Beautiful and Complete Luftwaffe Drilling Shotgun

[@johnfalk4200]

Hello everyone. German is my mother tongue as I have an Austrian family tree. My grandfather fought on the German side in World War II. This weapon was primarily issued to airmen operating in North Africa. The M30 was intended to be used for hunting and self-defense against natural predators. That's right. But sorry, I don't think she was ever called "Dreiling". Drilling is the correct German speech and means triplet. Likewise, for example, zwilling means twin. I don't want to pretend to be a smarty pants. But I've never heard the term Dreiling in my entire life, not even from my grandfather. The expression Waidmanns Heil is nothing bad. Hunters traditionally greet each other in this way. But I would like to congratulate you on this fine channel. And thank you for presenting such great historical specimens. I apologize for my bad English and I hope you understood me to some extent. I love the USA and its culture and the people who still live this wonderful culture and its traditions till today. Greetings from Europe and god bless you all.

[@petrusfjerasmus]

Don't apologize for your English, it it perfectly fine even excellent if it is not your mother tongue. everything you had to say is easily understood.

[@allangibson2408]

The M30 was built to Herman Goering’s personal specifications. He was a mad keen hunter and thought all his pilots needed a quality survival gun.

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

10:48 „Waldmanns Heil“ (something like „Forest man’s luck/fortune/soundness“) is a very traditional old saying that is used by hunters to wish another hunter luck „Rauchloses Jagdpulver“ is „smokeless hunting-powder“ in English

[@chrisgolden2587]

That's one of the coolest firearms I have ever seen just because of the way the rifle is engaged.

[@jfakoggl]

9,3 × 74 mm R is up to this date a common hunting cartridge for medium and large game in Europe as well as for African safari hunting. Beautiful condition of this Drilling indeed. Congrats to the future owner!

[@rapalaron6348]

Agree. Common cartridge here in Sweden too for Bear and moose hunt.

[@nerwusek19]

@@rapalaron6348 EXactly, 9.3x7rR like 9.3x64 and 9.3x62 are common rifles in all europe... anybody alder than 10 yrs old know that

[@goodbye8995]

@@nerwusek19 no one cares. Want to know why? Guns are done. Old people today (40+) are the last generation that will be permitted to own guns outside of police or military service. These are weapons of war, and since we now have a one world government (public isn't ready to be told) even military will not need anything more than personal defense rounds (the 'enemy' will be mostly unarmed civilians.) So yeah, enjoy.

[@LePuntano22]

One of my dream guns, what an unique piece of engineering

[@leighchristopherson2455]

Ian over on "Forgotten Weapons" does a presentation on this beautiful gun. Apparently one shotgun barrell is for slugs, the second is choked for shot. He also said that these were early war, and that the German pilots were still gentlemen aristocrats, as they had been during the first World War. Baron Von Richtofen types. So the pilots were given something fitting their "station" in life. Attrition soon ended the practice, because of cost, and I suppose because the peasants started flying as well.

[@Kamernosse]

RWS stand for Rheinisch-Westfälischen Sprengstofffabriken and is a brand of Swiss ammunition manufacturer RUAG ammotec today, like „Rottweil“ and „Waidmannsheil“ (a German greeting phrase among hunters) too. 9,3x74 mm R is still around as a hunting cartridge for large game, especially in classic hunting rifles like double rifles and combination guns like this drilling.

[@aaronsmith7854]

This is by far my favorite gun of the war! Highest quality craftsmanship.

[@Felix-fy7ki]

My uncle was a marine pilot in WW II, I do have a photograph somewhere where they were shooting at clay pidgeons for training. As he explained to my father, they only used double barrelled shotguns. Unfortunately they were shot down near Norway and crashed into the atlantic ocean. Only the radioman survived.

[@user-fj4qk6zd9vajnw]

It's also called Drilling in German (like drilling machine), and not Dreiling (like clothes dryer) Excellent video!

[@terminator2906]

You are correct.it is called drilling and not dreiling

[@964cuplove]

I agree, I have no expert knowledge, but I do know a few hunters and I am German. I don’t know the term Dreiling but I do know the term Drilling for this kind of weapon.

