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Mike, I get it, but I can still shoot with the blade sights on my .22 single shot. Hopefully that still translates to being able to use the rifle sights on a drilling.

Lloyd3 the reason for the comment is more modern drillings have the rifle barrel selector arranged so the rear sight stands up when the rifle barrel is selected, and the front trigger (rifle/right shot barrel) is single set. Drillings without scope, but with insert barrel often have a device (vizier Sperrer?) that holds the rear sight up when the right barrel (and set trigger) is selected.
Mike

Mike:

Thankyou for that! On the older guns (hammered), I'm assuming that the leaf sight for the rife is a manual selection process. Also, that 9.3x72R round you mention is indeed fairly common in the early guns. How hard is it to convert that to a smaller caliber round in one of these rifles? Something like a .22 Magnum or a Hornet would be perfection for how I'd anticipate it's general use. I would presume an insert of some type is employed, do you have any sense of where something like that might be sourced? A German gunsmith somewhere perhaps?

Lloyd3,
Lining the rifle barrel of a drilling generally doesn't work out too well because it has been regulated to shoot the larger bullet to the point of impact governed by the sights. Also, a 22 Mag cartridge is rim fire, and the liner would need to be off set at the chamber end. What Works very well is an Einstecklauf( EL) (insert barrel) in the right hand shot barrel, chambered for 22LR or 22 Mag. These are adjustable for point of impact and leave the rifle barrel available for use with full loads or light, and squib loads. Common light handloads for 9.3x72R would have around a 200-grain bullet from 1200 to 1600 fps.
Mike