Posted By: felix Kalezky-ana et al. Text and photos by Felix Neuberger It has been one dismantled drilling, a sidelock by Johann Kalezky's Witwe, which has triggered this post. This is complemented by 3 other and different types of Kalezky sidelock guns, which I had the chance to strip and which all together have led me to try to contribute a little more to the Kalezky-saga. DGJ autumn had my article on this enigmatic Viennese "boutique" gunmaker, preceeded by weeks-long research in different Viennese institutions, but mainly browsing through 50 years of Vienna proofhouse records.
This was my first task in retirement, not anymore possible because access is shutdown by the legal counsel of the ministry. There has been a follow-up on this in DGJ spring Austrian jewels.
I would pay a fortune for the Kalezky records, but there is no indication that they did survive in any form. So any answer on a provenance-question is scarce or can not be answered at all. The last info on Johann Kalezky the younger is an entry in Viennese address book of There have been heavy bombing air raids onto Vienna during WW II and it is not known if he survived those. Ergo gun finished in Vienna.
Intercepting sear acting on the top of the tumbler a la Boss , safety catch operated by a small rod from the closing bolt. Barrels by E. Intercepting sear acting on the underside of the tumbler a la Holland. Technically a much more solid combo than the ubiquitous 7-pin models, due to VCS V.
Kalezky bore nr. Additional photos which showed up later may tell another story. So an alternative could as well be that this is a WW II booty. This nr. Barrel of this nr. It looks to me as if this has been buried, may be not in a pigstable but in a not much less corro-friendly environment. This is one more "open trio" of Viennese high-end-shotguns. A Kalezky pair has been reunited 20 years after the first emerged.
