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Putting the safety back on is not enough to safely take off the hair trigger. In German hunting school you learn that if you engaged the hair trigger and you don't want to shoot anymore, first you point the barrel in a save direction, then you put the safety on, then you break (open) the gun, THEN you take off the hair trigger. Especially with older guns or very lightly set hair triggers you might still get a shot if you take off the hair trigger, even when the safety is engaged. Also note that the Greener safety engages with the trigger and is inherently less safe than, for example, the Mauser safety which engages the firing pin, which is the part of the gun that needs to move in order to shoot.

05:16 - The longer 'action' Mannlicher Schoenauer was introduced well before 1950 with the M1924 model (chambered for .30-'06) and continued with what Stoeger (importer to the U.S.) called 'High Velocity'; referred to by modern collectors as 'M1925'. The Mannlicher Schoenauer was introduced as Model M1900 at the 1900 Paris World's Fair (Exposition Universelle) chambered for the new proprietary 6.5X54 MS cartridge. Small batches were produced in military and in sporting form by Oesterreische Waffenfabriken Gesselschaft Steyr during the early 1900s with some of the military arms having been 'sporterized' by well known British gunmakers. A contract was eventually negotiated with Greece for substantial purchases of a military version based on 1903 revisions, hence named Y1903. Production of the Y1903 commenced in 1905. Also in 1905 Steyr introduced the M1903 and M1905 sporting models; the '05 being chambered for a new 9X56 MS cartridge. Original Mannlicher Schoenauer - Proprietary chamberings: 6.5X54 MS - M1900, M1903, Y1900 and all successive 'Greek Contract' variants 9X56 MS - M1905 8X56 MS - M1908 9.5X57 MS - M1910 Longer 'action' introduced: M1924 - .30-'06 only. 'M1925' - 7X57, 7X64, 8X60, 9.3X62, 10.75X68 ('special order' chamberings have been observed). Magnum model introduced, 1958: Initial chamberings of 6.5X68, 8X68S, .458 Winchester Magnum. By 1961 .257 Weatherby Magnum, .264 Winchester Magnum, .338 Winchester Magnum had been added. The M1924 were originally an order of about 1,000* rifles for Sequoia Importing Co., all chambered for 'the U.S. Cartridge of 1906' and stamped SEQUOIA on barrel just fore of the receiver. Many went unsold and were reconfigured at Steyr to chamberings more popular in Europe with the new 'Kaliber' stamped over prior 'M1924'. Production of military rifles and carbines for Greece continued with contracts of 1914 (Y1903/14), 1927 (Y1903/14/27 'Breda') and 1930 (System 1930), all chambered for the original MS cartridge of 6.5X54. Pre WW2 and 'Anschluss' era MS sporting arms were available as full stocked carbine (stutzen), half stocked rifle, and take down versions; all available with single or double trigger. Pre WW2 MS stocks had trap door steel butt plates with storage for cleaning rods and two spare cartridges. 'Postwar' MS were still available (through 1972) as stutzen or half stocked rifle, single or double trigger, but gone were take down model and trap door buttplate / storage. Post WW2 production began with the M1950, initially available only in .270 Winchester with 6.5X54 added (resumed) soon afterward. By the time Model M1952 was introduced, with swept back bolt handle, chamberings available were 6.5X54 MS, .270 Winchester, .257 Roberts, 7mm, '30-'06, .308 Winchester, 9.3X62. Other chamberings were added during the 1950s - 1960s. The only MS proprietary chambering used after WW2 was the 6.5X54. Production of rifles / carbines chambered for 9X56 (M1905), 8X56 (M1908), 9.5X57 (M1910) was not resumed postwar.

We eat them here in Louisiana, but I multi species hunt all the time. This is where I came to find out about German Drillings. Thanks for importing them in, Im sure I will buy one at some point.

Hello thank you.i love Germany.

I've been wanting a.drilling for a long time. Drillings.have been a part of European hunting, since the black powder days, sorry.to.see that tradition go by the way side.

Most of my opinions could be considered very left/socialist leaning. But I have to say that East German gun laws were really unfair, alienating and effectively dehumanizing gun owners. It is very disheartening. That being said, it's very telling that many Capitalist countries are following suit. Instituting ever more restrictive gun laws, my home country included. Don't trust leadership I guess. Speaking of which, over here in Canada, most of the old DDR guns are heavily choked. Being export models most are 12 gauge.

I think the Apex of the Drilling is 9,3mmx74R/2x16GA.

