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For maximum versatility the M30 Luftwaffe Drilling featured two side-by-side 12 gauge shotgun barrels on top and a 9.3x74mmR rifle barrel below. The left-hand barrel was left unchoked for shooting slugs and the right barrel was choked for shooting birdshot. They were manufactured by the German firm J. P. Sauer und Sohn GmbH.
1840 — Johann Paul Sauer and son Lorenz create a new name and trademark J. P. Sauer & Sohn. 1844 — Luxurious double-barrel musquets (early shotguns), hunting arms become more important now. 1849 — Coop with Spangenberg and Heinrich Sturm, company now "Spangenberg, Sauer u.
A 12-gauge shotgun cartridge in a transparent plastic hull, allowing the contents to be seen. From left to right: brass, propellant, over-powder wad, shot wad, #8 birdshot, over-shot wad, and crimp. A shotgun cartridge, shotshell, or shell is a type of rimmed, cylindrical (straight-walled) ammunition used specifically in shotguns.
The cartridge is also a very popular chambering for double rifles and combination guns, including the famous M30 Luftwaffe Drilling manufactured by J.P. Sauer & Sohn. It was primarily used by downed German pilots as a survival weapon for hunting and self-defense purposes, while serving in the North African campaign during World War II.
Initial production for the Vietnam War loaded 00 buckshot into the same red plastic cases being used for sporting ammunition and was designated: Shell, shotgun, plastic case, 12 gauge, No. 00 buck, XM162. The shells were typically packaged as twelve ten-round cardboard boxes within a metal ammunition box. [1]
M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System: C-More Competition: 12 gauge United States: 2002 M1216: SRM Arms: 12 gauge United States: 2010 M30 Luftwaffe Drilling: Sauer & Sohn: 9.3x74mmR 12/65 Gauge Germany: 1941 MAG-7: Techno Arms PTY: 12 gauge South Africa: 1995 Marlin Model 55: Marlin Firearms Company: 10 gauge 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge United ...
It was initially developed by SIG and produced and distributed by J.P. Sauer & Sohn, but in 1976 SIG bought J.P. Sauer & Sohn and the resultant company was called SIG Sauer GmbH, based in Germany. Prior to World War II, Sauer had been primarily a maker of shotguns and hunting rifles .
Sauer & Sohn: 9.3x74mmR, 12 Gauge [21] Luftwaffe: M30 Luftwaffe drilling was a combination double barrel shotgun issued as survival weapon for Luftwaffe aircrews. [22] Sturmgewehr 44: C. G. Haenel 7.92×33mm Kurz: Wehrmacht Waffen-SS Volksgrenadier: Evolved from MKb 42(H). First series completed in July 43, first combat use in Eastern Front.