冲击靶步枪 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	冲击靶步枪
品名（英）	Percussion Target Rifle
入馆年号	1992年，1992.375
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者	Julius Grudchos【1856 至 1860】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1830 - 公元 1885
创作地区	原产国: 美国, 马萨诸塞州, 新贝德福德（Country of Origin: United States, Massachusetts, New Bedford）
分类	枪支打击（Firearms-Guns-Percussion）
尺寸	长 49 1/4 英寸 (125.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	到中世纪晚期，用弩打靶在日耳曼国家是一项组织严密的运动。射击运动员组建了以当代手工艺行会为原型的俱乐部，并履行了许多相同的社会和公民职能。在十五世纪晚期，火器逐渐取代了弓，成为大多数地区射击的常规武器。这种活动是他们社会中长期存在的一部分，19世纪的德国移民很快在美国成立了射击俱乐部（Schützenvereine）。直到二十世纪初，这些俱乐部仍然是德美文化中一个受欢迎的固定场所大多数schützen步枪都比较普通，不像这个制作精细、装饰异常的例子。它的特点是雕刻在钢和银底座上的精致花卉装饰，突出棕色枪管和锁的金色镶嵌，以及枪托上雕刻的丰富花卉设计。Grudchos和Eggers的名字出现在锁和桶上，他们以创新的捕鲸枪而闻名。靶步枪的所有部件都印有数字1，这表明这是Grudchos和Eggers在短暂合作期间制造的为数不多的这种特殊类型的枪支中的第一支。
介绍（英）	Target shooting with the crossbow was a well-organized sport in Germanic countries by the late Middle Ages. Shooters formed clubs that were modeled after contemporary craft guilds and served many of the same social and civic functions. During the late fifteenth century firearms gradually replaced bows as the customary weapon for target shooting in most areas. This activity being a long-established part of their society, German immigrants in the nineteenth century quickly founded shooting clubs (Schützenvereine) in the United States. Such clubs remained a popular fixture of German-American culture into the early twentieth century. Most schützen rifles were relatively plain, unlike this finely made, unusually decorative example. It is distinguished by delicate floral ornament engraved on the steel and silver mounts, gold inlay highlighting the browned barrel and lock, and exuberant floral designs carved in the stock. Grudchos and Eggers, whose names appear on the lock and barrel, were well known for their innovative whaling guns. All the elements of the target rifle are stamped with number 1, suggesting that it was the first of the few firearms of this specialized type that Grudchos and Eggers made during their brief partnership.