Thank you for this forum - first post

[Mick]

I would like to thank the owners of B&B for providing a separate place for firearm and shooting sport related topics.

To start with something interesting for the first post in this newly created forum (besides the ones moved into here)

I will start by asking if anyone uses a Drilling, Vierling, or Cape gun for hunting?

Some pics would be nice too

Below are some older pics of my favorite deer rifle. It was made by Peter Hambrush in Ferlach Austria in the year 1899. The right barrel is 8x57 rimed Mauser (a rimed version of the 1898-1945 German military round) and the left barrel is 16 gauge shot gun. The barrels are German and have the crossed cannons of Krupps, Essen Germany on them.

 

[strop]

I don't hunt, but like to shoot clays. That is one beautiful gun!

 

[maxman]

I've always liked the Drillings.
Never shot one though. Maybe one day.

 

[gegarrenton]

I concur with thread title!

Gorgeous gun turtle.

 

[Rockminer]

That's a beaut turtle. I agree it's nice to have a sub forum to talk about these things.

 

[BigFoot]

I would like to thank the owners of B&B for providing a separate place for firearm and shooting sport related topics.

To start with something interesting for the first post in this newly created forum (besides the ones moved into here)

I will start by asking if anyone uses a Drilling, Vierling, or Cape gun for hunting?

Some pics would be nice too

Below are some older pics of my favorite deer rifle. It was made by Peter Hambrush in Ferlach Austria in the year 1899. The right barrel is 8x57 rimed Mauser (a rimed version of the 1898-1945 German military round) and the left barrel is 16 gauge shot gun. The barrels are German and have the crossed cannons of Krupps, Essen Germany on them.

That is a beauty Mr. Turtle.

 

[ackvil]

Turtle, that is one beautiful gun!

 

[Jim]

A fine gun for the first post in a new forum.

 

[tinashubby]

Purdy gun! It looks like it uses percussion caps?

 

[hillbilly pick]

Marvelous shofle! Unique! Thank you for sharing.

 

[Mick]

Purdy gun! It looks like it uses percussion caps?

It is a "hammer" style gun. The hammer strikes the firing pin which strikes the primer in the center of the round.

It is a modern firearm built to use modern smokeless powder cartridge shells. It has Austrian smokeless powder proofs on the barrels

16 gauge shotgun shells and 8x57 rimmed Mauser cartridges are still made and available if you look hard enough for them.

8x57 (JRS) rimmed Mauser has a similar trajectory to the US 30-06 (which was a copy of the 8x57 rimless German military round) so it is an exceptional medium game round.

Here is a good article from a well respected gun authority on the 8x57 round and how it stacks up with other similar but more modern cartridges

http://www.chuckhawks.com/forgotten_8x57.htm

 

[tomjr]

lovely gun.

 

[Wullie]

That's a NICE one. I've owned a couple in the past but they had oddball German calibers and ammo was hard to find and expensive.

Always thought one like yours or in 7X57R/12ga would be a good combo.

Side note; reason those are in rimmed calibers is for ease of extraction of fired case as side by sides are better suited to extracting a fired case with a rim, and the fact that most European countries forbid ownership of a firearm capable of firing any current or former round used by the military.

I also had a .500 BPE ( black powder express ) side by side, under lever rifle made by R. B. Rodda. It was pretty much identical ballistically to the 50-140 Sharps Straight side. Beautiful gun it was. I took some .50 basic brass and turned the bases and rims thinner. Ended up with three usable pieces of brass. Got fed up with messing with it, sold it and went back to my old Sharps rifles when I wanted to make a lot of noise and hurt my shoulder.


Beautiful gun, thanks for sharing it.

 

[Mick]

That's a NICE one. I've owned a couple in the past but they had oddball German calibers and ammo was hard to find and expensive.

Always thought one like yours or in 7X57R/12ga would be a good combo.

Side note; reason those are in rimmed calibers is for ease of extraction of fired case as side by sides are better suited to extracting a fired case with a rim, and the fact that most European countries forbid ownership of a firearm capable of firing any current or former round used by the military.

I also had a .500 BPE ( black powder express ) side by side, under lever rifle made by R. B. Rodda. It was pretty much identical ballistically to the 50-140 Sharps Straight side. Beautiful gun it was. I took some .50 basic brass and turned the bases and rims thinner. Ended up with three usable pieces of brass. Got fed up with messing with it, sold it and went back to my old Sharps rifles when I wanted to make a lot of noise and hurt my shoulder.


Beautiful gun, thanks for sharing it.

You can still buy cape, drilling, and vierlings new in modern calibers.

I came close to buying a new Franz Sodia drilling in 30-06, 12 gauge (x2). Beautiful gun, side plates, full engraved, gold inlay. I just could not bring myself to sell my Ferrari to raise the money for it

You do know I am just kidding (about the car)

 

[Wullie]

Well I could if I won the lotto.

They are some of the most classically beautiful firearms on the planet.

However, when the zombies invade, I want more than two consecutive shots without having to reload.

 

[ChiefBroom]

Dang! That's beautiful!!!!