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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.
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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 ...
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