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Found my grail shotgun

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October 28, 2023, 03:22 PM
kz1000
Found my grail shotgun
After years of searching, I finally found a Frommer 29M 12ga. These were made from 1929 to the '70's. Rudolf Frommer patented removable ejectors. They threw 2 aluminum snap caps across the room. They were only marked "Frommer's Patents", until 1936, when he died. Hungary, being under German influence, dropped his name [He was Jewish]. Later examples were marked "Monte Carlo". It's import marked, so it most likely sold in the US.




















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"Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"

"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
-Bomber Harris
October 28, 2023, 03:31 PM
Andyb
Beautiful! Congrats on the find


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October 28, 2023, 06:48 PM
old rugged cross
Sweet, now you are ready for Tombstone Big Grin



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October 29, 2023, 03:37 PM
fiasconva
Beautiful! Does it have the 2 3/4" chamber? Are you gonna shoot it or keep it as a collector?


"Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra
December 01, 2023, 04:03 PM
kz1000
quote:
Originally posted by fiasconva:
Beautiful! Does it have the 2 3/4" chamber? Are you gonna shoot it or keep it as a collector?


2 3/4" chamber. This is 10 rounds at 7 yards.




I also found out from the expert on these that mine is a very rare 1927 example [1 of 2 he knows of, that is true to the original patents, later one's don't have a safety and the break open lever is on top of the action.


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"Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"

"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
-Bomber Harris