More from the Shooting Tour

Marc Orvin · Post by **Marc Orvin** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:20 pm

We visited the Pfuhl club in Ulm and enjoyed dinner and shooting with them. This is where I met the 14 year old shooter that so impressed me. Here he is being assisted by his coach to find his natural point of aim.
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Conversing with his coach after that exercise.
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The back of his jacket was signed by a very famous German shooter, Sonja Pfeilschifter.

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Marc Orvin · Post by **Marc Orvin** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:25 pm

The former East German Olympic Shooting venue was just absolutely amazing. Here is Nathan standing in Ralf Schumann's personal training area. There are 4 complete bays at 25m.
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The chow hall, which we had all to ourselves each morning.
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Our group shooting on the 10m range. We had a great competition here and a lot of laughs.
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Marc Orvin · Post by **Marc Orvin** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:39 pm

In case it hasn't been mentioned, we really did a lot of quality eating on this tour. Here is a great place to eat if you are ever in the Zella Mehlis area.
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The Waffen Museum in Suhl. Had a lot of great exhibits in there, but all were behind glass and very difficult to get good pictures.
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The statue of the old rifle maker in the Suhl village square.
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Misny · Post by **Misny** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:48 am

Looks like you are having very good weather and a great time. Good to see that you are keeping your bullseye muscle in shape with all the good food and drink!

peterz · Post by **peterz** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:40 am

So where is the model train layout?

There's a fantastic display in Hamburg -- even bigger than what you showed.

pz

TexasShooter · Post by **TexasShooter** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:28 pm

Fascinating report. Thanks for all the photos!

Marc Orvin · Post by **Marc Orvin** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:41 pm

For Peterz, the railroad layout was near Stuttgart, and I believe the name of the town was Waiblingen. We heard about the one in Hamburg.

I took a bunch of photos in there. The detail was amazing. I really admire the kind of folks that have the drive and determination to build such things.

Freepistol · Post by **Freepistol** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:57 am

Hey Marc,
Please email the model RR pictures to me. I used to own a train shop and I have past customers who would love to see them.
Thanks!
Ben

Slo cat · Post by **Slo cat** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:11 pm

Here is a video showing the futuristic German range and firearms store, including an indoor shotgun trap range. We visited this facility and it is more advanced than any shooting complex I have ever seen. Thanks to Heidi for finding this site.

Sorry, but the video narration is in German, but the videos of their ranges are worth seeing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyq90LEZe4k

nockon · Post by **nockon** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:42 pm

Unbelievable range, thanks for sharing!

Marc Orvin · Post by **Marc Orvin** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:20 pm

Just bringing this to the top for our friend Uli who visited with us on the tour of the RWS facility.