Many games manufactured by Roberts Brothers (and indeed by other makers) were loosely based on hunting or other forms of shooting. The Bird-Shooting Game was produced between the two world wars. It was a simple target-shooting game in which the participants used basic guns to fire missiles at flip-over targets.
It was provided in different versions, suited to a range of pockets. The example shown was probably one of the more expensive options, with a spring-loaded gun firing corks and four target birds. Cheaper versions used box-lids on which most of the birds shown here were cut off and the targets inside were fewer.