Gehmann

In 1949, Walter Gehmann founded what is today one of the most internationally successful and renowned shooting sports companies in the world. Thanks to the ingenuity of our company founder and his close connection to the shooting sports community, we have continuously developed innovative products. This has always been, and remains, the foundation of our success.

To this day, Walter Gehmann is the only person to have become a World Champion, been awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf, and been appointed an honorary member of the German Shooting and Archery Federation (Deutscher Schützenbund – DSB). Not only as a shooter and later as a national coach, but also as one of the driving forces behind the re-establishment of the DSB after the Second World War, he steadily expanded his influence within the shooting sports community. He understood how to combine experience and knowledge with continuous development. With the founding of his company, he launched a unique series of innovations in shooting sports that has continued uninterrupted to this day.

In addition to his sporting achievements – including World Championship titles, three world records, European Championship titles and 24 German Championship titles – Walter Gehmann attracted attention as early as 1936 with a precision diopter sight. Many of the features that rifle shooters take for granted today can be traced back to Walter Gehmann’s ideas and inventive spirit. More than 110 national and international patents bear witness to this achievement.

Among other innovations, Walter Gehmann developed and patented the famous Anschütz KK Match Rifle 54 and the Mauser Model 66. His many years of cooperation with Feinwerkbau and Walther were likewise a testament to Walter Gehmann’s innovative influence on the sporting firearms sector.

Gehmann also pioneered the field of compressed-air technology, introducing Morini’s first modern air pistol, the first modern high-pressure air pump, and other accessories that helped establish this technology in shooting sports.

After completing his university studies, the company received strong support in 1987 from Markus Gehmann, a qualified economist. From that time onward, father and son were guided by the principle of innovation as the foundation of their entrepreneurial activities, with the aim of securing Gehmann’s leading position in the market for the future as well.

Many newly developed products were the result of this spirit of teamwork. Consequently, the guiding principle mentioned above continued to shape the company’s philosophy decisively even after Walter Gehmann’s death in 2012, becoming a defining element of the business strategy pursued by managing director Markus Gehmann.

The third generation joined the company after completing their studies: daughter Alina Gehmann in 2014, followed by daughter Sinikka Gehmann, a fully qualified lawyer, in 2016. Both have brought highly motivated and creative new strength to the company.

The fact that the name Gehmann stands for quality in shooting sports circles is both an honor and an obligation. This is why we are pleased to offer the legally maximum permissible warranty period of 30 years on all our iris diopter discs, including those with filters.

Our outstanding results at the Olympic Games and World Championships speak for themselves and provide the best proof of the first-class quality of our products.