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Unread 10-21-2009, 04:21 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by alterfritz View Post
I remember distinctly that I saw pictures and read a story about a man who won some championship in the 1950s with a luger pistol. I can't remember his name but I saw the pic on the internet somewhere with him firing his luger in a competition.
As stated above, that was Heinrich Keller of Frauenfeld, Switzerland, shooting the 170mm-barreled 1906/29 7.65mm Luger in the course of winning the 1949 ISSF competition in Buenos Aires. You can find the photos here.
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