1934 Shooting Competition - Leipzig, Germany

[Owl]

Hello,

I have an old, larger caliber target rifle I was told was built for a shooting competition in 1934 in Leipzig, Germany. I'm trying to find out more information about this competition and perhaps the manufacture of this gun.

There is a sheild=shaped plate on the bottom of the stock that reads "1934 20 DEUTSCHES BUNDESSCHIESSEN LEIPZIG."

Engraved in gold lettering on top of the octagonal barrel is "I. ANSORG, WURZBURG". Engraved on a barrel face below that is simply "STAHL."

Thank you for any information you can provide.

 

[Riss]

Found this on a German ? wiki page. Google translation is a little lacking. Leipzig 1934 - 20 Deutsches Bundesschießen German Federal Shooting

Vom 6. From 6 bis 15. to 15 Juli 1934 fand das 20. July 1934 was the 20th Deutsche Bundesschießen in Leipzig statt. German Federal shooting in Leipzig. An 175 Schießständen kamen 1.800 Schützen aus 3 Nationen zusammen. 175 shooting ranges in 1800 were shooters from 3 nations. Noch in der Weimarer Zeit geplant fand das zweite Bundesschießen in Leipzig (nach 1884) schon unter den Eindrücken des 3. Even in the Weimar period was the second planned federal shooting in Leipzig (after 1884) was under the impressions of the 3rd Reiches statt. Empire instead. Nachdem die Schützenvereine gleichgeschaltet waren, da das traditionelle Schützenwesen den neuen Herrschern sehr suspekt vorkam, war es auch das letzte Bundesschießen des Deutschen Schützenbundes. After the Shooting mode were the same as the traditional shooting, the new rulers seemed very suspicious, it was also the last shooting of the German Federal Federal Protect. Leipzig 1934 – 20. Deutsches Bundesschießen [Bearbeiten]

Vom 6. bis 15. Juli 1934 fand das 20. Deutsche Bundesschießen in Leipzig statt. An 175 Schießständen kamen 1.800 Schützen aus 3 Nationen zusammen. Noch in der Weimarer Zeit geplant fand das zweite Bundesschießen in Leipzig (nach 1884) schon unter den Eindrücken des 3. Reiches statt. Nachdem die Schützenvereine gleichgeschaltet waren, da das traditionelle Schützenwesen den neuen Herrschern sehr suspekt vorkam, war es auch das letzte Bundesschießen des Deutschen Schützenbundes.

 

[Jim Watson]

It will take pictures.

The inscription might be where the rifle was shot first (or last, from some of Riss' find) or where it was awarded as a prize.
Herr Ansorg in Wurzburg might be the shooter, the dealer, or the maker.
The barrel is made out of steel.

The action type, the stock style, and the caliber - which might be discerned from the proof marks - are what really count.

 

[Tim the Enchanter]

Paraphrasing the above wiki article and DSB website;
Bundesschiessen refers to the 23 national matches held by the German Shooting Federation (Deutsche Schutzenbund or DSB) between 1862 and 1965. The 20th match took place in Leipzig from July 6 to July 15 of 1934, and consisted of 1800 shooters from three countries, competing on 175 lanes.

It was not a success, as the traditional shooting events from the late 1800s, their associated rituals and regulations were viewed by the Nazis as hard to understand and therefore suspicious. This was to be the last pre-war Bundesschiessen, as the Nazis did not regard it as conducive to military marksmanship (the only type of marksmanship they were interested in) and disbanded the matches and the DSB itself in 1938.