An interesting account of how and why the National Rifle Association was formed, and its participation in the international matches, bringing the Schuetzen Rifle into America. There are accounts of various tournaments through the years, news items and scores from old journals. Included are short histories of the rifles in existence at this time such as Ballard, Stevens, Winchester, Sharps, and Maynard, to name a few, plus special sections on sights, loading, bullets and lubricants.

The Table of Contents includes the following:
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Early Days of the Single Shot Rifle
Chapter 2 The Quest for Accuracy
Chapter 3 News Items and Scores from Old Journals
Chapter 4 A Short History of the Stevens Arms Company
Chapter 5 Early Stevens Rifles
Chapter 6 Stevens Rifles of the Golden Age
Chapter 7 Remington Rifles 1870-1907
Chapter 8 Ballard Rifles
Chapter 9 The Maynard Rifle 1873-1882
Chapter 10 Sharps Rifles
Chapter 11 The Winchester Single Shot Rifle
Chapter 12 Some Gunsmiths of Colorado
Chapter 13 Frank and George Freund
Chapter 14 George Shalck
Chapter 15 Harry M. Pope
Chapter 16 A.O. Zischang
Chapter 17 Adolph O. Niedner
Chapter 18 W.Milton Farrow
Chapter 19 Telescopic Sights for Single Shot Rifles
Chapter 20 Hints on Loading the Single Shot Rifle
Chapter 21 Lead Bullets and Lubricants
Chapter 22 Paper Patch Bullets
Chapter 23 Whitney Arms
Chapter 24 Peabody - Martini
Chapter 25 German Eagle Target
Chapter 26 Items of Interest
Appendix A
Appendix B