A "Drilling double" in Saskatchewan

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Yesterday I was sneaking along pretending I was quiet when a whitetail doe broke out of some logging slash and crossed just 50 meters or so in front of me. I flipped off the safety and scanned behind her, and sure enough, a nice buck was running right behind. So I swung the crosshairs along his body and touched off just as I swung ahead. Put a bullet behind his ear.
On the walk back to camp a grouse was scratching around under a spruce. So I flipped up the rifle sight and plinked it with a .22 magnum solid. I got a glimpse of a wolf near camp but didn't have time for a shot.
I really love the versatility of this set up, a Krieghoff Trumpf dural drilling 16x16/7x57R with .22 mag insert barrel and Kahles 3-9 scope in claw mounts. I can hunt anything in our province with that combination. Handles like a lively birdgun and has the precision of a good rifle. It would be interesting to take this gun on an African hunt some day and really see how versatile it is.
It was a good morning, and made even better when my wife and a buddy joined me to drag the deer out of the bush. We had venison tenderloins for supper and a grouse stir fry for lunch. Life is good!

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Congrats on the good day! Thanks for sharing! Nice buck!!!
 
Congrats on the buck and that is one very interesting gun.
 
Just had a hunter here in South Africa with a combo in a .22 Hornet and a 12 Ga. Awesome little tool. Congrats on the buck!
 
Life is good. Congrats on some smooth shooting.
 
great day
like the sound of that gun
be handy stalking , bush buck and blue duiker at takeri
 
Real bull-neck on that buck, nice clean 5x5! Congrats!
 
Nice! Drillings are so nice when you have a variety of game.
 
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Hi Jon,
I saw your post for the .500 NE cases. Are these all brass or are they nickel plated? Hard for me to tell... sorry.
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1200 for the 375 barrel and accessories?
 
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