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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins View Post
In many countries wherein firearms ownership is severely restricted, high end "adult" air rifles have been developed to the extreme. They are every bit the quality of high end firearms. Germany and England have been at the forefront of this for decades. Here, with unrestricted availability of firearms, they are but a curiosity. Pretty strong hobby level interest, but nowhere near that seen elsewhere. It's pretty much all they've got, so they've run with it.
Europeans must be able to do own and shoot Olympic type target pistols and rifles, I suppose? When I watch those matches, I see plenty of French, German, other European competitors and the guns are all of European make. Come to think of it, events like biathlon are heavily European too.

Thinking of living in France at least part time, will be interesting to find out if there are target shooting clubs one can join.
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