3 Barrelled Shotgun coming - The Firearms Forum

jedwil · 12-01-2012, 05:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BE6J...layer_embedded

Twicepop · 12-01-2012, 07:09 PM

WOW...a neat idea that appears to have become a reality. To expand on this idea a bit, a few years back a local agricultural paper had an article in it about a box lock gun with four barrels. The gun in this article said that it was made in Ferlach, Austria by a small arms builder and could be had with either all the barrels in the same caliber/gauge or with each barrel a different caliber/gauge, including rimfire cartridges.

BillM · 12-01-2012, 07:40 PM

Interesting, but far from a new idea. Friend of mine had a 20 ga 3 barrel
percussion shotgun 50 years ago--and it was an OLD gun then.

The germans have been making "combination" guns for well over 100
years, with many combinations of caliber and number of barrels.

I've always thought the "Vierling" configuration--4 barrels--had some merit.
2 shotgun barrels, 1 centerfire rifle and 1 rimfire (22) barrel.

76Highboy · 12-01-2012, 07:44 PM

I want one.

woolleyworm · 12-01-2012, 07:46 PM

I'd rather have ejectors, but looks to be a rugged shotgun.

soundguy · 12-01-2012, 08:27 PM

drilling eh?

lonewolf204 · 12-01-2012, 08:38 PM

I like it!!

fleetwood1976 · 12-01-2012, 10:29 PM

a local pawn shop had a german drilling with 3 16ga barrels 2 on top one on bottom. He shot me $1600 to buy it. I should have bought it.

aa1911 · 12-01-2012, 10:34 PM

I like it, but like my coach gun, I wish it ejected the empties, pretty annoying unless it's a skeet or clays dedicated gun.

but I'd gladly own one!

hardluk1 · 12-02-2012, 10:11 AM

barrel heavy would be an understatement. I'll take a semi-auto any time before that thing.

ejkoechling · 12-02-2012, 10:43 AM

me likes, I want

Popeye · 12-03-2012, 11:13 PM

Dunno who makes it though.

Maine04657 · 12-04-2012, 09:30 AM

Very OLD shotgun. Not a practical hunting firearm anyway. The Drilling had two shotgun barrel in the usual S&S configuration with the third rifle barrel under the other two there are a few made the other way as well. This had the advantage of only needing one gun in field for both birds and deer/ meat..

soundguy · 12-04-2012, 12:25 PM

i always thought something like a 30-30 and a 20g or 12g and 308 might be a nice combo gun.

most of the combo guns i see are some from or 22 rimfire and some shotgun.. usually small.. to be practical, and perhaps legal in some areas.. a centerfire and something 20g+ would be nice..

RJay · 12-04-2012, 02:49 PM

Hollenbeck Gun Co. 1901-1905
Three Barrel Gun Co. 1905-1908
Royal Gun Co. 1909-1910
All three were the same company, there were several other 3 barrel gun makers involved about the same time. Multi Barrel guns ( other than a double ) never really caught on in the states. They had a purpose in Europe with overlapping hunting seasons but they have always been an oddity in North America. Other than just having something different I can't see much use for a three barrel shotgun. Now a over under rifle /shotgun combo such as the Stevens'Savage, with a small caliber rifle on top and a 20 gauge on the bottom always seemed like a neat ideal, if you liked single barrel shotguns. Just my way of thinking.

CHW2021 · 12-04-2012, 04:27 PM

About time a company had the ambition to do something a bit different; first the Rhino pistol and now this..... Hats off to Chiappa. I look forward to seeing one first hand.

68c15 · 12-04-2012, 09:34 PM

look out honkers!!!!

I'm not sure I could acquire targets fast enough though.

al45lc · 12-05-2012, 08:32 AM

One of the problems with a combo gun is that for years many of the States didn't allow one to be in possesion of a rifle (or handgun) while deer hunting in a shotgun only State.
I've owned a Savage 24 for many years, but I couldn't use it to deer hunt back in the day because of this.
So interest was low because the perceived advantage wasn't there.

soundguy · 12-05-2012, 08:38 AM

did they not allow a bbl plug?

i've seen circuit judges that had a 2-cyl plug for when you bird hunt with them and are limited to 3 shells..e tc.... and it's a 'rifle' too..

lead · 12-05-2012, 06:33 PM

Intertesting, but it's a Chiappa. I had one of their .22 pistols and it was a very unreliable gun. I'd have to try it out first before I'd trust it.

al45lc · 12-05-2012, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by soundguy

did they not allow a bbl plug?

i've seen circuit judges that had a 2-cyl plug for when you bird hunt with them and are limited to 3 shells..e tc.... and it's a 'rifle' too..

No, in fact the Indiana regs at the time specifically forbad 'combo' guns.

soundguy · 12-06-2012, 11:04 AM

sweet.. gotta love the dark ages of hunting laws....

carver · 12-06-2012, 11:20 AM

We still don't know what this gun will be selling for, but I don't think it will be cheap. A good double barreled shotgun with screw in chokes will do the same thing. Load one barrel with bird, or squirrel shot, and the other with slugs, or 00 buck for deer. With ejectors, and a couple of extra shells in the off hand, it is real quick to reload! 4 shots in a hurry!

12-01-2012, 05:16 PM	#1
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12-01-2012, 07:09 PM	#2
Twicepop Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NW Ohio Posts: 581	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming WOW...a neat idea that appears to have become a reality. To expand on this idea a bit, a few years back a local agricultural paper had an article in it about a box lock gun with four barrels. The gun in this article said that it was made in Ferlach, Austria by a small arms builder and could be had with either all the barrels in the same caliber/gauge or with each barrel a different caliber/gauge, including rimfire cartridges.