[@quentincrisp6933]

tomato tomãto - who cares!

[@beetrootmcguillicuddy4185]

Germans know and use the correct pronunciation for vierling and funfling but intentionally mispronounce drilling? Cant say Ive heard that.

[@Omnihil777]

And the "Heil" is from "Waidmans Heil", an even today used common hunters greeting, no connection to the "Heil H." etc

[@stoneblue1795]

Some rare gems, thanks for sharing with us. Sent it to three mates for review.

[@GuyInc0gnit0]

German gun nut here. We call that a "Drilling", not a "Dreiling". Drilling literally translates to "triplet". And because the German language is kind of strange sometimes we do call the groups of things the number with an "ling" at the end. Except for twos and threes. They are "Zwilling" and "Drilling". After that it goes on with the normal numbers "Vierling", Fünfling", "Sechsling" and so on. Don't know why. But it wouldn't be the German language without some weird exceptions.

[@Bill23799]

Danke schon. I was thinking if they meant to pronounce it " Dry-ling " they would have spelled it " Dreiling ". Ich habe drei Jahre in Deutschland gewohnt. Ich bin in Frankfurt geboren. Ja, Ich bin Frankfurter. I am a Hot Dog, haha. Mein Vater war Amerikanischer Soldat. Sorry for all the mistakes.

[@browngreen933]

@@Bill23799 Ich verstehe Ihnen gut, und auch bin ein Amerikaner.

[@mikepette4422]

and we thought english is weird....wait english IS weird :P

[@Felix-fy7ki]

@@browngreen933 That's bavarian grammar, usually the right version is: "ich verstehe Sie gut" ;-)

[@Chiller01]

My fantasy is a German sechsling.

[@bobspistolsandpaydirt8607]

Tom…. Beautiful drilling….. notice all the screw heads line up with the gun….. true craftsmanship.

[@coldmountain1997]

I never even knew these existed, very cool, thank you for this content it’s one of a kind

[@indigohammer5732]

Good lard! The finish on that pistols is wonderful!

[@honestjohn1129]

What a piece of engineering - how the 3rd trigger works & the sight popping up. The indicators when you shoot each barrel & the finish on it - I didn’t even know about this gun until this video - beautiful

[@butzbach1]

Thx, I have a Heym double and a Sauer drilling from about 1953/4. Excellent and beautiful firearms. Love your site

[@TheDecoyDude]

I think it would be a perfect survival gun. Not good for fighting but perfect for hunting basically any game. Certainly an excessively expensive survival weapon though

[@therealfinn1839]

I agree a way to beautiful gun for survival I would hate to think how much it cost back in the day

[@MrPh30]

9,3x74R is many places regarded as the minimum for Buffalo and Elephant with good ammo and 286 or 300 grain bullets for it also.

[@joestosez]

That's awesome , that is a beautiful gun .

[@nationalduo4945]

To be honest….this would be a very good survival weapon….from hunting game to self preservation…..the rifle/shotgun duality would be very very handy to have…fairly quick to reload….it would do the job intended….

[@jimh3362]

Love the Borschart(sp?) updated information. Glad there are some very knowledgeable people out there. Thanksgiving!!

[@jankorinek2707]

Beutiful. I have heard they issued the drillings to bomber crews only. One for the whole crew. Which kind of makes sense, as, first, there is not enough room in Bf 109's cockpit, second, the bombers had much bigger range than the fighters, especially german fighters. So, the probability of crush landing in the middle of nowhere was much higher. Otherways, you are exactly right. The Luftwaffe officers saw it primarily as a matter of prestige. Greetings from Prague, Czech Republic, Central Europe.

[@mantia39]

Beautiful firearm. Thanks for sharing.

[@tedk6954]

The red and white piece of yarn at 9:00 seems to be a Bulgarian "martenitza/мартеница" stuck on to that ammo box. Pretty interesting.

[@kenibnanak5554]

Why are you dry firing without any snap caps in the gun?

[@hgghgguk]

Ah yes I too like my survival guns to be casehardened and engraved, with good quality wood stocks.

[@edwardsill8304]

The way you pronounced Drilling is actually the correct way in Germany as well, not like "dry"ling. But in the case of of you counting from one to three you were spot on 👍 Nice Video by the way and beautyfull gun.

