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Krupp Essen value?

Jared2899
I've been having this firearm for some time now along with others that were handed down to me. I don't plan on selling it but am curious to know how much its worth.

It is marked Flusstahl Krupp Essen on the barrel. It is a shotgun on top barrel (16 Ga?) and rifle barrel on bottom marked 7.8mm I believe and no pull back hammers. I notice most have double barrel shotgun and rifle barrel on bottom but mine is just one shotgun barrel and rifle under. Double trigger and no engraved markings on the stock. It is in good condition with no chips, dings, or scratches on it and seems it would fire flawlessly....it was sent back piece by piece during WWII, or so my grandfather says. How much you think it is worth? even a price range is fine...thanks
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  • rufe-snow
    We would need quality photos, to help you with valuation.

    Here at this link are instructions for posting photos to the forum.

    http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=259294
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  • Tailgunner1954
    Just a clue, Krupp is/was a very large (and one of the best) steel makers in Germany. Their smelter/steel mill is/was in the town of Essen.
    Flusstahl means Fluid Steel.

    IOW the barrels were made from Krupp fluid steel, and provides very little/no information on the manfacture.
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  • Jared2899
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    Sorry for bad quality, I had to take them quick
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  • rufe-snow
    Unfortunately from your photos it doesn't appear that your over & under combination gun has been well taken care of, i.e. pitting and patina/rust on the metal. The photos don't show the wood clearly enough to make a determination. This would have a very negative affect on it's value. IMHO it would be considered in the condition it's in now as a "shooter" grade firearm only.
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  • jaegermister
    Could you submit some better photos. Use your camera close up feature, disable the flash and illuminate with flood lite or good daylight. Another method is shoot from a distance of about 1ft, then use crop feature in you computer photo workshop to effectively zoom in on a area of interest. After you load the photos into your computer photo album use the features to crop, sharpen and adjust the exposure before you export them.Take a close up of the top rib where the scope mounts. I think your o/u needs cleaned up and light restoration, there is some nice case coloring visible. I would like to see more of this o/u because it is a good caliber and looks like a nice narrow well balanced gun. It also has a nice "dolls head" locking extention on the top rib.
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