![]() ![]() ![]() But most of these guns are not safe to use with modern ammunition. Every now and then, you will find a very old drilling or cape gun for sale at what seems like a somewhat reasonable price. Most of these guns, other than some of the two-barreled O/U combinations, are far outside the price range of a regular person’s field gun. I certainly wouldn’t want to carry such a gun on any sort of extended hike, though! These types of guns came about as a result of gun laws that allowed only one firearm per household, and for their utility in european driven hunts. And funflings, well, they are just very rare and extremely weird, typically comprising side-by-side shotgun barrels, with centerfire rifle barrels above and below, and a rimfire barrel in the middle. Vierlings are usually like a drilling, but with a rimfire barrel added above. Most drillings are comprised of two side-by-side shotgun barrels with a centerfire barrel beneath. ![]() Some have three barrels (called "drillings"), four barrels (called "vierlings"), or even five barrels (called "funflings"). They were most popular in the northeast USA, in previous centuries when black powder was still in common use.Įxcessive variants exist, both new and old, mostly of German manufacture. Side-by-side variants exist, but are fairly rare. The two most common configurations are a rimfire rifle barrel on top with a shotgun barrel beneath, or a shotgun barrel on top with a high-powered centerfire rifle barrel beneath. The vast majority of combination guns, both new and old, are of the two-barreled over/under variety, and are simply called "combination guns" or "combinations". ![]() They almost always comprise a rifle caliber and a smoothbore shotgun caliber, but rare and oddball examples exist in multiple rifle or multiple shotgun calibers. Most are of a break action design, like a double-barreled shotgun. A combination gun is a firearm with two or more barrels of different calibers. ![]()
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