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I found this article today, a very detailed account of the life and work of Albert Preuss.
I am only copying the first few lines of this article, as it is very detailed, plenty of pictures, sources etc.
Enjoy!


"Ein hervorragender Sportschütze, Weidmann, Waffentechniker und Fachautor


Über die Person Albert Preuß ist bisher wenig veröffentlicht worden. Dabei gehörte er im waffentechnischen Bereich zu den herausragenden Autoren und Redakteuren im ersten Drittel des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Albert Preuß war aktiver Sportschütze, Jäger, Leiter der Versuchsstation für Handfeuerwaffen in Neumannswalde-Neudamm (dem heutigen Dębno im Verwaltungsbezirk Westpommern in Polen), Schriftleiter der Beilage „Das Schießwesen“ der „Deutschen Jäger-Zeitung“ und verantwortlicher Redakteur der Zeitschrift „Schuss und Waffe“.

Sein jagdliches und waffentechnisches Wissen erwarb er autodidaktisch. Sich als Leiter der Versuchsstation bot ihm die Möglichkeit der ständigen Vervollkommnung dieses Wissens durch fortwährende waffentechnische Untersuchungen. Den technischen Versuchen und Messungen folgten wissenschaftliche Auswertungen unter mathematisch-statistischen Geschichtspunkten.

Die Ergebnisse zahlloser Experimente, fanden aber nicht nur Eingang in die Zeitschriften des Verlagshauses Julius Neumann-Neudamm, sondern auch in einigen Fachbüchern, z.B. „Lehrbuch des Flintenschiessens“, „Jagdwaffen“, „Anschaffung von Gewehren“, „Schießstand-Anlagen“ sowie kleinere Schriften, z.B. „Die Schusswaffe im Strafprozess“, und Gutachten über Schusswaffen, wie jenes über die „Bergmann-Maschinenpistole Modell 1932“..........."

Thanks for posting this. I came across the same excellent article on Albert Preuss while researching the Deutsche Versuchs-Anstalt für Handfeuerwaffen at Halensee.
It proved to be a very useful source and led me considerably further into the subject. In particular, I became interested in the great prize shooting competition held at Halensee in 1897, which brought together many well-known German gunmakers, ammunition and powder manufacturers, hunters and competitive shooters.
What started as a search for information on that competition eventually turned into a much broader story about the DVA, Major Thiel, Albert Preuss and the attempts to put the testing of sporting guns and ammunition on a scientific basis.
I have just published the results of that research on Hunting Heritage:

Halensee 1897 - Where Germany's Gunmakers Met Theire Customers

There is a surprising amount of original material still to be found on this subject, including contemporary photographs, shooting results and descriptions of the testing methods used at Halensee.

Waidmannsheil,
Wolfgang

Um, lovely find.


Hochachtungsvoll,

Raimey
rse

Wolfgang,

thanks for this great article!
It is interesting to see that Germany then had 2 institutions doing research on small arms and hunting.

I happen to have "Das Schiesswesen", a supplement publication of the "Deutsche Jäger-Zeitung", from no. 1 in 1895, until 1909.
The lead article of the first issue is "Betrachtungen über die Schiesskunst", authors Armin Tenner and Albert Preuss.

In August 1900 there is an article describing "Die Versuchsstation der Deutschen Jäger-Zeitung", authored by Preuss.
There is a detailed description of the premises with many pictures.
The following issue describes "Das grosse Preisschiessen des Schiessvereins deutscher Jäger", held in Neumannswalde at the formal opening of shooting ground and Versuchsstation.
so this is the starting point of the Neumannswalde institute

fuhrmann

Thank you, Fuhrmann – this is extremely interesting and new to me. Your complete run of Das Schiesswesen from 1895 to 1909 must be a remarkable source.
The August 1900 article by Preuss and particularly the following report on the great prize shooting competition at the opening of Neumannswalde sound especially interesting. I had already been thinking of following the Halensee story with the development of the Neumannswalde experimental station, and these two articles may provide exactly the contemporary material needed for that.
It is also fascinating to see Preuss appearing together with Armin Tenner as early as the very first issue in 1895.
Many thanks for pointing this out.