A study of the various German target arms reveals a vast and little understood subject. The arms covered in this and two other proposed volumes are: Schutzen rifles, Vogelbuchsen (bird target rifles), Kleinkaliber (.22 target rifles), Wehrmannsgewehr (Militiaman's rifles). Scheibenpistolen (early free pistols) , and Ximmerstuzen (parlor rifles). Oddly no books in either Germany or the US have been written on this subject in over 80 years. This first volume will cover the early history of German target shooting from the early middle ages to just before World War II, as well as rifles from matchlock to percussion. Also covered are the Bundesschiessen (state or national shoots) and associated memorabilia. American shooters at the Bundesschiessen, Vogelbuchse and the Aydt, Badar, Bornmuller and Cuchel Schuetzen rifles. Hardcover 388 pages, full color photos.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Glossary
• Section 1
• History:
• German Target Shooting
• An Early Schutzenfest
• First National Schutzenfest 1861
• Guild System
• Section 2
• Bundesschiessen:
• History and Memorabilia of the Bundesschiessen
• Frankfurt 1862
• Bremen 1865
• Vienna 1868
• Hannover 1872
• Stuttgart 1875
• Dusseldorf 1878
• Munchen 1881
• Leipzig 1884
• Frankfurt 1887
• Berlin 1890
• Mainz 1894
• Nurnberg 1897
• Dresden 1900
• Hannover 1903
• Munchen 1906
• Hamburg 1909
• Frankfurt 1912
• Munchen 1927
• Koln 1930
• Leipzig 1934
• Foreign Shooters in Germany
• Section 3
• Vogelbuchsen:
• Section 4
• Scheibenbuchsen:
• General Information:
• System Aydt
• Haenel Original Aydt
• Original Aydt
• System Aydt
• Reform Aydt II
• Reform Aydt III
• System Bader
• System Bornmuller
• Buchel
• General Information
• Brilliant
• Ideal
• Konkurrenz
• Martini
• Meister
• Luna Meister
• Muller
• Original
• Perfect
• Stecherspanner
• Index

ISBN: 0-9707608-3-3