The American Percussion Schuetzen Rifle, by J. Hamilton & t. Rowe

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The American Percussion Schuetzen Rifle,
by J. Hamilton & t. Rowe

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The waves of Germanic immigration during the 1840's and 1850's deposited upon our shores a number of highly talented gunsmiths. In addition to their normal work, these artisans continued to produce a nearly unadulterated style of muzzle-loading percussion target rifle was then popular in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. These specialized, made in America target rifles were used for a form of competitive shooting festival that had been popular in Europe since the Middle Ages and was continued by the recent immigrants as they spread across the nation. Such competition had traditionally been conducted in the standing or "offhand" position. Thus, the rifle's ergonomically designed stock was custom tailored to the Schuetzen rifleman's posture as he assumed a standing shooting position. Impelled by the added talents of Anglo-American gunsmiths, a new style of offhand rifle evolved in the latter half of the nineteenth-century that absorbed the heavy Germanic form and melded it with the simplicity of design found on the finest English sporting arms. The design impact of these arms was recognized by the American Arms industry as we entered the cartridge era and Schuetzen competition became a national multi-ethnic recreation.

In American Percussion Schuetzen Rifles, the authors reveal examples of these two firearm formats were eventually blended to produce a precision percussion muzzle-loading target rifle that was tailored to the American Rifleman, be they of Germanic stock or not. Here the authors document in full color, the works of many of these gunsmiths and provide an index of known makers, but also review the loading accessories deemed necessary to properly serve these extraordinary arms. Hard cover, 11 x 8-1/2", full color photos, 384 pages.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

Acknowledgments
History
The Rifles Section One - The East

G.T. Abbey
George Albig
Edward Anschutz
Beutter Brothers
Henry Bergman
Burnside Rifle Co.
Escherich & Son
Eybel
Sebastian Fischer
G.B. Fogg
John Gardner
August Genez
William Hahn
F.W. Jaenhe
Christian Keller
A.A. Kellog
Philip Klein
Nelson Lewis
John C.J. Meyer
Edwin Philips
John Rein
R. Schaeger
George Schalack
Otto Schneelock
A.F. Spencer
Richard Spitz
H. Vulpius
P. Wassmann
Wesson & Prescott
Jacob Widmer
John Wurfflein
Zettler Brothers

Section Two - The Midwest

George Abbey
Frederick Abbey
Balthazar Auer
Henry Berg
Berstecher (Penn)(carow)
Frederich Beuttenmueller
George Beuttenmueller
Fr. Bitterlich
Jacob Breitenstein
George Burns
Fredinand Ebner
Rudolph Grimm
August Herfurth
J.H. Johnson
William Kellerman
Edward Kettler
John Kiefer
Charles King
John Koch
John Meunier
Peter Reinhard
Christian Schoettler
Louis Shrepel
J. Steiner
Norbert Wesle
Dominick Wiget
Wolter & Dilg

Section Three - The Far West

John Bach
August Browning
Browning & Heber
Heber & Moller
W. Heber
F. Hellinghaus
John Jicha
Levi Kersey
Adolph Koppikus
Robert Liddle & Co.
Herman Moller
Alois Schneider
Schneider & Andrews
Schneider & Browning
Theodore Servin
Charles Slotterbek

Section Four Unidentified Rifles
Section Five Accessories
Appendix

Bibliography

Index

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