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13 October 2001, 08:36
Paul H
SXS and drillings
I just happened to wander of to the local gunshop, and while perusing the used racks, spotted a few guns that had some interesting combinations of holes in their barrels.

There were two 16gaX16gaX9.3-74 drillings for $2500 each, and two 16gaX9.3-74 SXS's for $1250 each. The SXS's really caught my eye, they were exposed hammer guns, one was damascus, the other one looked nicer.


13 October 2001, 09:29
<redleg155>
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Enjoy,

redleg

13 October 2001, 11:07
Fritz Kraut
quote:
Originally posted by Paul H:

There were two 16gaX16gaX9.3-74 drillings for $2500 each, and two 16gaX9.3-74 SXS's for $1250 each. The SXS's really caught my eye, they were exposed hammer guns, one was damascus, the other one looked nicer.

I�ve seen some of those hammer drillings here in Sweden - in fact Husqvarna sold them under their own name in the beginning of the 20th century. Nice pieces of work. I think they would be made during between about 1890 and 1910 - this dating is a bit unprecise.

But are you quite sure about the rifle caliber? It�s rather unlike that they were built in 9,3x74R - I would say that the actual caliber is the weaker 9,3x72R with a 200 grains FN bullet at 1800 fps. The bullet is .364" instead of .366". It�s a good caliber for roe and smaller game, but will not perform well beyound 100 yards.

The drilling with the damascus barrels may only be shot with black powder. I saw one, in which smokeless shotgun cartridges were fired: the action block was cracked and then welded.

As I have two Sauer guns, I have written to Sauer and have get friendly and informative answers. You can write a mejl to Mrs. Hammes: Hammes@sig-sauer.de

Yours,

Fritz