Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.
I think what the Germans were shooting during that period may be answered here.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmerstutzen
That is brilliant thank you.
Seems air rifle target shooting in Germany at the start of the century was very niche:
‘The sporty shooting with the air rifle did not occur until the 1950s, before that air rifles were considered children's toys.’
It was all about the zimmerstutzens.
Many thanks,
Matt
Good write up here;
https://www.pyramydair.com/article/Z...bruary_2011/82
ATB, ED