Old 16ga Side by Side

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VirgilCaine

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I inherited several shotguns. among them is a seemingly old 16ga SxS, external hammers, english stock, sling swivels, double trigger, nice ingraving in the nickel.

under the right hammer reads "Fur Mauritz Widforss Stockholm"
under the left hammer reads "Tillverkadt I Liege"

sides of both barrels reads " Prima Flussstahl-Essen"

there are various proof and import marks, such as " CAL ST ALB VT."

i have no clue what this is. can anyone help?
 
This was a generic Swedish SxS , fairly recently(15 years or less) imported by the Saint Albans, Vermont Importer. They were manufactured in Belgium from German Stell and are usually very serviceable guns. They were made to be farmhouse guns in the harsh Scandinavian climate. They are getting harder to find and have a value of $200-400 depending on condition . The chamber may be 2 9/16ths instead of 2 3/4" so have it checked before fireing! :)
 
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