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Nice video, great to see that you guys like our older style weapons. I am from Germany and I do have a hunting license, so I thought I would give you a little bit of input. If you have a hunting license in Germany you can basically buy any number of long guns - except fully automatic rifles off course - as long as you renew your license every 1 to 3 years. Weapons are registered on WBKs, that´s short for Waffenbesitzkarte, and one holds 8 items. If you acquired 8 guns or silencers and the card is full, you simply get another one. Nowadays here in Germany, new hunters are kind of pushed in the direction of the more modern firearms - actually most of the time while still being in the courses to obtain their first licence. If you talk to many of them they all have a Blaser R8 very high up on their list. That leads to the price of a run of the mill Sauer, Simson or Fortuna Drilling dropping significantly. Actually I bought my two, a 7x57r and 8x57irs complete with Swarovski variable Scopes for less than thousand euros each recently. And they are both in pristine condition. It is kind of sad to see that these fine guns are not appreciated any more. There is an old saying here: „Mit einem Drilling bist Du immer gut angezogen“, meaning that you always have the right clothes on when you take a Drilling, and I myself really like to take them hunting.

I have seen and shot them, but never owned one. I have wanted one since the 70's and I was even stationed in Germany.

Where could I find the rear site and its link? THX

The drilling is a classical Test weapon here in Germany, when you want to make your offical hunting license. We had to learn to handle this within and out every situation. It's a great combinated classic!

I saw one on a website. I like small game hunting and was wondering if it does the job. I know Baikal sometime shot low or too high?

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What value of the weapon sauer und sohn

I recently ordered this gun from *immaglockdealer on wickr* and finally got to shoot it today. The 300 grain rounds aren’t that bad but the 500 grain rounds kick it’s a lot of fun to shoot

I have owned 2 drillings. I had a Merkel 12x12x243 which I pheasant hunted with and surprised a couple of coyotes beyond shotgun range with the 243. Currently I have a Krieghoff 12x12x30-06 haven’t fielded it yet, but I have plans to take it to Africa for birds and varmints while ready for plains game.

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How come you don't make any videos no more?

I have an Einstecklaufen for my Veore O/U, would love to see a video of how to sight that thing in.

Waidmannsheil! .....Great Video, love to see the Drillings, I got mine while in Wiesbaden working for the Corps, same situation I took the hunting Course, me and a buddy of mine brought several guns home...Thanks for posting...Good Times

Your presentations on these high quality arms are very interesting. I hope you post more content in the future.

Very Fine little Carbines the Mannlicher Schoenaur's..... I love my Model 1903 and 1908, and I still use to this day.

I love German Drillings! My family is from Pennsylvania Dutch country so German craftsmanship is near and dear to my heart. In fact i would get rid of al my other hunting rifles and shotguns if I could get a German drilling 12X12x.30-06 and of course some rimfire inserts and .30mauser adapter for small varmints. I can't find one for less than $5000 and that's with no scope. that's probably two years of saving for me. Do you gentlemen know whom is a could contact to be able to seek out a good german drilling

Lovely weapon. I've been looking at a Chiappa Double Badger, and I keep judging it on it's barrel length, the Sauer and Sohn Driller was a bit more what I expected. (I've recently settled on the CDB seeing footage about US Infantry soldiers with Drillers of the same size as the CBD and specs in all metal, satisfied.) Thanks again for a trip.

I just acquired one of these, made in the 1920's. 8x57mm R and 12-gauge instead of 7x57mm R and 16-gauge, and no scope mount. Amazing guns. As many mountain men and pioneers as we had in America in the 1700's and 1800's, right up to the early 20th century, it's baffling how drillings weren't really a thing in America since they're simple, reliable, and incredibly versatile firearms. With one gun, you've got two shotgun barrels choked for different ranges and a rifle barrel, so you can hunt anything and everything with one gun. Any mountain man worth his salt would have loved to own a drilling.

Gutten morgen Dammen und Herren, would have worked.

From my understanding (from having talked with many German gun dealers), the prices of drillings dropped dramatically because of: 21st century. New hunters generally don't take their grandpa's drilling into the field. They'd rather buy one of those modern, modular Blaser R8 rifles. And perhaps one or two shotguns. Downside of owning an old gun is that parts might break, and having new parts made by a gunsmith is ridiculously expensive. Also, for humanely dispatch wounded game, we prefer either long knives, spears (Saufeder) or a handgun. Another point is: amount of guns. A drilling is a perfect gun, if you plan to only buy one gun in your whole life (usually had something to do with money). Those days are gone. You can own a certain number of guns on your license, but if that's not enough, you can simply get another license.

Can you please make a review specific for the older Merkel shotguns? Where you cover the 303, 201, ... etc., their pros/cons, maintenance, parts.. etc? There ain’t a lot of info online about those guns. And the Merkel website only has info on current/new products.

Brother, I did my hunting course the last year I was stationed in Germany and purchased a model 3000 in 16GA 8x57IRS from Waffen Frank in Mainz. Great gun WMH!!!

When are these going up for sale?

Beautiful guns, works of art.

I have only seen one, 12gauge and 30-06 lower.

Sorry sound is not very good. Too much echo hard to hear you

I've wanted to have a gun like that since I was a teenager, nearly 60 years ago but they were always out of my price range. I wish they still were if it meant the people could own them easily. Every person has the right to self defense and the right to put food on the table.

Are these available in the US.?

How long do you think it will be before you can prepare a catalogue with pictures, descriptions and prices of the firearms? The shotguns and combination guns you have shown in your video clips look awesome.