GaryW,
During the 1970s,Waffen Frankonia, sold many of these drillings, to everyday regular hunters, who found them to be solid working guns. American soldier hunters also bought them, due to the mostly reasonable price. The particular scope/ mount combination is especially good. To buy a new one here and have it mounted by NECG, with completely new clawmounts would likely cost about as much as the asking price. Personally, I prefer 16 ga., but I concede most Americans(and now most Germans)prefer 12 ga. When adjusting the windage, be aware that some windage screws "pull" the scope when tightened and some "push" it. It just depends on which part of the mount, the particular manufacturer chose to thread. There will likely be witness marks on the back of the rear mount. You only need to remember to move the rear of the scope in the direction you want the bullet to go. Ammo for the rifle, made by Z&B is currently available at a pretty good price. RWS ( my preference for my 7x57R) is also available at a higher price. If you like 7x57, you may have loading dies. If so, you can use them, and only change shellholder. The drilling has 70mm shotgun chambers, which are the American standard 2 3/4" shells. I recently noticed that Simpson Ltd. has a 12ga/22mag. insert barrel(einstecklauf), which is a very useful accessory to have.
Mike
