my newest lever gun: clunky-r-us

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Sun May 25, 2008 1:17 pm

been looking for one of these for a long time to add to my eclectic odd/unusual/ and just plain weird collection:

yes, it is the famous , elusive [though how can you be elusive when no one is looking for you] : Kessler Levermatic style 20 gauge shotun:

looks to be unfired and actually has nice wood!

salvo · Post by **salvo** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:07 pm

What were they thinking

Kinda neet in a strange way. I like it!

hfcable, you would probably like this one of mine, it is a 1957 Mossberg 200K 12gage. Mossbergs first pump gun. Glad they kept trying

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:32 pm

Harold,
My buddies know me to be able to identify any gun (American) on sight. I looked at that pic of yours and just scratched my head! neat gun--------Sixgun

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:50 pm

looks like somebody left their Winchester 1895 out in the rain overnight.

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:42 pm

[quote="salvo"]What were they thinking

Kinda need in a strange way. I like it!

hfcable, you would probably like this one of mine, it is a 1957 Mossberg 200K 12gage. Mossbergs first pump gun. Glad they kept trying

you know, that is neat! i remember there was a p ump gun with detachable box magazine....isd thaqt one? always thought it would be handy....easy to keep different rounds in different magazines, and load it quickly! this that the way that one works? maybe i need to find one of those!

salvo · Post by **salvo** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:24 pm

Yes it is magazine fed.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:38 pm

It's so ......................er,.........DIFFERENT, that it's even a little attractive.

(And.....It DOES have a lever !)

Bruce Scott · Post by **Bruce Scott** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:26 pm

I'd be onto one of those in a heartbeat. Great looking gun.

Are we going to get a range report?

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:00 pm

Well, if you wanted unusual you got a good one!

hfcable wrote:yes, it is the famous , elusive [though how can you be elusive when no one is looking for you]

505stevec · Post by **505stevec** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:41 pm

you know when women look at an UGLY kid or puppy and say "OOOh how cute"!!! Well that is your gun in a nutshell

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Sun May 25, 2008 8:11 pm

Bruce Scott wrote:I'd be onto one of those in a heartbeat. Great looking gun.

Are we going to get a range report?

well, i hope to try it out this week; it looks new internally, has double extractors, and the firing pin and bolt show no sign of firing.

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Sun May 25, 2008 8:36 pm

505stevec wrote:you know when women look at an UGLY kid or puppy and say "OOOh how cute"!!! Well that is your gun in a nutshell

i think you are exactly right; and it is unusual; the company that made these, mainly made bolt action shotguns, but i have read that this design, which has a short throw lever, was the predecessor of the marlin levermatic series. it is a very smooth action.
i have two original 1901 winchester leveraction shotguns, an 1887 winchester [repro] shotgun, and two original old model marlin lever action 410s from the 1920-30s era, and just need one of these to complete the weirdness. spencer actually made some lever action shotguns before they went out of business, but i think they might have functioned as just single shots, and not magazine fed. a few prototype marlin old model 1895s were made up in 20 ga. and there was the Larson Whitner made in ?Germany? that was a leveraction shotgun and Micks guns in england has two of them in 16 gauge for sale way above my budget or i would get one

here is the Larson Whitner:

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:23 pm

Now that is the first time I have ever seen that model of shotgun. It is very interesting, and I thing it is just fine!!!! Love to have one!! Good luck with it!! Art

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:44 pm

over 30 years of guns shows and pawn shop hunting here.... I have never seen one of those shotguns...

I've never come across the Mossberg either...

Neat.

Hill

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:54 am

The Kesslers are cool . I've have never run across one to handle though. I like the weird stuff. Nothing is more fun than shooting with guys . And they all look at you and say what the heck is that your shooting!

azzhandler · Post by **azzhandler** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:38 am

I like my kessler! I modified mine alittle bit, it now has a invector rifled choke, and wears peep sights, shoots foster style slugs great. I sure would love to find 1 in 20 ga or even better yet 1 in 16 ga

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:22 am

Never seen one of those before. Neat leverguns.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:26 am

never knew such a critter even existed. very nice find. thanks for sharing.

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:03 pm

rjohns94 wrote:never knew such a critter even existed. very nice find. thanks for sharing.

Not a lever but here's another I never knew existed, Marlin Model 90 O/U shotgun:

http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/showthread.php?t=337687

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:05 pm

I think azzhandler posted about his Kessler before, but I'd never heard of the others mentioned in this thread. Always learnin' something new around here!

azzhandler · Post by **azzhandler** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:29 pm

hey hfcable, check out the choke in your kessler, if its choked like mine was, the choke starts about 11 inches before the end of the barrel, I found out after I cut the barrel off on mine. I should have shot some shot loads through my gun before I cut it off, but I just couldnt help myself,
the moment I laid eyes on the kessler, I knew I had to have it , and It needed some sights for shooting slugs,

Ive had mine for about 2 yrs or so, and you are the only other guy besides myself that has ever said they have 1

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:24 pm

Harold, where do you find these things?!? Is there a market for unusual firearms up in Alaska?!?

Congrats... I think!

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:31 am

azzhandler wrote:hey hfcable, check out the choke in your kessler, if its choked like mine was, the choke starts about 11 inches before the end of the barrel, I found out after I cut the barrel off on mine. I should have shot some shot loads through my gun before I cut it off, but I just couldnt help myself,
the moment I laid eyes on the kessler, I knew I had to have it , and It needed some sights for shooting slugs, Ive had mine for about 2 yrs or so, and you are the only other guy besides myself that has ever said they have 1

i had heard of them, but the pictures you posted in the past were the first i had seen and i knew i wanted one. is a lot lighter and better balanced than it looks. yours looks really well set up.

hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:32 am

Ysabel Kid wrote:Harold, where do you find these things?!? Is there a market for unusual firearms up in Alaska?!?

Congrats... I think!

you know i found this on an online proxibid auction from Kull and supica; first one if ever had a crack at getting, and it cost me a little under 300.00 including the shipping, which i think is a good deal.
i really do like unusual lever guns.

azzhandler · Post by **azzhandler** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:34 am

I gave $125 for mine, what got my attention was how slick the action works after you pull the trigger

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