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>>Ernest August Vom Hofe was an assistant to Hermann Gerlich in Danzig during the 1920s. He then moved to Leipzig with Wilhelm Brenneke.
In the early 1930s he founded the company HOFMANN Waffen und Munition (formed by HOFMANN and Richard Schienmann) in Berlin to build his own high-velocity cartridges and rifles - based on Mauser actions.
In 1935 Schiemmann left the company, which was renamed "Vom Hofe Waffen und Munition".
Exported in significant quantities to the United States between the two world wars, they virtually disappeared with the death of their creator in 1945. However, the names and models are continued to this day by Walter Gehman of Karlsruhe and later Stuttgart.
Until 1939, the ammunition was physically manufactured by DWM. Later, it was manufactured by various German manufacturers, but always branded as Vom Hofe. Since 1962, Stoeger Arms has been importing these weapons and ammunition into the United States.
Today's rifles are based on the Husqvarna-Mauser action.
This cartridge was introduced in 1937. Based on the 6.5x55 Swedish, it is the second in the family after the introduction of the 7x73. Although officially introduced in 1937, some cartridges manufactured by DWM bear the NN marking, indicative of 1933. In 1956, Gehman began marketing it again, manufactured by the IWK. After the disappearance of this firm in 1972, Norma and later Wolfgang Remy continued manufacturing. Production by the latter firm, which began in 1990, is distinguished by the marking W. Gehman V. Hofe 5.6x61. An identical model is produced except for the flanged cartridge case, the 5.6x61R Vom Hofe .<<
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