Custom Blaser R93

KDF Inc. has been building custom rifles for over 30 years. They have been associated with high end German hunting rifles since 1970 when the original company, Kleinguenther's Distinctive Firearms, was founded to import and distribute the Kleinguenther rifles made by Voere, GmbH, in Voehrenbach. In the 1980's, they imported rifles for the original Mauser company in Obendorf.

For the past ten years, KDF has been specializing in selling, serving, and customizing the high quality rifles made by Blaser in Isny, Germany. The Blaser rifle in the photos is an example of KDF's unique custom work based on Blaser components. It is the only Blaser R93 stocked with Texas mesquite wood. All of the wood work was done by KDF. It is also the only Blaser in the world chambered for the .411 KDF Magnum caliber, a very effective round for Elephant and other dangerous game.

No one makes custom barrels for the Blaser R93 rifles, but KDF has a barrel maker who will bore out the rifling in factory barrels and cut new rifling to produce larger calibers. We have made a .340 Wby from a .300 Wby, and we recently bored out a .338 to produce a .411 KDF Magnum. The .411, developed by KDF in the 1980's, pushes a 300 grain bullet at 2,850 fps. That's 50 fps faster than a .416 shooting the same weight bullet, and it can be made on standard weight, semi-weight or safari barrels. Mr. Koehne's R93 .411 KDF magnum rifle weighs just over 6 1/2 lbs. (It is equipped with a KDF muzzle brake.)