorrow with another camera

[SDC]

There are only one or two characters in German that aren't the same as in English, so it's probably just that the script/"font" looks unfamiliar to you; from what I can see in one of your photos, it looks like it MIGHT be a Heym over/under, which is a fairly nice item. Heym made these guns as double rifles, double shotguns, and combination guns in various chamberings, and the proof marks will show exactly what it's chambered for.

[wjkuleck]

MIGHT be a Heym

Yes, if I squint, it appears that the last four characters in the first line are "HEYM."

From Wikipedia:

"Following World War II in 1945, Heym made a new start in the West Germany. The factory moved to Ostheim in the Rhön/ Lower Franconia. August and Rolf Heym oversaw the establishment of a new factory. Heym products during this time consisted of cuckoo clocks, slide rules, spinning wheels, among various other products.

"Heym built a new factory in Münnerstadt/ Lower Franconia, Germany in 1952 and transferred manufacturing to this site. Their the first cold hammer forging machine “Aklett” was purchased in 1960. Rolf Heym took over management of the company in 1963 until his death in 1972. At that time Elisabeth Heym assumed management of the company and began acquisition of new foreign markets."

Perhaps one of the other out-of-focus words is Ostheim or Münnerstadt.

Regards,

Walt

[Oneofsix]

second line looks 97% like Münnerstadt-downloaded the pic labeled#4, turned it, I can make out Münnerstadt

[Rebelbred]

I can't help but it looks like a keeper!

I like the double triggers. Once you get used to them you'll never go back to a single selective trigger.

[Boncrayon]

Not sure, but I'd remove the rubber recoil pad and put on a custom fitted.