[@dustyfarmer]

Probably should have had some snap caps in the chambers when dry firing it, you wouldn't want the firing pins to break.

[@markwng]

What a wonderful machine.

[@matthiasvolz5226]

RWS is the manufacturer of the slugs. "Waidmanns Heil" written on side of the shells is the way German hunters greeting each other until today. Drilling is also the way we call the rifle in Germany. Drilling is still used today in europe for hunting.

[@keithmoore5306]

actually Tom the drilling as a survival rifle (although nowhere near that ornate!!) dates back to the 20's and Lufthansa's flights to africa and asia they were carried on Zeppelins too! (if i remember right the Hindenburg had 3 Drillings in it's emergency supplies!!) although they didn't advertise it most early airlines that flew international routes had rifles and shotguns in their onboard emergency supplies back then which makes sense considering the state of rescue assets of the time! if you did survive a crash and signaled for help it could take months for it to get to you!! these were not on fighters (pilots had their sidearms!) they were intended for transports long range recon planes (like the Focke Wulf 200 condor and Junkers JU-188's !!) as well as some flying boats that flew in the arctic regions where polar bears may be encountered from what i've heard on them! also most bombers and transports that were armed with MG 15's as defensive armament had a kit onboard so the crew if forced down could dismount the MG 15's and convert them into a ground gun by adding a buttstock ground sight and bipod!!

[@mikepette4422]

well said I posted the same but hours late I guess.

[@Nick_B_Bad]

Dream of mine to own one someday.

[@anonymouscoward9768]

Drilling in german is pronounced like you pronounce it. The literal translation of drilling would be triplet, in german triplet can mean multiple birth or also things like the barrel in this drilling

[@Teleman01]

One of these are on my wish list!

[@jeremygreen3392]

Absolutely beautiful

[@mattyv7499]

I wouldn't be dry firing that beautiful piece of history.

[@johnblood3731]

9.3 x 74r ammo brass is good to fire form for 410 shotgun 3 inch shells. they last a lifetime. amother great video.

[@cameronmccreary4758]

Very nice piece of European Walnut, very nicely finished with what looks like an oil finish. I don't care much for the Nazi symbols but, that eagle and the swastika sure looks very nicely executed. Beautiful beautiful case hardening; it rivals anything that Colt did on their cap and ball revolvers!!! Would the rifle takedown a Sasquatch? No, it's the word that comes before "Heil" that causes you to be banned!!! In all honesty I would love to have a pre-WWI Dreilling. As a kid I would see them at the Pomoma, Las Vegas and Reno gun shows in the 1970's and again I would like to say that the gun shows back then were a lot better than they are today. Even though the price of one of these firearms would be in the $20,000.00 range, back then, the quality was impeccable. Beautiful walnut, rosewood and ebony with mirror lapped bores to the correct size. They take me back to a time where quality was the number one consideration and cost was " NO" object. I would love to smell that gun oil! Shouldn't you have "snap caps" in the chambers before snapping the firing mechanisms.

[@jimmccue577]

Great video! Thanks for sharing! Keep up the good work!

[@TheBFN]

I deff have a soft spot for side by side shotguns... A german Luftwaffe one is just to dang awesome 👍😬

[@mabbrey]

great stuff tom

[@Joe3pops]

Very nice! I have a Sauer & Son hammer sidelever drilling Circa 1890. 10x10x45-70 blackpowder only. Was imported to USA by Charles Daly.

[@WV591]

Wow ..what is there to say another perfection from German engendering.

[@Channel53official]

Appreciate the new term. I definitely do a lot of Boondoggles haha

[@johnjacobi4593]

Bob Cutlers gun he bought it to Huntsville Years ago

[@philiprichardson3074]

Drillings were often used for boar hunting, the extra firepower all to necessary when dealing with a boar at close quarters!

[@AdamosDad]

My father-in-law had one, that his brother brought back from WW2, my oldest boy has it now, I need to talk to him.

[@jeffreywacker3598]

I remember using this a LONG time ago in a battlefield 1942 mod Forgotten Hope. Good times, and a cool little side by side IRL.

