Getting ready for PA deer

[Jeff Christie]

Buy a drilling or bockbuchsflinte and simplify your hunt. I hunted with a drilling in Germany and Luxembourg for seven years and it solved all problems when both a shotgun and a rifle would be required.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Jeff Christie

Buy a drilling or bockbuchsflinte and simplify your hunt. I hunted with a drilling in Germany and Luxembourg for seven years and it solved all problems when both a shotgun and a rifle would be required.

I’ve had as many as five drillings and a combo gun at once . I’ve just never found one that shall we saw grew on me . Still have two I think

[Richard Flanders]

Only choice I ever have to make is between my long-bbld Win Hi wall in .45-90 and my Win 1886 lever gun in .45-90. Both were made in 1887, have Lyman peep sights and pristine bores and are superbly accurate at well over 200yds and definitely get the job done on moose and caribou with my 300-350 gr cast bullets. I generally just take both along.....

[George Lang]

My old iron sighted riles that will be used this season will be a Winchester 1886 in 33 WCF and a Winchester 1895 in 35 WCF with pretty stiff handloads. Might also try another 1886 in 45-70. All proven killers.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by George Lang

My old iron sighted riles that will be used this season will be a Winchester 1886 in 33 WCF and a Winchester 1895 in 35 WCF with pretty stiff handloads. Might also try another 1886 in 45-70. All proven killers.

George, I hope you and others who are using vintage rifles will post photos of your rifles and the deer you might take (but rifles without deer are great!).