Wehrmannsgewehr - German Shooting Competition After WW1
This video delves into the Wehrmannsgewehr, a German shooting competition that gained prominence after World War I. Introduced in 1897, it utilized military-pattern rifles chambered in a sporting caliber (8x46R). The Treaty of Versailles, which prohibited German ownership of military arms, inadvertently boosted the Wehrmannsgewehr's popularity as a legal loophole for practicing marksmanship with military-style rifles. The sport, particularly widespread in northern Germany until the 1930s, eventually waned with the rise of cheaper rimfire shooting. The video highlights examples of these rifles, including conversions of the Gewehr 98 made by Haenel, often modified to be single-shot with inert magazines.










