How about a thread on your combination guns and drillings

[rjohns94]

I'm considering the purchase of either a combo gun or a drilling. Due to their general expense and design for utility, I'm considering the shotgun barrel in 20, 16 or 12, the rifle in a cartridge around the functionality of 30-06. The drillings on the top of my consideration list at this time are 16/16/30-06, or 12/12/8mm. the combo guns have been 20, or 16 bore, with 9.3 x72r, or 9.3x74, 8mm, or 7x57. i'm favoring the 16 bore/ 9.3x74 currently. Thoughts? I have seen one or two in shotgun/30-30 also which I thought was interesting. thanks for your thoughts.

[Pete44ru]

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About 25 years ago, I had & hunted with a Sauer & Sohn 16/16/7x57R drilling, for a few years, that worked out pretty well on every game animal/bird that I had access to, here in New England.

There was some small difficulty at first, in procuring the 7x57R (rimmed) ammo, but I was fortunate enough to run across enough at a funshow to last me several years.

It cost me $1600, back then - and it schooled me in buying a used drilling.

You see, the reason it was "only" $1600 was that I was too ignorant to give it the checkout I should have.

It had a slight rib separation under the aftermarket-attached rear scope base, that I never noted ( a no-no, since rib repairs can easily cost more than the gun).

(evidently, due to the 3rd bbl being firmly soldered to the SxS bbls, drillings apparently don't respond to a "ringing" of the barrels like a SxS does)

I used it for a few years, then moved it on to a funshow dealer I knew, who bought it for the same $$$ that I paid for it.

I had made him aware of the rib issue, but he readily bought it anyway - probably because he had a gunsmith for it, and usually charged very high prices (surprise, surprise) for everything he has on his GS table(s).

The moral of the story, Mike, is: NEVER buy a used drilling (and maybe a Cape gun also) w/o a detailed, hands-on inspection by a someone that's knowedgeable about the species, if you aren't.



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[Stan in SC]

A couple of years ago I decided I wanted a combination gun and after a lot of research and reading reviews I decided to try one of the models made by Baikal. I opted for the 12 gauge over .308.It is also available in two other rifles calibers , these being 30-06 and .223.
I am very satisfied with the performance and accuracy of this gun. The iron sights are just plain rudimentary but that was not a consideration since I planned on and used a long eye relief variable scope.
You can find a lot of info and videos on these on You Tube.
For about $700 retail for the gun I feel I got what I wanted although I got it for dealer cost.

Stan in SC

[Old Ironsights]

How much are you looking to spend Mike?

I have a 100y/o 16x16/9.3x72R hammer gun - with dies, brass & molds for the rifle - that I've been debating on selling/needs a home where it will get shot more than I have been able to. Last appraised at $1200-$1500 without the accessories.

It was recently tuned (6 years ago?) by 86er & his shotgun friends.

PM me and we can chat... (rather sell it here so I can keep track of it than send it to the Drilling factors...)

[barbarossa]

Another good combo gun to consider if you can find one is the Savage 2400 in 12ga over 308.