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Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop
A quick search for the name Kautzky in the archived research letter database didn't turn up any hits.
If anyone has S/N's of guns they think have a Kautzky single trigger, let me know and I'll see if we have an order for the gun. Also, if you could give me a date range of when a gun may have been sent to Kautzky, I can look at the index at the beginning of the order books. Would the correct name be: Kautzky's Sporting Goods, Ft. Dodge IA?
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Chuck, that is the correct name. They were in business from around 1910 to the 1970's. My grandfather's P 16 was bought used from them.....of course to me they were old fashioned guns at the time and those Auto 5's were the desired thing to have.
Kevin, Kautzky's front windows were southern exposure and I don't remember them having much for window displays, but inside the store were fascinating displays from the various manufacturers with all the advertising incidentals and racks that are so sought after today. But the store went the way of many downtowns....when the new Crossroads shopping center was built, stores started moving out and the big box stores came in, and all these neat little shops with oak counters and ladders to get to the high goods were gone. At Kautzky's you could still buy new near Parkers in the 50's and I don't doubt that Rudy had some still tucked away in boxes.
Jim, Sac City ( named after the Sac indians) was a RAGBRAI town in 2012. This year its a southern route and I'm riding on the USAF team again. Want to bike across Iowa sometime ?