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I am very glad to see a section on combo guns and drillings. How about a drilling thread to match the combo gun one? I'll get it started with my "go-to gun" my old GDR Merkel in 16/16/7x65r. I've used in for the past 5-6 years in the US and in Europe and its never let me down on axis deer, red stag, mouflon, woodcock, partridges and pheasants. ![[Linked Image]](http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL301/2025534/9397195/324384571.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL301/2025534/16886523/299690433.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL301/2025534/9208268/339441817.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL301/2025534/9397195/324384548.jpg)
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THAT is one great drilling!  Too bad the rifle barrel doesn't group.  
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yea, tht flyer must have been a disappointment.
Great looking gun, and nice shooting.
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I really believe it wants to shoot. If you keep working at it I'm confident you'll come up with a good load.
Nice, very nice!!!!
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Triebel Dural drilling in 16/16/8X57JR with 22 mag insert. The 4X Hensoldt scope is in claw mounts. I call it my "pimp-drilling". The gold plating has grown on me over the years, and I kind of like it now. ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/004-1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/003-2.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/001-1.jpg) 1909 Sauer/Prussian/Charles Daly sidelock 12/12/30-30. I use it a lot during chuckar season. Steelhead put it to good use for a few years, too. ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/Drill2.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/Drill.jpg) My latest drilling...a 1955 Sauer 3000 16/16/6.5X57R. My dogs don't care what I use, they just love doing this.  ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/127.jpg) [img] http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/126.jpg[/img] [img] http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/SauerforBC006.jpg[/img] [img] http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/SauerforBC002.jpg[/img]
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I knew I could entice you to post some of your beauties with this thread! Very nice! Thank you guys for your encouragement with my problematic groups 
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Chasseur, what model is your Merkel, is that a 96K as I think it is?
I have the same gun, 12-12-9.3x74R and mine now has custom peep sights, front post, Q-rib, scope mounts and it also shoots RWS factory 286 H-Mantel and my handloads of the 286NP as well as the Speer 270 gr. bullet as yours does.
These guns are amazingly accurate, I wish I had one in 20-20-7x65R to get the weight down for climbing in BC's mountainous terrain.
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A good friend just got a 96K in 16 & 9,3X74R and loves the gun. He sold his Merkel in 16 & 7X65R to get it. Now he misses the 7X65. I think 7X65R and 30R Blaser are great combo gun rounds for the average North American hunter. My target drilling is a 20ga 3" and 9,3X74R 96K in IC/Mod, scoped. I'd settle for 16ga or 12. 
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Chasseur, what model is your Merkel, is that a 96K as I think it is?
I have the same gun, 12-12-9.3x74R and mine now has custom peep sights, front post, Q-rib, scope mounts and it also shoots RWS factory 286 H-Mantel and my handloads of the 286NP as well as the Speer 270 gr. bullet as yours does.
These guns are amazingly accurate, I wish I had one in 20-20-7x65R to get the weight down for climbing in BC's mountainous terrain. I am not sure of the model, its an older East German gun (1960s I think) so I'm not sure when Merkel started making the 96K. It has those wonderful flip up iron sight blade that comes up when you switch the barrel sector to rifle
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Here ya go Bruce. A Simson 12x12/9.3x74R. One of my favorite guns.(moved this here, as I mistakenly posted in the combo thread) Jeff ![[Linked Image]](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee235/7x65/IMG_0450.jpg)
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Chasseur, what model is your Merkel, is that a 96K as I think it is?
I have the same gun, 12-12-9.3x74R and mine now has custom peep sights, front post, Q-rib, scope mounts and it also shoots RWS factory 286 H-Mantel and my handloads of the 286NP as well as the Speer 270 gr. bullet as yours does.
These guns are amazingly accurate, I wish I had one in 20-20-7x65R to get the weight down for climbing in BC's mountainous terrain. I want to see some pics of your 96k - especially your ghost ring peep setup. PLEASE!
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That is where that went. Just missed the boat on it. Love that 12x12x30-30. Happy hunting.
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A friend called me and said that his Uncle was not going to hunt anymore due to old age. Being that none of his Uncle's siblings wanted a firearm, once he passed...The guns would become the property of the State/Country. Germany. I bought this Simson Suhl 12 Ga. 7X65R w/a 22 Mag Kreighoff Einstucklauf (Insert Barrel) from the Uncle and transferred it to my German Gun Card. It has a Fixed 8X56 Scope (For Night Boar Hunting). I wish it had a smaller scope but I'm not going to pay what the US 'Smiths are asking to mount a smaller scope. I've hunted with it in Germany, Spain, Hawaii and now...Florida! . ![[Linked Image]](http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m265/lar2010/FE89C9FB-C2EB-4F3E-A794-BF272697F03F-5102-000008B6004DED43.jpg)
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That is where that went. Just missed the boat on it. Love that 12x12x30-30. Happy hunting. It just came back home, is all. I hunted with it for over 35 years, and I will for a few more now. 
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7X64 Is that a Nickel scope? Nice rig.
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Here ya go Bruce. A Simson 12x12/9.3x74R. One of my favorite guns.(moved this here, as I mistakenly posted in the combo thread) Jeff Nice looking circus pony!
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Always cool to see a gun make it back home. Can't wait for more pics.....
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Yep it's a Nickel. The scope is nice, just a bit too much magnification for daytime hunting. I'll have to do some night hunting for Coyotes with it soon. At least it will draw in enough light so I won't need illumination.
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OK... This was one of my all time favorites. I sold it to pay medical bills, and it served that purpose. It now resides in Alaska. Sauer/Prussian/Daly sidelock/side-cock on the smaller 20ga frame in 16ga and 30-30. ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/1630-30Daly1-1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/1630-306-1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/1630-305-1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/1630-304-1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/1630-3010.jpg) This Simson went to a good friend in Las Vegas. He'll be using it in Africa someday soon. 12/12/9,3X74R with 8X56 in swing mount and a 22 mag Kreighoff einstecklauf. ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/DRILLINGSANDCAPEGUN001.jpg)
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That Simson looks a lot like mine.
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