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I am working with my daughter, who owns a digital camera, to obtain pictures for posting.

I had the opportunity to shoot the gun some, along with my recently acquired J.P.Sauer Drilling. My first impression is that the European loaded 8x57JRS is a stout cartridge! I can see that it should be an ideal gun for white-tailed dear and black bear, and I would imagine it will handle our North Eastern U.S. Moose. It was a very cold day. 0 degrees Fahrenheit. The Zeis Jena scope did not fogg going in and out of doors. However, the gun did shoot far to the left by nearly two feet. The scope does have wind-age adjustments. I am not apparently familiar with German scopes. The dial marked "R" in fact, moved bullet placement further to the left. By turning it in the opposite direction I was able to pull bullet placement to the right. However I did run out of adjustment just shy of "zero". My claw mounts have an adjustment screw set-up on both sides of the rear mount. I am searching for a screw driver which will fit the slots, and will probably end up grinding one to fit. There are slots on both sides of the mount pillar. Am I looking at a system similar to a Leupold or Redfield Universal Mount, where you loosen one side and tighten the other, or is this one screw, run all the way through, that you simply turn, as in a receiver aperture type sight? My J.P. Sauer has the same style claw mounts, with the marking "Akah".

I very much enjoyed my session with both guns. The Drilling, a 16/16x70 over 7x57R needed nothing, and placed all three shots in the same pattern with the rifle centered in the middle of the shot pattern. The Combination Gun put it's rifle bullet at the Six O'Clock position to the shot pattern. Still very workable for hunting. I ran out of time and was getting cold. I would like to shoot both over their iron sights next time. The Combination Gun has a dual sight which flips down to reveal a deep "U" for the shotgun barrel, and flips up to show a fine "U" for the rifle barrel. Both guns are extremely compact and fast handling. In fact the Drilling is deceivingly light with the scope detached.

I consider myself lucky to have had the opportunity to obtain both guns, as these would normally be considered beyond the reach of a man of my means here in the U.S. I own a hilly farm with a good stand of timber, and find these weapons ideally suited to my type of hunting. I can't wait 'til next fall.

I am very much enjoying your web-site! Such beautiful old weapons! Also a wonderful source of information. I am happy to see these guns in practical use as well. I hope whom-ever owned the two fine weapons I have acquired, knows that they have found a good home and will be respected and cared for. If I'm lucky enough, come next season, I will be able to post some pictures from a successful hunt!

Sincerely,
Northhunter