| eagle27 |
| (.400 member) |
| 06/02/24 11:45 AM |
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Re: Kettner 404 Jeffery
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link don't work, kettner was an old german mail order house but they became realy big in the 60s,70s, 80s. around 2000 they came in financial trouble and closed in germany, still exist in austria.
I am sure this 404 use a common standard 98 action open up for the 11,2x72/404. they allways had such "low" budget big game rifles, remember them from the early 90s in .458 win mag.
The bottom metal using a bullet point to open the floor plate and having small screws to lock into the action screw heads is military and I assume the action is ex M98 military too. The barrel is obviously a modern addition as is the sights and sling fittings. Nice wood but the the inletting around the bottom metal is not perfect.
I recall seeing Kettner catalogues that my friends had when I was staying in Germany back in the early '80s and I may have visited one of their shops as I bought a pair of Optolyth binoculars from a big gun shop at one stage. They had a very nice Whitworth Mauser in 375H&H on display for sale with 10 or so packets of Kynoch 375 H&H ammunition. I would have liked to purchase the Whitworth but already had my Oberndorf 404 Mauser so didn't need another DGR.
BTW 10.75x73 is the European designation for the 404 Jeffery.