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.
All the hunters I knew in Germany had at least one Drilling and a Mauser 98 sport rifle. They also like single shot rifles
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
