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I for one do not know this Kat, but interesting read:


https://www.rockislandauction.com/riac-blog/the-uniquely-german-drilling

I had no idea Rock Island had artikels?

Hochachtungsvoll,

Raimey
rse

I really like that he mentions the core custodian of the Drilling: Waldläufer, Förster & Wildhüter. The Platform was that of the Commoner. Nobility or Royalty would be akin to us here in the U.S. of A.: A Weapon for Every Occasion..


Hochachtungsvoll,

Raimey
rse

Germans like their dogs to have the versatility as do their firearms. They want to them to point, fetch, and track. I love DK's.

It is troublesome to possess firearms in Germany so getting a three in one gun is quite practical. The German hunters I know are also frugal which orients them towards buying fewer guns. They are also not afraid of having a single shot rifle for hunting. Missing or wounding animals is seriously looked down on in Germany.

All the hunters I knew in Germany had at least one Drilling and a Mauser 98 sport rifle. They also like single shot rifles and the Ruger Number One used to be popular in Germany. The Drilling is fascinating and practical. It may be a bit complicated but if the Germans make it, it will work.

The American soldiers were fascinated by drillings as they brought home tens of thousands after WWII.

Vergelts Gott

I have been using drillings since the mid 1960s and find them very, very useful with a couple caveats. I find long barrel 12 ga. drillings too heavy and cumbersome. A 16 or 20ga with a 60 cm barrel, with a scope (with 7mm+ exit pupil diameter) in claw mounts, quick adjustable sling, and a rimfire insert barrel (einstecklauf) is just about perfect. BTW, only use rimmed rifle cartridges.
Mike

That indeed was the case once. Sixty years ago.

And I mean sixty. Even up into the early Seventies, Drillinge were still bought. Notably the often mediocre "Ferlacher Bauernmöbel".

The time of the Vorstehhund is long over, and so, in equal measure, is the time of the Drilling. Over and done.
Single shot rifles are looked down upon and sneered at by 85 % of our hunting population. They are considered eccentric collection items. Okay, maybe the real number of detractors is higher, if one is sober. Let's say by 90 %. Tempora mutantur and nos mutamur in illis...

Drillinge are not bought anymore for real hunting purposes, since decades. In well used condition, they are nearly unsellable. Average prices for such are between 300 (mediocre condition, Dural receiver) and 550 €uros. Exceptionally rare ones will occasionally be sought by a collector, but only in excellent plus condition. Loose ones and old hammer Drillinge in 9,3x72R are unceremoniously scrapped.

Regards from Germany,
Carcano

Reminds me of hunting with my .30-06/12 ga.Valmet. Had a nice shot at a doe and accidently peppered her with 6 shot.

7,35 Carcano, do you own a Dreling?

Serbus,

Raimey
rse

Well, all that being said, what has replaced those old guns for the German hunter today?

I’ve no dog in this fight, as our DNR frowns on having birdshot on your person, while deer hunting, or, center fire cartridges while bird hunting. I can own as many guns as I want, and they tend to be specialized for a single discipline. As a rule, if we are hunting, we know exactly what we are hunting for. I don’t shoot squirrels, rabbits, or deer while bird hunting. It would screw up the dog. We are blessed in this state to have the possibility of grouse, pheasants and woodcock on the same trip in a few counties, but, I haven’t done that in years.

If I need a rifle, I take a rifle. Ditto a shotgun. It will be one or the other in my world.
What happens in Germany?

Best,
Ted

Well Ted with you being Nobility, we wouldn't expect you to tote what us Commoners carry.

Hochachtungsvoll,

Raimey
rse

Where do you get this “we” stuff, Kemosabe? Did you hunt last season in Germany, and can you tell us what you saw, or, what you used while there?

I asked what is going on in Germany, in the year of our Lord 2025. I know what happens here, well, maybe not everything that happens in North Alabama, but, not too much surprises me in the fields around this part of the world.

If you have some actual insight, put it up.

Or, you know…..

Best,
Ted