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Buchsemann
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Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS
      #147558 - 10/12/09 10:33 AM

Here is another out of Germany that I hope my fellow double enthusiasts will enjoy.

Happy Holidays All!

Buchseman





















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Edited by CptCurl (10/12/09 12:23 PM)

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: Buchsemann]
      #147560 - 10/12/09 10:45 AM



Very nice.

The German's made some top guns.

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: 500Nitro]
      #147564 - 10/12/09 12:23 PM

A nice and useful rifle. Congratulations!

Curl

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: CptCurl]
      #147575 - 10/12/09 04:07 PM

Those side clips are cool!


Really nice looking rifle.
That right chamber seems to have done a fair bit more work than the left.
One shot seems to have been good enough, time after time..!




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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: Buchsemann]
      #147579 - 10/12/09 04:41 PM

Very nice indeed!
I agree with Tinker that those side clips are way cool.
Looks to be a Blitz type action?
Thanks for posting.

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: 4seventy]
      #147585 - 10/12/09 10:14 PM

Yeah it's definitely a Blitz.

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: CptCurl]
      #147607 - 11/12/09 07:21 AM

WOW!!!!! I think I'm in love.

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: Metalguy]
      #147621 - 11/12/09 11:39 AM

It's great, thanks for posting.

Armbar.

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: Buchsemann]
      #147651 - 11/12/09 04:23 PM

Very nice, Buchseman! Thanks for posting.

Any hunting pics with this beauty?

Good hunting!

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #147678 - 12/12/09 04:50 AM

NE Gents,

Thank you for your nice comments.

Mehul Kamdar,

I haven't shot this one as yet but there is a good chance it will be accompanying me on a Russian boar hunt I have booked for the third week in January. It will be a good tool for the job at hand.

On another note, our friend Raimey has shared a description of this piece from a period Franz W. Kessler catalog that he has. The gun is FWK's Model 17, the description goes as follows:

17. Hammerless double barrel rifle system Tip-Top with extra strong Greener action, the barrels with side-wings, long and extra strong breech block for cartridges with strong chargings, with chain-stitch engraving, rosettes and adorned shells, black garniture.

Regards,

Buchseman

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: Buchsemann]
      #147700 - 12/12/09 10:46 AM

Buchseman,

A very good friend's younger brother shot a monster feral pig near Prairie du Chien recently, but that was with a shotgun and slugs.I hope you bag a fantastic trophy with this very beautiful rifle. I know that WI allows hunting with rifles in Shawano, but are there other locations where you can hunt with a rifle?

BTW we used to live in Appleton some time ago and my wife has her closest friends in the Fox Valley.

Good hunting!

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #147793 - 13/12/09 06:18 AM

Mehul,

I’m not really up with the latest hunting regulations in my home state of Wisconsin but I've heard that rifle hunting, for whitetail anyway, has been opened up to most of the state except for a couple counties in the west and a fair patch of the east. I'm not sure what our DNR has set up for bear hunting, for specifics one would have to go to the WI DNR's website. For quite some time I've been doing my whitetail hunting in Iowa and the last bear I shot was in Montana. My Russian boar hunt will take place in the UP of Michigan.

Being from Appleton you probably have some knowledge of the Milwaukee area. My old buds still call me "Eastsider" due to my residing in close proximity to Lake Michigan for many years. That will be changing, hopefully soon, once we find the larger property we’ve been looking for.

Thank you for the wishes for a good hunt or as the German's say, Waidmannsheil!

Best regards,

Buchseman

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: Buchsemann]
      #147871 - 14/12/09 03:22 AM

I failed to mention that this one came with it's original Zeiss scope.



Buchseman

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: Buchsemann]
      #147881 - 14/12/09 04:14 AM

Buchseman,

Better and better! Few doubles look nice with a scope and yours is one of them!

The WI DNR head used to be someone I know - a very passionate ML hunter and one of the nicest guys around. I'll PM you his contact details right after this if you need to talk to him. Tell him "Hi" from me.

I do know Milwaukee and the surrounding suburbs well as we have friends there, but the only place where I have hunted in WI is the Wolf River Bottom public hunting area near the Fox Valley. The news that you've given me about rifle hunting being permitted in many more counties is excellent. It was all shotgun and ML except in Shawano some years ago, but rifle caliber Contenders were allowed. The authorities must have realized that this was silly.

Good hunting!

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #147887 - 14/12/09 04:21 AM

PS,

I can;t find the gentleman's contact details at the moment but I have written them in my diary. I shall send them to you later today after looking for them without fail. This is what age does to people.

Good hunting!

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #147937 - 14/12/09 01:12 PM

Another great find Buchman !
that engraving is certainly a step above the "normal" ,much more lifelike Stag and Boar.The condition,the scope all icing on the cake well done !

Please don't tell me this one came from NH too I will be beside myself.

great rig and happy for ya

Dave

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: nhdblfan]
      #148105 - 16/12/09 04:05 PM

nhdblfan (Dave),

Thank you and I'm happy to tell you that it's another that came out of the west.

Regards,

Buchseman

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Re: Franz W. Kessler 9.3X74R SXS [Re: Buchsemann]
      #149098 - 30/12/09 03:07 PM

Buchseman,

Just sent you the gentleman's contact details.

Good hunting!

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