Colt Sauer 3000 drilling

[BigBlue 94]

You got feelthy peechures of top rifle combinations besides Stevens?

There are mechanical strength reasons to put HV rifle barrel on the bottom.

Only know of the military survival type rifles of a similar nature.

What is the strength difference having the smaller rifle bore on the bottom? Having the big bore on the bottom seems like it would make the forend easier to craft and more ergonomic in the hand. Though ive never handled a gun with rifle bore on bottom.

 

[entropy]

There are actually handling advantages to having the rifle barrel (centerfire) under the shotgun barrel in addition to a stronger action. Recoil is delivered straighter into the action , reducing recoil and cumulative action wear. This is the same reason Trap shooters load the bottom barrel for singles.

 

[WestKentucky]

Guns international has 5 pages of Drillings, and a few are 12/30-06.
I'm leaning towards 12 due to the abundance of shells out there. 16 ga is a bit harder to get, and the assortment is nothing near to 12.

Not to mention finding appropriate shells for the 16. When drilling’s were still being made there were several different specs for 16ga. I have a cheap American made single that is hard to find shells for so I started loading my own. I can’t imagine an older, European spec gun being any easier to find shells for. Most 16 shells available without $pecial $$$ order are for more modern guns with standardized long chambers.

I second the motion of finding a 12-12/‘06. Ammunition will be more easily acquired and the gun will be more usable. The only drawback is that it will be larger and therefore heavier. Drilling’s are not guns you pack on hikes though so heavy doesn’t mean as much for a range toy as it does a working gun.

 

[entropy]

http://www.rstshells.com/

Here's what I will be using:

http://www.rstshells.com/store/p/115-16-Ga-2-1/2-Lite-Vel-1125-7/8-oz-Load-Box.aspx

It would be easy to ream out the chambers for 2 3/4" but I want to keep the gun original.

BTW, drillings are still being made. Ferlach has quite a guild, and can make almost anything you desire, if you can wait a couple years and have the $$$$.

 

[DM~]

Most 16 shells available without $pecial $$$ order are for more modern guns with standardized long chambers.

I second the motion of finding a 12-12/‘06. Ammunition will be more easily acquired and the gun will be more usable. The only drawback is that it will be larger and therefore heavier. Drilling’s are not guns you pack on hikes though so heavy doesn’t mean as much for a range toy as it does a working gun.

I'm at a loss as to where you get your info, every 16ga. length shell is easily available on line, in several different loadings. I bought a case of 2-1/2" light loads to shoot through an old hammer 16ga drilling that I own, (RST brand)



They just aren't THAT expensive, and yes I do reload for 16ga...

As for hiking with my drilling, are you kidding me? I bet I've "packed" my drilling hundreds of miles. I mean what good is having such a fantastic hunting tool, and then not hunting with it?

Like I said, Mine weighs right at 7 pounds, and I've carried it on every kind of hunt I've been on, from moose and bear,



on down to deer pheasant's and other small game.



I even carried it when walking a trap line, you never know what you will happen onto, like this fox I shot with the 22 bbl.,



These days, I hardly carry anything else....

IF, you end up with a heavy drilling, that's the fault of the buyer, for making that choice. Krieghoff makes some nice drillings yet, today...

DM

 

[magyars4]

if you are going to put a lot of rounds through the gun, you don't want Dural.

What is the concern with Dural and number of rounds?

 

[gotboostvr]

I don't have anywhere near the budget to play with combos other than my Savage 24, but I think a 20/20/7x57 would be a real handy "do-all" with open sights.

 

[DM~]

if you are going to put a lot of rounds through the gun, you don't want Dural.

What is the concern with Dural and number of rounds?

In my conversations with Dieter Krieghoff, he stated, if you are a person that likes to shoot your drilling for more than hunting, then he would recommend against a Dural drilling, especially in cartridges like the 30-06. I think it was good advice...

Then you take the American attitude that "more is better" and many of us do reload, I can see problems in the future of a Dural receiver. Is a Dural receiver strong, "yes", can a Dural receiver be more easily abused than a steel receiver, that would be another "yes".

I use my drilling year around, in all the hunting seasons, so why sink money into one that could go off face more easily?

BTW, I've seen one Sauer 30-06 drilling that had a broken extractor from using max loads in it. Loads that a bolt gun would have easily digested.

I think a fantastic all around drilling for deer/blk. bear would be a light 16ga. 7x65R, with a Krieghoff insert bbl. in the right shot bbl., like this,



I love mine!!

DM

 

[Sav .250]

Condition , condition, condition. Do a search on the manufacturer. Model, etc.

"long distance buying" As many pic`s as you can get.

And for most.......BUYER BEWARE.

 

[DM~]

Condition , condition, condition. Do a search on the manufacturer. Model, etc.

"long distance buying" As many pic`s as you can get.

And for most.......BUYER BEWARE.

On top of that, it should be inspected by someone WHO KNOWS drillings, NOT by a gunsmith who THINKS he knows drillings!!!

DM