Combination gun

Evanguy said:
What else did you expect lol? Classic cgn (I'm guilty of it too as seen in my above post haha)
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I know I’m also guilty even if I try hard to not post a reply if I don’t have anything to say about the question asked hahaha.
“ I want to buy a new scope and I have $500 budget” “ buy a Swarovski at 2500” hahaha
 
Evanguy said:
What else did you expect lol? Classic cgn (I'm guilty of it too as seen in my above post haha)
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Exactly, what would one expect ;)
Myself, I use the rifle in my hands or a slingshot or use a piece of wood ala boomerang if nothing else.
Run what you brung is my motto sometimes I suppose.
**As an edited response, the Brno is a heavy gun...just from looking at it... DGY have you gone over the Intersurplus ad read through their imports.
You might find something that interests you in the combo department.
Spend a few months watching their imports, eventually something is bound to pop up.
Tight Groups,
Rob
 
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DGY said:
I know I’m also guilty even if I try hard to not post a reply if I don’t have anything to say about the question asked hahaha.
“ I want to buy a new scope and I have $500 budget” “ buy a Swarovski at 2500” hahaha
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Guilty of what??? Having a conversation... that's what threads are... and conversations go where they go.
 
I think for me the combination concept works better for small game like rabbits where you have a choice sometimes for a pot shot on a sitting rabbit with a 22lr and on running game with the shotgun barrel
 
I am a huge drilling and combination fan. I will usually carry one when out walking the forests and farmlands in rifle season. No whitetail with my Merkel combination last year but lots of bunnies! My current favourite is my Merkel (1960s) in 16g/7x65r. I picked it up on CGN in a trade. The gun was as new and is amazing. 1.5-6 power scope on claw mounts. It shoots the Sierra Tipped game kings 3 shot groups well under an inch. Carries well and truly can do it all.

The key to any of these types of guns is the quality of the regulation and spending the time to get your gun matched with the correct ammo that works for it. Once you’ve got that sorted they are great.

I have previously owned a FAIR combination in 12/9.3x74R. It could shoot the rifle into MOA groups but you needed to give it loads of time between shots as the barrel would heat up fast. Overall, it was a nice gun but it moved along.

I have a very drilling in 16x16 over 9.3x82R that is scoped with an original scope from the early 1900s. The gun looks like it has never been used. It was likely a guild gun as no maker marks but German proofs.

I also have a Greifelt and Co. 1930s drilling in 12x12 over 9.3x53R Swiss. I make brass by necking up and fireforming 7.62x53r Finnish brass. It’s open sights only but balances and carries wonderfully. My go to drilling is my 1960s Sauer in 16x16 over 7x65R. This shoots sub MOA with 175gr partitions and worked wonderful on my 4x4 whitetail 3 years ago.

I also run a Baikal 22/20g when I’m out for grouse in the forests. A little heavy to carry all day but works great and is surprisingly well regulated.

My most recent drilling is a Blaser 880 in 20g/7x65R/22 Hornet. I have not played with it much yet but it is looking promising.

I also enjoy using my Valmet 412s in various combinations. My 9.3x74r over 9.3x74r is a lot of fun.

I have also previously owned savage 24s, Antonio Zoli combination Chiappa. They simply could not compare with the other options.

Honestly, look on intersurplus as they have a lot of great German options for a great price. If I had to choose between a drilling or a combination, I’d go with the combination for easy of setup and frankly, I seldom use the second shotgun barrel while hunting. Used German guns that are decades old are often in great shape and are a literal fraction of the cost of anything new.

Have fun on this journey! It’ll take you down some rabbit holes for sure! As I’m writing this, I realize I may have a problem;)

Reach out if you have any questions!
 
Has anyone of you ever shot all 3 barrels of a Drilling ?

The Hoytler has no clou on using a double as always !

Probably drinking Hoyt 🔥 warm Orange Tang with Arsedent, pffft...

Owned so many of it and never figured out how to use it properly. What a joke !
 
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I like the idea of having a shotgun barrel for coyotes during deer season as I've missed an embarrassing number of coyotes up close.
 
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barbarossa said:
Well obviously I m talking small game unless you think those are long eared moose in the pics lol
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Yeah no, I was thinking more big game small game waterfowl etc kind of combination gun.
I use to have a savage 24 20g over 22wrm but sold that one too… sold lots of guns to finance an other gun that in the end went back to the smith because it wasn’t up to the money invested hahaha.
 
DGY said:
Yeah, they are not a specialized gun per say, but I did like the one I had for walking the forest and camp while moose hunting, shot a few grouse, but was still ready if a moose would have come out or you see one across the river etc. It wouldn’t be my main rifle that is for sure but for a camp gun or forest walking gun I think they make lots of sense for me anyway.
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“Oops, i just turned that grouse inside out with a 7x57, wrong trigger.”
 
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