German Rifle
Posted by willylilly17@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 9 comments
I have inherited this German rifle my grandfather got towards the end of WWII. The story goes U.S. soldiers were going through German towns and having their citizens throw their guns in piles to have destroyed. My grandfather saw this one and shipped it back home. It is approximately 20 lbs and has D.R.G.M. stamped on the sight near the end of the barrel. Any information/history on the gun would be appreciated!
44Revolver1908@reddit
It's absolutely massive!
I could tell just by looking at it...
Gotta be some kind of dangerous game rifle... possibly a 505 Gibbs?
You should get a chamber cast done by a competent gunsmith.
In the meantime if you feel comfortable you can do the following.
Measure the bore at the end of the barrel, it won't be exact but will give us an idea of caliber.
Second, if you feel ambitious, take the action out of the stock and take detailed pics of all the proof marks underneath the action then post them.
That will help us determine caliber and age of the weapon.
willylilly17@reddit (OP)
The bore is right at 19 mm and I found this on the action
M00seNuts@reddit
19mm? Holy shit, that's huge. Are you sure it's not a 12 gauge shotgun? 18.5mm should be about the bore size for 12 gauge...
GENERAT10N_D00M@reddit
One barrel, two triggers, and a bolt action?
I too, would like to know what's going on here.
TacosNGuns@reddit
Those are called “set triggers”. The first trigger is a normal weight, say 3-4 lbs. The second set trigger when pulled sets the first trigger to a 8-16 ounce pull.
44Revolver1908@reddit
Seems like it might be a 12 Gauge Bore Rifle.
There should be more markings than that somewhere on the gun. Very cool stuff!
Difficult_Topic_3768@reddit
Likely a normal trigger and set trigger
Difficult_Topic_3768@reddit
Drgm is basically a poor mans copyright symbol
Texas-SaberFox@reddit
Huh, aren't you a interesting piece of blackpowder history