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NE450No2
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Re: Merkel Drillings?
10/07/06 03:35 PM

260 Rem
You might want to reconsider.
For the last several years I have been using a 9,3x74R double rifle [a Chapuis]. I have hunted with it in Texas, Montana, Idaho, Canada, and two Safaris to Zimbabwe. I have taken game from raccoon and bobcat to black bear, zebra, giraffe cape buff and elephant, with perfect results.

ANYTHING I could do with a 375 H&H I can do with a 9,3x74R.

The 9,3 has become one of my favorite calibres.

Several years ago I bought my wife a Sauer Drilling in 12x12x30-06 with a 4x Kahles in claw mounts.
I have snuck it out sevedral times my self and found it to be a great hunting gun.

I think a 12x12x9,3x74R drilling to be one of the best hunting guns on the Planet, and that is what I wanted.... However I discovered I could not take a 9,3 double and a 9,3 drilling through South Africa at the same time.

So, I found a Drilling just like my wifes a 12x12x30-06 Sauer. It is at Champlin Arms being fitted with a S&B 1-4 scope right now.

I found that her drilling is one of the best handling shotguns I have ever used. I like it much better than my 12 ga Browning Citori. Now I have one for myself.

As an American the 12x12x30-06 is certainly a premier choice for a drilling... However the 9,3x74R is one of the greatest hunting calibers there is.

You just could not beat a scoped drilling in 12x12x9,3x74R.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Merkel Drillings?	260rem	05/07/06 03:46 AM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	Kalunga	13/07/06 05:28 AM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	NitroX	14/07/06 07:12 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	Kalunga	17/07/06 12:16 AM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	500Nitro	13/07/06 05:35 AM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	luv2safari	05/07/06 09:40 AM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	260rem	05/07/06 05:08 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	luv2safari	07/07/06 02:09 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	Husqvarna	18/11/06 02:29 AM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	Double_Trouble	18/11/06 03:59 AM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	260rem	07/07/06 08:09 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	NitroX	10/07/06 10:05 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	260rem	11/07/06 12:19 AM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	pwm	11/07/06 02:21 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	NE450No2	11/07/06 04:19 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	260rem	11/07/06 07:01 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	NE450No2	12/07/06 01:45 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	260rem	13/07/06 01:16 AM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	NE450No2	10/07/06 03:35 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	NitroX	10/07/06 09:57 PM
Re: Merkel Drillings?	akjeff	05/07/06 08:59 AM

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