Afw timner shotgun?

Robinson · May 11, 2011, 06:29 PM

Have a chance to buy one and I cannot find anything info on it. SxS, has hammers on the outside. Anyone has a guess on the value?

johnbt · May 12, 2011, 10:36 AM

There is no way to guess without pics. It could be a $400 gun or a $40,000 gun from what I just googled up.

"AFW Timner 16ga German steel Hammer shotgun "

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=219023702

I will say Timner made some very fine guns. Here's a 4-barrel true sidelock - 2 are 20 ga. and 2 are 9.3x72R.

Only $38,995.

www.csmcspecials.com/product_p/19812.htm

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And the answer to the question is... he was a reseller.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...www.google.com

"August Friedrich Wilhelm Timner was a purveyor of fine shotguns to the royal house of Hohenzollern. His place of business was located in the Prussian Rhenish city of Coblenz. Guns sold by Timner, including those made under contract in Liege, were of the highest quality.

J.K.B. von Falkenhorst"

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johnbt Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 1999 Location: Richmond, Virginia USA Posts: 6,004	There is no way to guess without pics. It could be a $400 gun or a $40,000 gun from what I just googled up. "AFW Timner 16ga German steel Hammer shotgun " http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=219023702 I will say Timner made some very fine guns. Here's a 4-barrel true sidelock - 2 are 20 ga. and 2 are 9.3x72R. Only $38,995. www.csmcspecials.com/product_p/19812.htm ____________________ And the answer to the question is... he was a reseller. http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...www.google.com "August Friedrich Wilhelm Timner was a purveyor of fine shotguns to the royal house of Hohenzollern. His place of business was located in the Prussian Rhenish city of Coblenz. Guns sold by Timner, including those made under contract in Liege, were of the highest quality. J.K.B. von Falkenhorst"