rifle for turkeys

[Drilling Man]

If it weren't for the $$$  I'd buy one tommorrow.

  I decided long ago i'd "much" rather have "quality" than "quantity"

  Most guys here talk about all the guns they have from rifles to shotguns...  You can buy a drilling for about what three bolt actions with scopes would cost, (or less) and i'd MUCH rather have one drilling than 3 bolt actions that i can only use one at a time anyway!

  On most fly in hunts you have a weight limit, so at 7 pounds i'm all set with one gun (that's really 3) and some ammo.  On longer hunts many times i'm the only one getting to hunt because i'm the only one who has a gun to hunt with once the big game tags are filled.  I can go jump shoot some ptarmigan or maybe get a few ducks...

  DM

[manofthe45]

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but I have one more ? on the drilling.  I have tried several shotgun/rifle combo's and always had problems regulating the barrels at all in a scope.  How do you do it with three barrels?

[Drilling Man]

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but I have one more ? on the drilling.  I have tried several shotgun/rifle combo's and always had problems regulating the barrels at all in a scope.  How do you do it with three barrels?

  Had some Savages did you?

  That's one reason why a quality gun cost more...  The factory takes the time to make the adjustment available to the buyer like in the case of a Valmet 412..  You turn screws to "adjust" the rifle bbl to where you want it.

  The next step up like my drilling, the factory makes sure the bbls are regulated to the sights "before" they leave the factory...

  With my old drilling, the rim fire bbl unlocks with a key, and you slide the bbl right out.  I have two of them, one in long rifle and the other in Win. mag..   The rimfire bbl itself has adjustments on it so it can regulated it to the sights...  It "always" goes back to zero, every time!



  Once out, that shot bbl is again ready for shot shell use..

  It all works perfectly, and is well worth the $$ to have it all working "right" rather than "wish" it was right.

  DM

[manofthe45]

Stop posting pics of that thing man.  My wife thinks I am looking at porn every time I look at it.  Seriously What does something like that cost if you don't mind me asking.

[DalesCarpentry]

I have never saw such a gun!!!!!!!!!! What is it and what is the cost of it? It shoots shotgun rimfires and center fires wow. Please explain how it dose this. Is there a switch to switch between what you want to fire? Very cool gun.

[Drilling Man]

  OK, it's called a drilling and mine was made by Krieghoff in Germany.  My old drilling was made in Oct. of 1935 but Krieghoff is still makeing them today.

  To use it, it has double triggers like most double shotguns.  The front trigger is for the right shot bbl., and the back is for the left shot bbl...  If you have an "rimfire insert bbl." in the shot bbl, then the front trigger still fires that bbl...

  Now, on the tang there is what looks like a safety, but it's not the safery...  (check out the pict..)  The safety is on the side...



  It's the bbl selctor.  If you push it foreward, the front trigger will then fire the bottom (rifle) bbl, and at the same time the selector raises the rear sight so you have open sights to use, or you can snap on the scope on and use that.

  It all works very fast and is easy to get use to....

  As for price....  Depending on the cal's, age, quality, engraveing, and other things, a drilling will run from about 1K to over 15K and every where inbetween!

  DM