[@markstouse7612]

9.3x74R is ballistically equivalent to the 375 Holland & Holland. It’s a medium caliber hunting cartridge, and most Luftwaffe models came with ammunition loaded with “solids and softs.” There’s no way that these cartridges could shoot down a Fiesler Storch, much less a bomber. These were standard issue in the bombers of the Luftwaffe, not fighters, for a very limited period. Most were issued to air crews on the Eastern Front.

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

"Weidmans heil" is what you say to a fellow hunter when he has bagged something. "Weidmans dank" is the reply. From South Africa.

[@ThePerfectRed]

10:39 "Waidmann's Heil" is actually a totally unpolitical good wish among hunters to have luck while hunting. For a non German-speaker it will probably sound a bit intimidating..

[@Felix-fy7ki]

That's how it is, thanks! Btw.: Waidmannsheil cartridges were sold even long after WW II.

[@bandpassmess]

So much case candy!

[@browngreen933]

My theory is that since Goering was a great hunter and flamboyant sportsman, he wanted his downed pilots to have the very finest survival gun when pursuing a Robinson Crusoe lifestyle until they were rescued. That's gotta be it.

[@keithmoore5306]

the ornateness yeah that'd be Goering but the drilling as a survival gun dates back to the 20's! Lufthansa had them on their planes flying to africa and asia! the Hindenberg had 3 in it's emergency supplies!

[@Felix-fy7ki]

I think your theory is very close to how it was.

[@Felix-fy7ki]

@@keithmoore5306 Very interesting, I never heard about that! Is there any evidence to research more information?

[@browngreen933]

@@keithmoore5306 That's because the Drilling is a good survival gun. But the Luftwaffe adopting it seems like a special Hermann Goering touch.

[@keithmoore5306]

@@Felix-fy7ki i saw it in a book on early air travel back in the late 80's! it had pictures of some of Lufthansa's emergency gear as well as some Pan Am carried!

[@TylerSnyder305]

RWS is still around, making airgun pellets mostly and I don't know if they still make firearms ammo.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

WOW amazing condition....Thanks Tom....Shoe🇺🇸

[@ogstopper]

Superb engineering on this gun, as on the German Krieghof shotguns today. Is the Drilling in 12-bore (12-gauge in American)?

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Yes. 12 gauge

[@f.d.6667]

It's pronounced "drilling" as in "to drill" but with a guttural "r" and "i" as in "pin"... and we count "ayhns", "tzwahy", "dreii" (guttural "r" and "e" as in Eaton) - German dude here, in case you haven't guessed that already.

[@johngibson2884]

The Krieghoff drilling 16/8 mm shotgun with a 4x Zeiss scope given to Adolf Galland was the most spectacular World War II shotgun I've ever seen. Sold.. sep 12 2009 ..RIA

[@valkry007]

The head of the Luftwaffe was Hermann Goring and he was an avid hunter, pretty sure he had a hand in getting these made for his pilots.

[@kevinparker461]

My Grandfather gave my dad a !6 gauge hammer gun that had a rifle underneath the two shot gun barrels. We were told the rifle was a 9mm?. As my dad only had a shotgun license he used to put cotton wool up the rifle barrel & say it had been properly blanked off, whatever that meant!. In the UK you would of needed a Fire arms certificate & i don't think he tried to get one. The gun had some very nice engraving of deer on. Not a clue what happened to the gun.

[@LEWI0N33]

Germans would also call it "Drilling" and it also makes sense in our language since it is simmilar to the word "Zwilling" which means twin, only in this case it would be translated as triplet or something along the line.

[@mrhamburger6936]

I wouldn't be dry firing it poor firing pins

[@tiredlawdog]

I was always taught NOT TO CLICK the trigger on an empty chamber. Good way to break a firing pin.

[@CrAzYcArNiE08]

I heard rim fire is the one you really don’t want to dry fire. Center fire isn’t so bad.

[@stevebean1234]

Yes, it depends on the firearm, but after center fire generally they’re fine to dry fire. Old revolvers? Generally always break if you dry fire

[@tiredlawdog]

Probably the best rule is irregardless of what you have in your hand I would not dry fire it. Do what you think's best though

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

True, I learnt the hard way,with my grandfather's 1908 Westley Richards!

