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Mark Anderson, Elise and Charles Meyer at the Oktoberfest. |
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Michael Moritz giving coaching tips at the RWS factory visit. |
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Nicole Hamilton and Elise Meyer at the RWS range. |
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Walt Fairbanks changing targets at the RWS range. |
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Eliot Tarlin, Perry McFarland, Don Williams and Matt Hilgendorf. |
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Dave Tokach proposing a lunchtime toast at the RWS factory. |
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Tour group in front of the RWS plant. Hubertus Deowidat at right was our host. |
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Michael Ray at the RWS customer test range. |
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Richard Ortlepp with German friend Rupert Hobmeyer at the air museum in Oberschleissheim. |
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Emily Pilkington admiring stonework at Schleissheim. |
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German tour guide at Schleissheim. |
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The group at Helmut Veidt's club in Freising. |
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Perry McFarland and Cheryl Ingersoll. |
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Michael Frahm collects a prize in Oberndorf. |
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Emily and Annette von Weech look over an old Anschutz rifle. |
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Michael Ray and Mary Ray at Annette von Weech's house. |
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Neuschwanstein castle. |
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Forrest Pilkington checks out the fountain at a castle. |
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Scoring at Freising. |
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Cheryl Ingersoll, Walt Fairbanks, Tammy Fairbanks and Richard Ortlepp. |
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Matthew Helgendorf, Mary Ray, Michael Ray and Michael Frahm show off their medals. |
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Helmut Veidt and Scott Pilkington with a special commemorative Honor Target. |
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Richard Ortlepp receiving his medal. |
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Top ten shooter Emily Pilkington, all smiles as she receives her medal. |
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Dave Tokach getting his medal. |
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Perry McFarland winning a medal at Freising. |
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Mark Anderson receiving his medal. |
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Michael Ray getting his medal at Freising. |
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Karin and Michel Veidt with Rhonda Pilkington deciding what to eat. |
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Honor Target for Helmut Veidt in Freising. |
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Honor Target in Freising. |
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Honor Target in Freising. |
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Charles Meyer in Freising. |
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Honor Target for the German Young Shooting Society |
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Matthew Hilgendorf setting up his electronic target in Munich. |
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Walt Fairbanks, taking a break on the Olympic range. |
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Tammy Fairbanks in Munich. |
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Munich Olympic range. |
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Michael Slipper and Elise Meyer in Munich. |
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Shooting on the Munich Olympic range. |
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Claudia Kustermann, Richard Ortlepp and Walt Fairbanks at the Kustermanns'. |
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Curt Ingersoll on the Munich Olympic range. |
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Cheryl Ingersoll getting a personal fitting by Gottfried Kustermann. |
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Annette von Weech and the President of Burlefingen shooting club. |
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Annette von Weech, Jutta Bais and Scott Pilkington. |
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Annette von Weech receives her back pack. |
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Scott Pilkington with the officers of the Burlefingen club. |
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Richard Ortlepp at Burlefingen. |
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Jutta Bais, previous German champion in air rifle, smallbore and crossbow, gives award to Michael Frahm. |
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Rhonda Pilkington and Brock Tokach receiving his prize of a Walther backpack. |
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Norbert Ussfeller's daughter Janet, Emily and Michael Ray at Burlefingen. |
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Symbolism from the middle ages - the grapes symbolize the blood of Christ. |
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A close up of the prior photo. |
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Michael Slipper, the folks from Nill Griff and Bill McCaughey. |
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Buffing a GSP frame. |
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Touring the Walther factory. |
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Charles Meyer, and Sven Martini explains the test facility at the Walther factory. |
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GSP frames in the Walther factory. |
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More honor targets. |
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Annette von Weech and Mary Kay Tokach. |
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Brock and Dave Tokach in the Walther factory. |
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Tour group in front of Burlafingen club. |
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At Burlafingen club. |
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View from the top of Ulm Cathedral. |
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Matt Hilgendorf at the top of the cathedral. |
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At the top of the cathedral. |
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The sparrow of Ulm is a legendary figure from history - here is one in US colors protecting the highest cathedral in the world. |
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Michael Ray gets his ham. |
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Emily got some cross cultural advice on building card houses. |
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Frau Langenbacher, a FWB employee, at the Oberndorf club. |
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Perry McFarland accepts a bottle of wine. |
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Brock Tokach selscting his favorite brand of rocket fuel. |
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Michael Frahm being presented his prize by Uwe Richter. |
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Eliot Tarlin and Uwe Richter. |
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Eliot Tarlin and Bill McCaughey tied and had to fight over the bottle of wine. |
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Walking to the bus at the FWB factory. |
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At the Hohenzollern Castle. |
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Our bus leaving the Feinwerkbau factory, Oberndorf. |
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Nicole Hamilton selecting being presented her prize by Uwe Richter, club manager and previous German national champion. |
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Walt Fairbanks and Michael Ray at Oberndorf. |
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25m range at Oberndorf. |
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Tower at the Oberndorf club. |
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View from the Rothenburg wall. |
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View of a German garden from the Rothenburg wall. |
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Forrest Pilkington on the wall in the historical town of Rothenburg. |
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Michael Ray, Curt Ingersoll and Bill McCaughey at Burlafingen range. |
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Racked rifles in the Anschutz factory. |
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Working on aluminum stock. |
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Tour guide at Anschutz factory. |
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Bluing tanks. |
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Metal pressings. |
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Production line at Anschutz. |
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Michael Slipper and Matther Hilgendorf in the Anschutz factory. |
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Close inspection. |
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Smallbore barrels in the Anschutz factory. |
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Barrel straightener. |
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Barrel stocks. |
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Dave Tokach lifts an action billet. |
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Mark Anderson watches a CNC in action. |
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Dave Tokach and Mark Anderson. |
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Norbert Ussfeller welcomes the tour group. |
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Dieter Anschutz addressing the tour group. |
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AHG Anschutz store - Uwe Anschutz, Mark Anderson and Dave Tokach. |
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Rhonda Pilkington and Mary Kay Tokach in the AHG show room. |
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Elise takes a break while Charles Meyer spends all their money. |
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In the AHG show room. |
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Anschutz test facility. |
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Anschutz worker checks sear surfaces in triggers. |
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A box of completed triggers. |
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Testing for accuracy in airguns. |
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Testing vice for airguns - note the pellet tin tape finish. |
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Smallbore testing room. |
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Test groups. |
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This is the expression of those that didn't get to go on the trip. |