Leg socket
A leg rifle is a firearm that has a self- triggering device .
Leg rifles were used in the 17th century and before to kill unwanted wild animals (pests - such as rats, mice, crows, otters). The function is strongly reminiscent of a self-firing system .
In the 18th century, wild boars were also hunted with leg rifles. Corresponding scenes were recorded in several engravings by the Augsburg copper engraver Johann Elias Ridinger .
In 1749 hunting with leg rifles was banned in Prussia. Other principalities came to the same conclusion in the following years. Ludwig Ganghofer said in his description of "Hunting Life in the Highlands" : "... in spite of all the vigilance of the hunters, also strangling wire snares and treacherous guns." . The leg rifle was also used by poachers. Today, the use of leg rifles is prohibited according to Section 19, Paragraph 1, Sentence 9 of the Federal Hunting Act ( Bundesjagdgesetz ).
Photographers like to use a similar approach to take undisturbed pictures of animals. To do this, you put down your camera and take the picture with the self-timer or the remote release. There are also the controversial wildlife viewing cameras today .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Example of a self-triggering otter trap with a rifle in 1604 from Paderborn: Wilhelm Richter: Geschichte der Stadt Paderborn , Vol. II. Junfermann, Pape, Paderborn 1903, p. 100 f ( digitized in the Internet Archive).
- ^ R. von Schmiedeberg: The Legbüchse . In: Der Waidmann - sheets for hunters and hunting enthusiasts . No. 18 . Paul Wolff, Leipzig 1879 ( online ).
- ↑ a b The shot at the sow in the wallow. (PDF) Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
- ^ Ludwig Ganghofer: Hunting life in the highlands. In: Ludwig Ganghofer. Adolf Kröner, accessed on December 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Haseder p. 500
- ↑ Leg rifle / hunting blessing. German Hunting Lexicon, accessed December 4, 2016 .
literature
- Ilse Haseder , Gerhard Stinglwagner : Knaurs Großes Jagdlexikon , Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-1579-5