12-01-2012, 07:40 PM	#3
BillM V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Amity Orygun Posts: 380	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming Interesting, but far from a new idea. Friend of mine had a 20 ga 3 barrel percussion shotgun 50 years ago--and it was an OLD gun then. The germans have been making "combination" guns for well over 100 years, with many combinations of caliber and number of barrels. I've always thought the "Vierling" configuration--4 barrels--had some merit. 2 shotgun barrels, 1 centerfire rifle and 1 rimfire (22) barrel.

12-01-2012, 07:44 PM	#4
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 6,959	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming I want one.

12-01-2012, 07:46 PM	#5
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,883	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming I'd rather have ejectors, but looks to be a rugged shotgun. __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

12-01-2012, 08:27 PM	#6
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,441	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming drilling eh?

12-01-2012, 08:38 PM	#7
lonewolf204 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Oklahoma Contributor Posts: 790	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming I like it!! __________________ Fear is only a word in the mind of the weak!

12-01-2012, 10:29 PM	#8
fleetwood1976 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Contributor Posts: 1,333	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming a local pawn shop had a german drilling with 3 16ga barrels 2 on top one on bottom. He shot me $1600 to buy it. I should have bought it.

12-01-2012, 10:34 PM	#9
aa1911 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,113	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming I like it, but like my coach gun, I wish it ejected the empties, pretty annoying unless it's a skeet or clays dedicated gun. but I'd gladly own one! __________________ "Loud noises don't end gunfights.... well placed shots do."

12-02-2012, 10:11 AM	#10
hardluk1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: nc mountains Posts: 293	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming barrel heavy would be an understatement. I'll take a semi-auto any time before that thing.

12-02-2012, 10:43 AM	#11
ejkoechling Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Imperial, MO Posts: 558	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming me likes, I want

12-03-2012, 11:13 PM	#12
Popeye V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sacramento area, CA Posts: 319	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming Dunno who makes it though. Attached Images __________________ We, as a nation, have become fatified, lazified and stupefied.

12-04-2012, 09:30 AM	#13
Maine04657 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 329	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming Very OLD shotgun. Not a practical hunting firearm anyway. The Drilling had two shotgun barrel in the usual S&S configuration with the third rifle barrel under the other two there are a few made the other way as well. This had the advantage of only needing one gun in field for both birds and deer/ meat..

12-04-2012, 12:25 PM	#14
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,441	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming i always thought something like a 30-30 and a 20g or 12g and 308 might be a nice combo gun. most of the combo guns i see are some from or 22 rimfire and some shotgun.. usually small.. to be practical, and perhaps legal in some areas.. a centerfire and something 20g+ would be nice..

12-04-2012, 02:49 PM	#15
RJay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,487	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming Hollenbeck Gun Co. 1901-1905 Three Barrel Gun Co. 1905-1908 Royal Gun Co. 1909-1910 All three were the same company, there were several other 3 barrel gun makers involved about the same time. Multi Barrel guns ( other than a double ) never really caught on in the states. They had a purpose in Europe with overlapping hunting seasons but they have always been an oddity in North America. Other than just having something different I can't see much use for a three barrel shotgun. Now a over under rifle /shotgun combo such as the Stevens'Savage, with a small caliber rifle on top and a 20 gauge on the bottom always seemed like a neat ideal, if you liked single barrel shotguns. Just my way of thinking. __________________ RonJames

12-04-2012, 04:27 PM	#16
CHW2021 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Louisiana Posts: 467	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming About time a company had the ambition to do something a bit different; first the Rhino pistol and now this..... Hats off to Chiappa. I look forward to seeing one first hand.

12-04-2012, 09:34 PM	#17
68c15 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,061	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming look out honkers!!!! I'm not sure I could acquire targets fast enough though. __________________ I'll go defenseless when our leaders do the same

12-05-2012, 08:32 AM	#18
al45lc Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: colorful colorado Posts: 1,016	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming One of the problems with a combo gun is that for years many of the States didn't allow one to be in possesion of a rifle (or handgun) while deer hunting in a shotgun only State. I've owned a Savage 24 for many years, but I couldn't use it to deer hunt back in the day because of this. So interest was low because the perceived advantage wasn't there. __________________ You are what you do, when it counts.

12-05-2012, 08:38 AM	#19
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,441	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming did they not allow a bbl plug? i've seen circuit judges that had a 2-cyl plug for when you bird hunt with them and are limited to 3 shells..e tc.... and it's a 'rifle' too..

12-05-2012, 06:33 PM	#20
lead Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,522	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming Intertesting, but it's a Chiappa. I had one of their .22 pistols and it was a very unreliable gun. I'd have to try it out first before I'd trust it. __________________ The best things in life, are not things.

12-06-2012, 11:04 AM	#22
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,441	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming sweet.. gotta love the dark ages of hunting laws....

12-06-2012, 11:20 AM	#23
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,266	Re: 3 Barrelled Shotgun coming We still don't know what this gun will be selling for, but I don't think it will be cheap. A good double barreled shotgun with screw in chokes will do the same thing. Load one barrel with bird, or squirrel shot, and the other with slugs, or 00 buck for deer. With ejectors, and a couple of extra shells in the off hand, it is real quick to reload! 4 shots in a hurry! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.