ORIGINAL: Onninpoika
Nice to compare American hunters gear with our Europeans gear.
It seems that we both use same kind of rifles. Sako seems to be widely in use in America as the remington is in use in europe. One thing that I have been thinking is that in America you don't use drillings much? Why??? I think they could be very useful for example turkey hunting? Also with right caliber they can be good with deers.
I use in the moose hunting my Sako 300 WM with Accubond. Scope is smidt & bender 1-6x
With small game (capellairce) I use drilling cal12/222 (sauer&sohn) with sako & rottweil ammo. Scope is removable zeiss 4x.
Please answer me about the drillings. There must be some simply explanation.
Welcome to the forum, Onninpoika! I would venture to say that drillings are not so popular in the USA for a variety of reasons. They are no doubt quite costly, which is a major problem. They are not very common, either; I have never seen one for sale in our local gun stores. It's not that we all love the same type of rifle either; most of us like to hunt with bolt actions, but many also enjoy lever actions, pump action rifles, semi-automatic rifles and even single shot rifles.
If there were more drillings available, more people might use them, we just seldom see them. Are they very common in Europe?