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If you're into dangerous game chasing then 9,3x74-9,3x74/12ga by certain well known Poznan maker would work. It's made on 'Clamshell' action, so it's very expensive. That's hardly surprising, since you probably know how big boys want to pry them shells open! Also it's listed by Puglisi Gun Emporium and they're dreadfully expensive. Exclusive und Expensive BANK

BK, if your jeans have deep pockets, you may wish to consider a combination gun. JMar offers a new Krieghoff 20Ga over a 30-06. This neat combination gun is offered with a 30-06 shotgun barrel inset, i.e., you have a 30-06 O/U double rifle and when you wish to pursue birds, remove the 30-06 tube. Detachable scopes are also offered. I wish I could justify this purchase. In pondering this combination - when bird hunting; if one misses with the first barrel, what are the odds of hitting with the second barrel? This combination also assures that ammunition should be available at most country stores.

I would seriously consider a 16 x 16 x 9.3 - 74R -- a serious rifle round, not far behind the .375 H & H.

Most good drillings are VERY carefully made to keep weight down (think thin barrels where they can be thin, safely). So, you may not have enough "meat" to permit choke tube installation.

If you do find something you like with fixed chokes, you can adjust pattern performance, more than many expect, by cartridge selection -- and even more by careful handloading. Moderate velocities (around 1200 fps), hard shot, then adding buffering, tighten and even out patterns considerably. Spreader wads or inserts, with the opposites, open chokes. Feasible changes are +- one full designation and often more.

Aloha to a fellow Hawaii hunter!

I've been in the same boat, and I've wanted a drilling for quite some time, but moving back to Hawaii has dampened my desire.

The reason is that according to the bird hunting regulations on page 12 of the bird regs, "No person shall possess any rifle, combination-rifle firearm [...] where game mammal hunting is closed. Only the weapons that are authorized for the particular hunt are to be in the hunter's possession while in the hunting area." http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/hunting/BirdHuntingRegs_Chap122-02.pdf

Now this depends on areas, but for example when hunting on Mauna Kea on the Big Island when there are "bird days" Sat-Sun-State Holidays (and Wed-Thurs some years) mammel hunting is closed. While my experience is limited on the other islands, generally when bird season is open in an area, mammel season is not. So you can't use a rifle when bird hunting there. I talked to a few DNLR guys and this seems to be their reading of laws too, the general rule in Hawaii being you are only supposed to "carry one hunting weapon" at a time, a combination gun or a drilling would count as two weapons.

I could be wrong here, and I want to be wrong here, because I want to have too.

Found just what you're looking for BigK, 1939 vintage Robert Schuler H&H SLE 9,3x74-9.3x74/2&2/3" 20br w/ 22&5/8" Bohler special steel barrels/'Dural' frame. Plenty of features: bushed firing pins, full length rib w/express sights, claw mt. with 4x Zeiss scope, 3 cocking indicators, rolled edge trigger guard,.....At 8.4lb thank God for that recoil pad. Good weight for this caliber as .375 H&H repetier should weigh about 8.5lbs empty. I hope you're sitting down, it's listed at 19,500USD @ Ed Stepanow's Fine German Guns 858-485-6422. Never heard of this Herr before.