3 barrel breach shotgun

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Not sure if this is the right place to ask but I have come into possession of an antique 3 barreled shotgun.
Looking for info on this family airlume.

It appears to be a double barreled 410 with a third barrel underneath in what I think is 45
Markings say H,C,G Stein, Ninache, Hambeurg.
It has two external hammers and 3 fireing pin holes with the breach leaver located under the trigger guard and an ammo compartment that flips open for the 45 in the but stock.

Any info would be greatly appreciated

Thanks for looking
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Google German "Drilling" sporting gun. Dollars to donuts that what you have.
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...they would also invert the configuration (two rifling's on top and a single shot gun gauge under). I guess it would depend on where/what one was hunting, or more likely to encounter.

There are also (expensive) modern configurations of over/under's with a rifling on one side or the other.
 
They're very neat guns in all stripes. Massive variations in quality, condition, but also methods of construction and designs. Think of them like the early hotrods - lots of people built them according to their own ideas. Usually they're decent quality. Value depends on condition as well as chambering as some are chambered in calibers that have never been identified and might have been designed specifically for that gun.

Pictures would be excellent.
 
depending on how you open the action, with a top lever opener, I would expect you to find something like a safety behind the lever. When you push that button forward the rear sight should pivot up and an interuptor bar move sideways in front of the right hammer. There is a should on the inside edge of the hammer so that with the bar to the right, the hammer strikes the bar and that strikes the rifle firing pin. With the bar to the left, the hammer is free to strike the upper right pin and fire the shotgun barrel. On guns which open with a lever on the bottom of the gun, the apparent opening lever is actually used to select the rifle barrel using the same method as above

cheers mooncoon
 
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After some looking, it is a drilling chambered in 16 guage over 32 Remmington
I am debating whether or not to have it restored

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A lot of military guys bought and brought back German made Drillings in 16G over 8x57 Rimmed.

Do a chamber cast, unless the markings are clearly indicating .32 Rem.

Post pictures!

Cheers
Trev
 
A family what? Heirloom?
It is not an antique if the rifle barrel is a .32 Rem. No such thing until 1906. Isn't likely to be a .32 Rem anyway. Not a European cartridge. 8mm Mauser is a .32 calibre(slugs at .323" or 318"). Still not an antique in that cartridge. There were lots of 8mm cartridges before 1898 though.
You can slug the barrel to get the calibre. Like trevj says, unless the barrel is clearly marked, to be sure of the cartridge a chamber cast is the best way.
You need to have a drilling expert look at it before you attempt any kind of restoration. It may be far too valuable as it is.
 
One gunsmith who I would trust to work on a drilling is Jason Spencer, at Gunco in Nepean. He apprenticed under a German gunmaker.
 
You need to post your information on "Germanguns.com". They have many drilling experts that will answer your queries. You should provide them with clear pictures of all the proof marks on the flats after the barrel is removed.
 
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