{"id":609,"date":"2022-06-05T19:26:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T19:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classictargetpistols.com\/?page_id=609"},"modified":"2022-07-07T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T12:50:17","slug":"f-w-kesssler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classictargetpistols.com\/index.php\/f-w-kesssler\/","title":{"rendered":"F.W. Kessler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Maker<\/strong>: F.W. Kessler
Model:<\/strong> Scheibenpistole
Caliber<\/strong>: .22 short
Barrel length<\/strong>: 323mm
Weight<\/strong>: <\/strong>1308g
Source<\/strong>: private<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company of the well-known German gunmaker Friedrich Wilhelm Kessler (*1845-1919) was established in the city of Suhl (Germany) in 1869. The company produced high quality sporting arms and introduced this pistol in 1903 when it obtained a D.R.G.M. for its Radial block or Winkelblock breech design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pistol is a self-cocking pistol with an angled or pivoting breech block, a parallel guided cartridge extractor with a loading or cocking lever located in the handle whose lock, hammer, and action rod are all pivoted on the inner wall of the receiver and operated by
<\/em>a double leg mainspring. It was an improved copy of the Schulhoff pistol with which is has many of its characteristics, except for its internal workings which are different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please refer to our book \u201cGerman, Austrian and Swiss Target Pistols\u201d<\/a> p.36-37<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact <\/a>me for more information<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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