Oberhammer Schuetzen Style Rifle
This gun was posted here before, but I thought a more detailed heading may get some Schuetzen experts attention.
This rifle looks to be .54 or maybe .58 caliber. It is marked "OBERHAMMER PATENT MUNCHEN" on the barrel. The action has a bolt that turns from one side to the other and I guess acts as a safety. The overall length it 39 inches and the barrel is 22 5/8 inches. The barrel seems very short for a Schuetzen style and the rifle has sling swivels which seems odd for a target rifle like this. I have found that Oberhammer was a German gunsmith and Munchen is German for Munich, but it seems he made mostly rifle/shotgun combination firearms. Please let me know what other information I can provide to find out more about this rifle and what it may be worth. I though about making a YouTube video to show how the bolt action and percussion cap extractor work.
This rifle looks to be .54 or maybe .58 caliber. It is marked "OBERHAMMER PATENT MUNCHEN" on the barrel. The action has a bolt that turns from one side to the other and I guess acts as a safety. The overall length it 39 inches and the barrel is 22 5/8 inches. The barrel seems very short for a Schuetzen style and the rifle has sling swivels which seems odd for a target rifle like this. I have found that Oberhammer was a German gunsmith and Munchen is German for Munich, but it seems he made mostly rifle/shotgun combination firearms. Please let me know what other information I can provide to find out more about this rifle and what it may be worth. I though about making a YouTube video to show how the bolt action and percussion cap extractor work.
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The barrel is much too short for a Schuetzen match rifle. I suspect that somebody whacked at least 6-inches off of the barrel and converted it into a hunting rifle... a classy hunting rifle at that, and one that a "real" man would be proud to hunt with[^]. 0 -
Interesting theory. The gun is not nearly as heavy as a Schuetzen should be, nor is the stock as heavy as it should be to counter balance the heavy barrel. I am fairly certain this gun was brought to the states in 1944 and has not seen the light of day since. I cannot imagine a German chopping such a fine rifle and I do not think it has occurred since. I will check the barrel for tool marks and see if that is the case. Thanks very much for your input. 0 -
Verry interesting action with the lever to change the position of the hammer in relation to the percussion nipple . What is the small lever on the right side a few inches in front of the bolt lever. That looks to be a push forward to activate[?][?] 0 -
I have a sneaking suspicion this is some sort of early Zimmerstuzen firing a small ball with just a percussion cap. I'd be checking for a short internal smallbore true barrel inside that big octagon. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
Verry interesting action with the lever to change the position of the hammer in relation to the percussion nipple . What is the small lever on the right side a few inches in front of the bolt lever. That looks to be a push forward to activate[?][?]
That lever pushes and causes a pin to push through the nipple if the bolt is on one side or the open chamber part if the bolt is on the other side. It is like an extractor.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Hawk Carse
I have a sneaking suspicion this is some sort of early Zimmerstuzen firing a small ball with just a percussion cap. I'd be checking for a short internal smallbore true barrel inside that big octagon.
I think you have something here. I just checked and the large octagon barrel is only 16 inches deep. Then there is a smallbore barrel that takes up the first 6 1/2 inches of the barrel. So what does this mean? I am not familiar with the Zimmerstruzen you speak of, though I pan to google it momentarily. Thanks and please provide more info if possible.0 -
The short barrel matches the short forearm and the short sight plane. I think it might have been an Amish "drive by gun"...[:D] 0 -
Zimmerstutzen (sorry, I misspelt it the first time) translates roughly as "parlor" or "saloon" rifle. It is a smallbore - very small - rifle made for indoor target shooting in the days before match grade air rifles were available. The cartridge guns were a 4mm rimfire. Yours looks like it might be a predecessor cap and ball design, ref the Oberhammer Patent. 0
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