Barrel length 62 cm (24"), stock length 34.5 cm (13.5"), overall length 104 cm (41"), weight 4.0 kg, year of manufacture 1987, Austrian proof, condition 2
barrels front adjustable, offset filed rib, fixed rear sight, extractor with spring loaded pins, manual cocking slide on tang, double trigger with set trigger in both trigger blades (both adjusted way too fine), fixed screwed forearm with Schnabel tip, bascule and side plates deeply engraved with oak leaves and game scenes, roe deer on the left and wild boar on the right, bascule inscribed "Joh. Michelitsch, Ferlach" and with portrait of a mouflon rammer, wavy grained walnut stock with fish-scale chequering and oak leaves intersections, indicated hogs back comb and cheek piece with double fold for left hand shooters, Emporers grip with horn pistol grip cap, stock magazine for 4 cartridges engraved with oak leaves and playing foxes, rubber recoil pad, trigger guard with engraved. German claw mount with scope Kahles Helia S 6 x 42, reticle 8.
An extraordinary system, which was copied in slightly modified form by other manufacturers such as TOZ.
The action, patented by Johann Michelitsch in 1971 and approved in 1974, is based on a quarter-circle shaped rail that guides the barrels when the rifle is broken. When the flap attached to the fore-end is opened, the gun is also disassembled at the same way as breaking and is just as easy to reassemble. The wedge-shaped breech blocks on the side, together with the two breech hooks/noses, provide a safe and easy-to-use system, while at the same time providing a very solid and positive connection, as used in Woodward systems.
Johann Michelitsch was a hunting rifle manufacturer based in Ferlach and a member of the local gunsmiths' cooperative. He produced traditional hunting rifles, but optimized them with his own technology. He developed his own patented locking system for break-barrel guns, which allows the barrel to be removed without removing the forearm. At the same time, this system locks extremely reliably. The business was terminated without succession.
Category: Other Rifles
