SOLD - Scarce, Cased Luftwaffe Drilling - 1942 Mfg

Description

7/24/20 - This is a beautiful, cased M30 Luftwaffe drilling. The original finish is about 98% with hardly any bluing loss, and beautiful case hardening. There is some thinning and general wear to the case hardening, especially on the trigger guard and underside of receiver. The bores are excellent and shiny. The stock is as nice as the metal parts, and has a Luftwaffe Eagle on the right side. Barrel is dated to July of 1942. The case was fully restored and is something we added to the shotgun, so did not originally come together. The Sauer M30 drilling (in German, meaning triple-barrel combination rifle/shotgun) was originally developed by famous German gun making company J.P.Sauer & Sohn as all-around hunting weapon. Introduced in 1930, it was commercially available in several caliber combinations, sporting two side by side shotgun barrels (in 16 or 12 gauge) over one rifled barrel. In 1941, when Hitler's Germany began military operations in Northern Africa, Luftwaffe (German Air Force) adopted Sauer M30 drillings as wilderness survival weapon for air crews, operating over vast North African deserts. It is 12g as well as 9.3x74R rifle ammunition. It must be noted that Luftwaffe bought Sauer M30 drillings outside of standard military procurement procedures, and all Luftwaffe drillings were made to pre-war commercial standards of fit and finish, and thus were rather expensive. Overall, Luftwaffe bought about 2,500 Sauer M30 rifle / shotgun. Eagle/N proofs can be found in a few spots. All matching, and functions well mechanically.