It says 30 Decades on the text.
30 x 10 = 300 years

1710 .......death of artist Caravaggio

Well ahead of their time at Kahles!!!!

Nature has a cracking way of phosphating stuff!, lovely colour is that!

You couldn't get a better advert than that.

It doesn't say how they burnt off the powder in the loaded round lodged in the chamber.

I had that rifle in my hands a few months ago when I visited Kahles.
It is the best scope manufacturer in my opinion.
The round from the chamber they pulled out with some help from Steyr guys (it is Steyr Manlicher rifle).
46 workers in total and after seing the whole process of making a Kahles scope I can say that it is almost hand crafrted product. Every single part is assembled by hands and every single scope checked by tehnicians. It is like buying a Maybach instead of Mercedes if you compare it to Swarovski.
For last 4 years I bought a few Kahles riflescopes and the last one is K-312. The quality and durability is hard to beat.
In next 2 years I hope that all my rifles will have Kahles on tip ( 14 rifles so far mostly because of my clients who like to avoid problems traveling with firearms).
I'll put some videos on youtube (here is only a small part).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPTlvJFklCs

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Originally posted by Artemis1:I'll put some videos on youtube (here is only a small part).

Tomo

I can find only one video on your page

Where are the rest of your Kahles video's?

About 15 or 20 years ago I read a similar story of a Leupold scope found in the mountains in the US. The rifle & scope was on display in a local gun shop & when the story spread, the original owner went to the shop and confirmed the story as he was able to verify the serial number of the rifle which he had written down. I think Leupold even used the story in their ads for a while.