J.P. Sauer 12g SxS

cub8556 · Feb 27, 2015

Was hoping you guys would help point me in the right direction. I bought a J.P. Sauer from a local gun shop for $350. Hopefully I didn't get taken but the gun felt great and seemed in nice condition. Anyone know the year it was manufactured and any other available details? Seems the serial number is 3135.

Much appreciated

Jim Watson · Feb 27, 2015

J.P. Sauer Model VIII. The 8.52 is probably the date of proof test, August 1952.
Has 70mm = 2 3/4" US standard chambers. The Greener Crossbolt and cocking indicators put it a grade above the more common Model 60.
You got a good deal, maybe even a Deal.

cub8556 · Feb 27, 2015

Wow thanks so much Jim, I've been digging all over the internet this morning trying to find out some info.

Virginian · Feb 27, 2015

Agreed. If it locks up tight, you got a steal of a deal in my opinion.

urbaneruralite · Feb 27, 2015

Ida bought it.

Jimfern · Feb 27, 2015

that's a deal for sure!

COK · Feb 27, 2015

You did very well .

eastbank · Feb 27, 2015

did you get wheels with that big cannon? he,he. eastbank.

Liberty1776 · Feb 27, 2015

I bought a J.P. Sauer from a local gun shop for $350. Hopefully I didn't get taken...

I guess I am not understanding why you would buy something if you had no idea what you were getting?

WestKentucky · Feb 27, 2015

It sounds silly but I have done it too. We probably all have bought on emotion or impulse more than information a time or two. I ended up with a grendel p10 .380acp that had an internal mag and loaded with 5.56 stripper clips. Crazy little gun. I loved it, wife hated it, guy at range liked it enough that we traded around on it.

cub8556 · Feb 28, 2015

Well simply because a good working condition side by side for 350 isn't the biggest risk in the world. Felt good so I bought it. Plan to shoot it a ton and I'm not trying to turn a quick buck. To me it's worth the money, maybe not to others. My original post wasn't to find the worth but rather to find out any available information.

oneounceload · Feb 28, 2015

Where are the choke markings?

bangswitch · Feb 28, 2015

cub8556 said:
Well simply because a good working condition side by side for 350 isn't the biggest risk in the world. Felt good so I bought it. Plan to shoot it a ton and I'm not trying to turn a quick buck. To me it's worth the money, maybe not to others. My original post wasn't to find the worth but rather to find out any available information.

You ever decide to sell it, I'd give you half again more than you paid, for sure. Even old (same age as that one, at any rate) Stevens SxS's in comparable shape sell for more than you gave for that one.

Beautiful gun. What are the barrel lengths? Usually, the longer ones have tighter chokes, for birding, one is usually more open than the other (IC/Mod, or Mod/full, etc).

cub8556 · Mar 1, 2015

Thanks, unless I can't manage to hit anything I'm sure I'll hold onto it. It's 28 inches. I for some reason assumed it was mod/full but maybe I'm getting that mixed up with some other doubles I was looking at. I don't see any markings that state it. Anyone have any guesses what the stamped leaf above the serial number might indicate? Haven't figured that one out yet. Maybe something indicating the factory it was made at ?

oneounceload · Mar 1, 2015

From an older thread on doublegunshop.com, I found this image:

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRV9gWXgPYJH-VNaO1gLEbkgVJHxvzzH-nhATli4fQuFNwEopmniA.jpg

Clicking to visit the page, I got this:

that Oak leaf noting the Eckernförde facility was only used from 1952 till say 1968 or thereabouts. I think there should have been a "Crown" over "W" on both tubes as they both are noted as having constriction.

HTH

Willie Sutton · Mar 1, 2015

The choke should be in millimeters of constriction stamped on the watertable. The pics seem cropped out and don't show all of the markings, so go and look for more numbers there. It's a nice example of a postwar (post-Suhl era)) Sauer, and is worth much more than you paid for it. I would have not even asked a question and would have hurried to hand over my credit card had I found it.

Willie

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