Ferlach - city of guns since 1558
 

Just came back from the gun smith city Ferlach in the south part of Austria - only 10 miles away from the Slowenian border and about 40 miles from the Italy border. A city with much experience producing hunting rifles. Since 1878 a gun smith school is located there. They are training engravers and gold smiths as well.I have been there 4 jears for getting the gun smith licence.
Today the Glock company produces there too.
They are running a gun smith museum.
Here are some pics:

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a 1000$ Drilling Caliber 475 and 9,3x74R
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Engraver
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Gun smith museum
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Gasthaus "Deutscher Peter"
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A view into the Gun smith museum - locks

Tac, thanks for the response! I thought to stay alone with that interesting pictures. However the most important gun makers (Holland&Holland, Purdey, Greener...)are coming from England - and they have such fine and unbelivable quality!
The Drillings shown on that pictures are really not very common, these are drillings without any shotgun barrel : Caliber is 475H&H/9,3x74R/475H&H on that one on the first picture.
If you have any questions for more pictures, let me know!
Just for information: the rifles are not made from myself!!!

pisto, Great pictures and good luck on your new career!

:)

Ed

When I was working overseas in the 60's, I bought an over&under shotgun with two sets of bbls (12 & 20) from a gunmaker in Ferlach. I still have it, it is very light and handles great. <img border="0" alt="[jumper]" title="" src="graemlins/jumper.gif" />

picture stealer !! :D

I am sure that ANY OT piccies will find appreciation here Roland, those "British Subjects" heh, heh, love to gobble up piccies...

:D

Ed

I guess poor Tac has to settle for pictures since he can't have the real thing. What a shame.

Tac, why not move to the US as you considered a while back? Don't go to KAL, consider Utah--boy that would be a real change (shock) to a Brit.

pisto, Are you able to go to the HK factory in Germany? If so, try to get photo's and post them here and at www.hkpro.com . They'll love to see them too. Kelly