PAGE FROM HISTORY: AMERICAN RIFLEMAN I Have This Old Gun ... M30 Luftwaffe Drilling BY GARRY JAMES G erman Reichmarschall Hermann Göring, as well as being Reichminister of Aviation, also possessed a bevy of other titles and honorariums-one of which was Reichminister of Forestry. He was also an avid hunter and firearm enthusiast, and this may explain why he provided selected aircrews in his beloved Luftwaffe with a "survival arm" that would have been the envy of the most sophisticated Teutonic sportsman. The M30 Luftwaffe Drilling ("drilling" being a derivative of the German word Manufactured by the esteemed Suhl, Germany, maker J.P. Sauer & Sohn, this combination gun was built to exacting standards. 48 AUGUST 2017 | SSUSA.ORG drei, or "three") was a superb, commercialgrade longarm possessed of two upper 12-ga. shotgun barrels and a lower barrel chambered for the long, tapered 9.3x74 mm R sporting cartridge. The latter first appeared just after the turn of the 20th century and provided performance similar to the British .400/360 Nitro Express. The rifle/shotgun combination provided a downed aircrew not only with a self-defense gun but also a hunting arm should they be stranded in inhospitable territory. Read more ...https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2017/7/3/i-have-this-old-gun-m30-luftwaffe-drilling http://www.SSUSA.ORG