Dictionary

vierling en · NOUN

Etymology

From German Vierling (“gun with four barrels; quadruplet”).

Meanings

1. A long firearm with four barrels (typically two shotgun barrels and two rifle barrels).
   • 2018, James Ballou, Arming for the Apocalypse: Assembling Your Survival Arsenal ... While You Still Can, Prepper Press […] three-barreled drillings, the two-barreled shotgun/rifle cape guns, and the four-barreled vierlings, which all featured some combination of rifle with shotgun barrels within the same gun.
   • The vierling gun that Alan Tuck hunts with is truly a handcrafted work of art. 2009, Nebraskaland, volume 87, page 32:
   • The Blaser D99 drilling can be custom made with two side-by-side shotgun barrels and a rifle barrel over them. Another variation on the multiple barrel shotgun is the vierling, which is the German word for quadruplet. A vierling has four barrels […] 2015, Robert A. Sadowski, Gun Trader's Guide to Shotguns: A Comprehensive, Fully Illustrated Reference for Modern Shotguns with Current Market Values, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

Forms

Coordinates

drilling