[@haviiithelegogunner907]

This is a 100% quality product out of Suhl Germany. You could dry fire that Drilling 10.000 times - it would not even notice it.

[@frankbutta9344]

Does it have extractors, or ejectors? Based on seeing the barrels when you opened it, I’d have to guess extractors. Thanks for Sharing!

[@fg42t2]

extractors

[@keithmoore5306]

pre 1950 the extractor was king!! especially on the high end ones!!

[@maxstotto3594]

I was taught never to dry fire this type of firearm without a snap cap in place for fear of breaking the firing pin!

[@LegacyCollectibles]

you are correct. I should have used some type of cushion. I have not had a broken firing pin on any German weapon in 30 years of collecting but still it is a fair warning. I have had broken firing pins on the Japanese Nambu's and antique revolvers. Thanks for the reminder.

[@Christoph-sd3zi]

You aren't going to break German steel by dry firing a German wespon.

[@jensenwilliam5434]

Thank you!!

[@kaktus8122]

whe do you finding these guns

[@SB-qm5wg]

gorgeous

[@StONEDiLESO]

those are RWS slugs, still in manufacture. probably one of the best munitions manufacturers in europe im surprised that as an expert you wouldnt know of this brand! waidsmanns heil is a greeting for german hunters

[@fg42t2]

There is also a case that isa rare tan colored with a tan fabric sling and the symbol of Afrika Korps usage, Photos exist showing a cased M 30 Sauer in place to the side of the seat in a Me 109. then it being handes over by a German pilot to a US officer. Another is pictured outside a Ju 88.

[@Sonenacht]

Great video! The german pronounciation is „Drilling“ as well by the way. I don’t know why, because as you correctly mentioned we count „ Eins, Zwei, Drei“ but it’s still called Drilling in german.

[@kennynvake4hve584]

What was that on the side of the stock? Looks like something flips open

[@icurededs]

They were used as both gifts and survival weapons for planes.

[@philhawley1219]

Left side safety catch , just like a WW Greener boxlock.

[@joshuagibson2520]

RWS makes a lot of airgun ammo these days. Not sure if they still manufacture cartridges or not.

[@brittakriep2938]

RWS rifle cartridges, Rottweil shotgun cartridges.

[@MrPh30]

They make many different rifle cartrides , same with Brenneke also make rifle ammo. TIG,TUG, RWS make EVO .Brenneke makes TOG bullet also Evo and Tog are bonded core.

[@Felix-fy7ki]

They do, some kind of Mercedes Benz or Rolls Royce in cartridges...accurate, but rather expensive!

[@MrPh30]

Geco make ammo also, some series of them like TM is in 50 round boxes ,priced as practice ammo. And several types in 9,3 also including their bonded Plus .

[@materiaparticulata]

In German its a Drilling, too. Like your word for drill. Believe me, I am German and a gun guy. But its true, drei (spoken like your word dry) is three in German.

[@kellyphillips9770]

Wonder why it’s pronounced “drill” in German?

[@brittakriep2938]

@@kellyphillips9770 History, german language was before 1873 not realy regulated.

[@Felix-fy7ki]

@@kellyphillips9770 In german a pair of two identical things is called Zwilling (twin), so drilling is the logical consequence for a set of three. But that's it, when it comes to more items, the usual word for the number ist used: Vierling for a set of four (vier), Fünfling for a set of five (fünf) and so on.

[@VapeTRMC]

god this thing is gorgeous

[@peterbeck-rasmussen8514]

The legend "Waidmanns Heil" on the shotgun shells have nothing to do with Nazism or "heil H*****" - it is the traditional greeting between hunters, when you meet in the terrain and simply means "hunters greetings". It has also been used in the meaning of "good luck on the hunt". The term "Waidmanns Heil" is being used as a hunters greeting to this day.

[@browngreen933]

Every gun collector in the world cringed when you dry fired that beautiful Drilling. Sorta like a WW2 Russian soldier drinking out of a toilet thinking it was a Bubbler.

