Mauser Small Bore Rifles

Fifteen in-depth chapters and two appendices full of original, previously unpublished photos, charts, drawings and translated data, on the history of smallbore sporting, target and training rifles produced by the legendary Mauser-Werke of Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany. Includes: The first series of Mauser .22 Rifles, Improving the First Series. militarism meets the .22 Rifle, B Series Target and Sporter Models, Mauser’s bid for a world class target rifle, bettering the B Series — the rare Es 360 Olympic Rifle, the lost generation, the Party’s Rifle: the K. K. Wehrsportgewehre, Wehrsport .22 Rifles in the Hitler Youth and other political groups, Aftermath of WWII, Mauser’s smallbore competitors, examining the .22 cartridge, Mauser sales promotions, serial numbers, and more.