Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Co. is pleased to present this three-barrel combination gun for a penny-start auction, this is the Bartels German Drilling Combination Gun.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Bartels
Model: German Drilling
Serial: 946
Caliber: 16 Gauge (Top Left & Right Barrels) and 9.3x72R (Bottom Barrel)
Finish: Blued with Color Case Hardened Receiver
Barrel Length: 27"
Optics/Sights: Fixed Front Blade with U-Notch Rear
Stock/Grips: Checkered Hardwood Pistol Grip Stock and Forearm
Action: Break-Action, "Drilling" Combination gun
Markings: German Scrollwork On Receiver Side-plate and Receiver Frame.
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Bartels drilling in 16 gauge over 9.3x72R is a thoroughly German expression of the hunting gun tradition, built by a maker whose name carried genuine prestige in the late 19th and early 20th century German gun trade. The Bartels firm operated out of Wiesbaden and held court supplier titles to multiple royal houses, with all their guns produced in the Suhl and Zella-Mehlis area — the heartland of German gunmaking — either in Bartels' own shop or by contracted craftsmen working to the firm's specifications. The drilling format itself — deriving its name from "drei," the German word for three, and traditionally composed of a rifle barrel situated beneath a break-action double-barrel shotgun — represented the German hunter's answer to a continent where a single day in the field might require taking birds on the wing, rooting game at close range, and anchoring a deer or boar at distance, all without changing guns. The 16 gauge pairing was the quintessential European field gauge of the era, lighter and more elegant than the 12 yet entirely capable, and the 9.3x72R rifle barrel below it was a cartridge well suited to the mixed woodland hunting of central Europe — originally a black powder and lead bullet load, with smokeless versions essentially developed as nitro-for-black replacements, meaning the cartridge bridged the transitional period between powder generations without requiring a complete redesign of the guns chambered for it.
Model: German Drilling
Serial: 946
Caliber: 16 Gauge (Top Left & Right Barrels) and 9.3x72R (Bottom Barrel)
Finish: Blued with Color Case Hardened Receiver
Barrel Length: 27"
Optics/Sights: Fixed Front Blade with U-Notch Rear
Stock/Grips: Checkered Hardwood Pistol Grip Stock and Forearm
Action: Break-Action, "Drilling" Combination gun
Markings: German Scrollwork On Receiver Side-plate and Receiver Frame.
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Bartels drilling in 16 gauge over 9.3x72R is a thoroughly German expression of the hunting gun tradition, built by a maker whose name carried genuine prestige in the late 19th and early 20th century German gun trade. The Bartels firm operated out of Wiesbaden and held court supplier titles to multiple royal houses, with all their guns produced in the Suhl and Zella-Mehlis area — the heartland of German gunmaking — either in Bartels' own shop or by contracted craftsmen working to the firm's specifications. The drilling format itself — deriving its name from "drei," the German word for three, and traditionally composed of a rifle barrel situated beneath a break-action double-barrel shotgun — represented the German hunter's answer to a continent where a single day in the field might require taking birds on the wing, rooting game at close range, and anchoring a deer or boar at distance, all without changing guns. The 16 gauge pairing was the quintessential European field gauge of the era, lighter and more elegant than the 12 yet entirely capable, and the 9.3x72R rifle barrel below it was a cartridge well suited to the mixed woodland hunting of central Europe — originally a black powder and lead bullet load, with smokeless versions essentially developed as nitro-for-black replacements, meaning the cartridge bridged the transitional period between powder generations without requiring a complete redesign of the guns chambered for it.
The fire control system on a drilling of this type typically employed two triggers managing three barrels, with a tang-mounted selector switching the front trigger's function between the right shotgun barrel and the rifle barrel, and a single-set trigger arrangement allowing the shooter to dial in a crisp, light pull for the precision rifle shot when the moment required it. The stock, almost certainly a finely fitted walnut with cheekpiece and pistol grip proportioned more toward a shotgun's dimensions than a rifle's, reflected the reality that most shots in German hunting culture were taken with shot rather than ball. A gun bearing the Bartels name and built in Suhl or Zella-Mehlis would have been produced to a standard that justified the firm's royal warrants — fitted, regulated, and engraved to a level that made it as much an heirloom as a working tool.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3-day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3-day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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Additional Information
GunbrokerLink: |
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1185115600 |
BidPrice: |
0.01 |
AuctionEndDate: |
2026-07-05 21:00:00 |
CurrentBid: |
449 |