[@pistolpete1898]

The double hamer 12 gage American is good this is also desirable

[@ralfklonowski3740]

German here. Your normal pronunciation of Drilling was actually right. While you are correct about the term deriving from "drei" (three), please note that the "e" before the "i" is missing in "Drilling", thus changing the pronunciation to the one you used from the start. The same happens with "zwei" (two) and "Zwilling" (twin). Most non-hunting Germans will think of a child from a triple-birth when they hear this word. Otherwise a fine video and a very nice gun, Thanks!

[@kellyphillips9770]

Just guessing, but that “rusty smudge” on the barrel looks like where a person’s left hand would normally rest while holding the rifle.

[@keithmoore5306]

could be case rub too!

[@marktwo3160]

I vote with you on case rub.

[@rickcimino5483]

curious....what you would value that at?

[@LegacyCollectibles]

18 k - 20k

[@Felix-fy7ki]

@@LegacyCollectibles Thank you. Not every dealer is willing to tell the value until you discuss it willing to buy.

[@haydenbretton2990]

I always wanted one with a 303 rifle chamber, I did locate one while on holiday in the USA, alas, I retuned a year later and the shop had sold out to a new owner who only sold new firearms, all the old stock had been sold off.

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

Me also! Double 16 bore over 303.Perfect!

[@luked2767]

What a beautiful shotgun with a drilling 1 barrel smooth 1 rifled and the other for a rifle caliber, maybe 8mm mauser rimless would make more sense, the updated C96 with detachable mags would make a great pilots sidearm. Some of the German kit is really beautiful and crazy expensive compared to pretty much any other nation. The borchart was ahed of its time, especialy the caliber. Some years later when the Soviets introduced 7.62x25 tokorev based of the borchart and C96 caliber but with more punch, in my opinion its the best semi automatic handgun cartridge, it's fast, flat shooting, has a decent bullet weight, great range and milsurp lead core ammo and even civilian made and handloads from a tokarev can pass both sides of a 3A kevlar vest while civilian lead core 5.7 won't. The cartridge is a little long but not too long, I love shooting tokarevs and wish they made a double stack CZ75 type pistol chambered in it. They do make a few modern double stack handguns in this caliber in some other nations but have never been imported. It's also a perfect round for a PCC as its kind of in between a pistol caliber and an intermediate round giving you much more range for only a tiny amount of weight per cartridge more compared to 9mm. The C96 was so popular in many nations for a reason and since China had an arms embargo on rifles they found they could replace rifles with C96 pistols with the buttock holster attached at get up to 300 yards or more if a good shot, 200 if average. Im China they are known as "box cannons" and as a private citizen carrying one between the fall of the dynasty to the revolution in 49 was a real fashion and wealth statement. Some Chinese gunsmiths made almost perfect replicas especialy in large arsenal's owned by war Lords and some not so much, the same with craft made firearms. Best to avoid the ones marked wauser. One warlord that managed to get a load of Thompson SMGs set up production of .45acp and Thompsons, he ordered C96 pistols made in.45 acp and they where very large but made well, if you can find one they are worth alot on the collectors market. Never ever fire 7.62x25 tokorev though a C96 or borchart as it has much higher pressures, you could change the amount of powder but it costs a fortune to re rifle a c96 or borchart and its not worth it. The red 9 C96 pistols have such a thin barrel if you have one with a shot out bore you can have it drilled and a rifled insert put in your only option is to convert it to 7.65x25

[@phillfoote]

in the 60s my neighbor had a drilling that was highly engraved and inscribed with herman gorings name - it was stolen never recovered but i have since heard of one similar that sold for big $ - have to wonder where that one came from

[@downallyourstreets]

