Mauser Smallbores Sporting, Target & Training Rifles

Speed, Jon (edited and Produced by R. Blake Stevens)

ISBN 10: 0889352445 / ISBN 13: 9780889352445

Published by Collector Grade Publications, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, 2014

About this Item

Oblong hardcover copy- maroon cloth covers with gold lettering on spine in color illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket is in good condition with some scuffing and soiling, particularly to the rear panel, which has a white background. The front panel is still quite attractive. The contents are tight and clean. The first 20 or so pages are a bit wavy, noticeable on the versos. Perhaps caused at the binders. A nice copy. ; An updated revision of Speed's original title, "Mauser, Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles" released in 1997. This title consists of 15 in-depth chapters, two appendices. 773 illustrations, 40 of which are in color. It contains previously unpublished photographs, drawings and information. There is a new foreword and personal statement by Speed introducing this particular title (dated 1998). This is the 2014 reprint of the 1998 edition. ; Black and white and color photos ; Oblong 8vo 8 3/4" x 11 1/4"; 349 pages pages.

Seller Inventory # 23136

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mauser Smallbores Sporting, Target & Training Rifles
• Publisher: Collector Grade Publications, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889352445
• ISBN 13: 9780889352445
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+

About this title

Synopsis

Fifteen in-depth chapters and two appendices full of original, previously unpublished photos, charts, drawings and translated data, on the history of smallbore sporting, target and training rifles produced by the legendary Mauser-Werke of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. 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 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.