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AYDT Shcuetzen questions
Feb 11th, 2013 at 1:17pm
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I just bought the Schuetzen rifle  in the picture.  Several questions:  Please point me to  any threads that have other pictures of similar rifles.  Note under barrel markings,  there are two sets of proofs and  barrel diameters.  Does  this mean the barrel was bored out and re proofed ?  What do the two levers on the side of the action do?   help appreciated  WB
  
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Re: AYDT Shcuetzen questions
Reply #1 - Feb 11th, 2013 at 1:48pm
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That's a typical "AYDT I" feuerstutzen. 

They do have the mechanical extractor levers outside the action.

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Biggi,  Thank you.  Do you know anything about the maker?  WB
  
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Carl Wilhelm Aydt was one of the most famous makers in the old days.

You should read the books of Loos/Rowe/etc. 

There you can learn everything about the old German manufacturers and the actions they created...

...and you can visit my feuerbixler-homepage to see the Aydt I / Aydt II / Aydt III feuerstutzens and also .22 Aydt action and the Aydt target pistol.

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Reply #4 - Feb 11th, 2013 at 5:50pm
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Damn!  Yanno, I'd like one of those.
  
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Water Bug wrote on Feb 11th, 2013 at 1:17pm:

Note under barrel markings,  there are two sets of proofs and  barrel diameters.  Does  this mean the barrel was bored out and re proofed ?  
  WB


The proofmarks:

First proof was in July 1904 and it was written down with the old kind of proof indication for the 8.15 caliber "172.28" and journal-number 626 of the proofhouse. These markings were "deleted" after the rifle got a new barrel.

A new barrel was proofed on this rifle with the new caliber proof indication "7,6 mm/46" in July 1930, made by the company of "Udo Anschütz in Zella-Mehlis".

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Water Bug wrote on Feb 11th, 2013 at 4:03pm:
Biggi,  Thank you.  Do you know anything about the maker?  WB

The original maker was in Bonn, the former German capital, and his name was Anton, or Alfred, or Albert, or Adelbert or. . .you get the idea (probably not an Alois, as that's a southern name).
Middle name was August and last name Ahl. I'm sure Biggi has a book with him listed as a rifle maker in that era.
  
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Reply #7 - Feb 12th, 2013 at 11:32am
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feuerbixler wrote on Feb 11th, 2013 at 5:37pm:

Carl Wilhelm Aydt was one of the most famous makers in the old days.

You should read the books of Loos/Rowe/etc. 

There you can learn everything about the old German manufacturers and the actions they created...

...and you can visit my feuerbixler-homepage to see the Aydt I / Aydt II / Aydt III feuerstutzens and also .22 Aydt action and the Aydt target pistol.

                 Biggi.  Smiley


I did not know you had a web site. I've been thinking it would be nice to find a German single shot rifle as all of my relatives are from Germany so it would be fitting.   

Your site looks like a good place to start learning.  I will have to brush up on my German though.  We spoke it at home when I was a child but this was 40 years ago and I never learned to read the language.

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Reply #8 - Feb 12th, 2013 at 12:50pm
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Hi Chris. Yessss, I have a famous homepage...  Wink  Grin

If you use the google translation tool to read my homepage, don't wonder about some ridiculous sentences: Google is not able to translate the technical terms of shooting and also not the Bavarian dialect, which is used for some expressions.

If Google translates "APHID" for the Bavarian word "BLATTL", it means "DEAD CENTER" or "BULLs EYE". And the Google translation "FIRE NOZZLE" means "FEUERSTUTZEN", the old German target rifle.
Grin  Grin 

Have fun reading my homepage....  Cheesy

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Reply #9 - Feb 12th, 2013 at 1:09pm
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I have passed on bidding on rifles like this one with no rear sight.  I have no idea what sight would fit in the square socket.  Any enlightenment would be much appreciated.
  

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Borderman wrote on Feb 12th, 2013 at 1:09pm:
I have passed on bidding on rifles like this one with no rear sight.  I have no idea what sight would fit in the square socket.  Any enlightenment would be much appreciated.


You need a German diopter. But there are a lot of different square sockets, also round-double-sockets, oval sockets and triangular sockets. And the sockets have different diameters. Depends on the maker and the brand...

...but there are often diopters for sale on ebay or other auction houses. 

One has to reckon with 200-400 $ for a good working and fitting diopter.

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gewehrfreund wrote on Feb 12th, 2013 at 7:57am:

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Water Bug wrote on Feb 11th, 2013 at 4:03pm:
Biggi,  Thank you.  Do you know anything about the maker?  WB


The original maker was in Bonn, the former German capital, and his name was Anton, or Alfred, or Albert, or Adelbert or. . .you get the idea (probably not an Alois, as that's a southern name).
Middle name was August and last name Ahl. I'm sure Biggi has a book with him listed as a rifle maker in that era.
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The only information, which I have of the gunsmith "August Ahl": he was selling target rifles and hunting rifles and his shop was mentioned between 1891 and 1910 in Bonn at the Rhine river.

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Oh now, that's all I need.  Another website to obsess over.   Grin  Biggi, I was stationed in Frankfurt AM back in the very early 70's and became a Germanophile (it was the beer and the blondes!).  Those old German target rifles are the one thing I would become a collector of.  I'm even considering taking a course in woodcarving so I can try and make my own.
  
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Reply #13 - Feb 12th, 2013 at 5:48pm
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THANK YOU Biggi , and all.  LOTS of great useful information.    AM now awaiting rifle delivery.  It will need some TLC  to improve the rust and pitting near the breech.  WB
  
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Reply #14 - Feb 12th, 2013 at 6:26pm
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Water Bug wrote on Feb 12th, 2013 at 5:48pm:
THANK YOU Biggi , and all.  LOTS of great useful information.    AM now awaiting rifle delivery.  It will need some TLC  to improve the rust and pitting near the breech.  WB


Rust? Pitting?  Character. 

I have some with pipe wrench teeth marks on the barrels. Lot's of character!

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