Rock Island Auctions has one coming up. With original gray-blue latching box-case with leather handle still intact, AND original boxes of Ammunition (don’t know if the boxes contain the original live ammunition). The gun looks pristine most likely unused in combat. I’m not really into guns per se unless that are WW2 Luftwaffe issue: Pilots pistols for self-defense across enemy lines 30mm automatic-cannons on their combat operational ME-262’s. The bomber gunner’s 8mm 75round belts in a spiral sprung clip. The 20mm cannon that was ingeniously snug fitted into the inverted V of the fuel injected Daimler Benz V-12 the barrel effectively fitted into the the hollow propeller shaft so it aims directly in line with the direction of the plane. The FJ-42 Luftwaffe Paratrooper light machine gun, initially designed to be fired at a hostile ground-enemy while the trooper falls at 18ft per second. Subsequent designs were fitted with better heat resistance and a normal grip (not slanted) for fire while dropping as it was soon discovered to be very much impractical. The 42 also had a flip around light and economical bayonet not heavy and just long enough to kill with a stab to the heart. Open or closed bolt firing, mor maximum cooling (these babies got hot to the stock which had to be switched from metal to wood for insulation, heavy spring recoil-control was fitted into the stock to receiver as well. And at only 9lbs: fully loaded with the standard 8mm rifle ammo. Have the weight of the Allied Bren and BAR. It was made to go, move fast with it’s trooper. It was so ahead of it’s time, the US used it as a template for the belt fed M-60, so about 2 decades ahead of its time. The 8mm was just to big to handle the gun accurately on full auto. Some were fitted with a scope for semi-auto sniper duty resting on its infrared bi-pod. And finally this triple barreled elephant gun for survival situations, with those 12guage barrels you could bag a lot of meat to sit out a long rescue. Stranded on an island with wild boar, BOOM!; it’s luau time!

[@964cuplove]

Waidmannsheil or Weidmannsheil is a term hunters use to greet between themselves. The verb Heilen is pretty much healing so I would translate the greetings “Heil” loosely with “All the best” or “be well” and a Waidmann is an oldfashioned word for hunter here, so nothing to do with the Nazis. To this day hunters greet themselves by saying “Waidmannsheil” and replying “Waidmannsdank”. Greetings from Germany.

[@heinzelbrecht6626]

Waidmanns Heil is a greeting of Hunters, the answer is Waidmanns Dank, a non Hunter answer only with Danke

[@mencken8]

It’s not a “drilling shotgun,” it’s its own thing- a drilling.

[@koljya]

That statement startled me too, and while you are right in that a Drilling (not Dreiling) isnt, in German terminology, a shotgun (Flinte), it isnt a rifle (Büchse), either. The correct (korrekt) :-) term is Kombinierte Waffe (combined weapon). Which is sort of a hoplic platypus; both mammal and egg-layer and could be any combination of one or more rifled and non-rifled barrel(s) in one long gun. For an American channel I would have expected them to call it an AOW (Any Other Weapon). Hope this didnt come across too smarty-pantsy:-) Oh, and for the love of Ian, get some snap-caps and dont dry-fire those old guns (or AOWs), because you WILL damage the firing pins. I cringed each time he pulled the trigger... pheeeew

[@mencken8]

@@koljya Such guns here in the U.S., (what few there have been) would probably just be called “combo” guns. The Savage M24 comes to mind, which was made in several calibers / gauges.

[@Trident023]

What a nice gun. Completely useless but very nice 😊 I have two old double barrel shotguns from Suhl. (One is actually GDR nitro proofed…) Concerning the pronunciation of the triple barrel system. It is actually “Drilling” in Germany as well. Been hunting with Germans for years and never heard anyone call it a “Dreiling”

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

Completely useless? I live in Africa and it would be my go-to gun 90% of the time.

[@pooryaradpoor3156]

Hi.my god.i love Germany.

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

8:13 Actually your first try is correct

[@karlbauer1297]

love it

[@karlbauer1297]

have the civil version of this M30 from 1941 - great gun

[@garyK.45ACP]

Have to give it to the Germans for offering some panache in "survival guns". Our pilots didn't get anything so nice. 😏 FYI, I own a BRNO over/under double rifle in 9.3x74R chambering. Really good cartridge for single shots or double rifles (too long for magazine rifles)

[@mikepette4422]

gotta remember many of the top officers in the Nazi hierarchy were nobles or minor nobles at least and they were always huntsman. I get the feeling the requisitioned these just so they could have a fancy rifle to walk away with LOL

[@Darth.b.playin]

ill never understand why german weapons just look so beautiful

[@daveashworth5859]

i have some air rifle pellets made by rws so still producing at this time.

[@aaronsauer6628]

ID LOVE OWN THIS AS A SAUER I APPRECIATE IT