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Thanks all for the great info, I'll take my time and keep looking and maybe Otto my 7 month Deutsch Drahthaar will hunt with one next year.
Cheers Bob

That explains everything

The man has a dd, (crafty move with the "Labowner" handle)

Good luck in your search Bob - and with Otto.

Tom

I have not found my Drilling yet but do have a hold on this one. Item number 2755689 at Cabela's gun libary

I have two hammer guns so this will not be totally new to me. The tag has the caliber as 8.8 x 72.
Welcome any comments.
Cheers Bob

The 8.8 is the bore size. It'll be a 9.3X72R caliber.

That is a common and available caliber? Would I be able to shoot standard ammo in this gun?

Labowner
Ammo is available from J&G Sales. As to whether you can shoot standard ammo-see the thread "9.3x72R?....." in the German and Austrian Guns Forum.Especially read Axel's comments.For whatever it's worth, I have been using drillings 50+ years and much prefer 16ga with 60-65 cm barrels in any of the 57mm long calibers. 9.3x74 and 7&8x65R as well as 8&8sx60R are great. 9.3x72R, 8x57R/360,8x58R are acceptable, but 6.5x58R,5.6x52R,etc- I would want in a second or third drilling-not the main one.If you intend to hunt with it, a scope is very important, a 22/22mag insert barrel is useful but not necessary. Be sure to either inspect it before buying it or get the right to return it within a reasonable period.Check very carefully for loose comming ribs and badly fitting stock(oil soaked/rotten).30-06 is a wonderful caliber, but I absolutely do not want it in a drilling,or any other rimless cartridge for that matter.
Mike

Thanks all, did any one look at gun if so what your opinion.

Looks like a nicely redone snap action drilling with a fair price if it checks out good & that is what you like, that is one nice feature in dealing with Cabelas is that you can have it shipped to your local store for your Inspection before you make a firm commitment, which is really important with firearms that have been around a hundred years or more

m-4

The Gun Digest 1955 article �Proof in Modern Germany�, by Baron von Engelhart states: �The very commonly used 9,3x72 (now called 9,3x72R), frequently was marked as 8,7 and similar�. Evidently "similar" can include 8,7; 8,75 or 8,8mm. A chamber cast is, of course, a sensible precaution.