European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 25 feathers by Jamie Walton Vii corps boxers off to Bomberg forget if you have thought about going to Italy to have your dream Shotgun custom then you Are out of dont for a More than reasonable you can acquire a custom beautifully engraved gun made to your exact for a few dollars the factories will also provide a handsome leather carrying slings and other once you have the How Are you going to get it out of the country if you please Tell i spent most of the Holiday season this year in and around the Shotgun Capitol of the Gardony Val Tromp a near this is the Home of san Bernardelli and More than 20 other factories ranging in size from the Beretta to Oneman Home the 12 gauge Over under Weatherby Regency is also made in Gardone Val sublet to a fireman strict italian gun particularly on Export and have virtually dried up sales directly to there just is no expeditious Way for an individual foreign buyer to take one of the firearms from the the congenial manager of the Vincenza Rod and gun club at setae Headquarters told me How to get to Gardone and where some of the More popular factories he offered Little encouragement As to buying a his advice was not from a sales standpoint for the club apparently he has enough trouble just moving the guns that the club has for italian authorities look hard at the movement of firearms by and a permit to transport across the National Boundary is difficult to even for members of the forces stationed i the folks at Beretta were quite and did offer to try a move that would enable me to get a gun purchased from them into according to the assistant sales with whom i could not communicate very if i were a member of a forces Rod and gun they could mail the through the German bundles Post to where it would be transferred to an Apo address for further since i was not exactly sure of How this was to be or even if that procedure would be acceptable to German and i elected to postpone any Purchase even though the temptation was great until i could Check it out More thoroughly with the authorities at the i am working on and will report the results in a future i do Admire Beretta their custom work and the very reasonable prices they offered for a factory if the details can be worked you can be sure another trip to Northern Italy will be coming donations for Winter feeding those who have hunted in and around the Heidelberg area Are reminded that the folks at the Hunting and fishing Branch at 1st per com Are collecting donations for the Winter feeding program conducted each year in that the program consists of purchasing and delivering Winter feed to state forests and private Hunting areas where Hunters have enjoyed Hunting this not Only demonstrates understanding for German conservation and wildlife but enhances relationships with German forestry officials and leaseholders without whom our Hunting program could not dollars or Marks tax deductible can be delivered or mailed to the Hunting and fishing 1st Apo Jerry teff Hagen of the Hahn a Rod and gun club asked me to remind interested shooters of their skeet match coming up this will be a Standard american 4 gun skeet and prizes will be awarded in All for More information Contact teff Hagen at 065432698 or Herb Brossard at compiled by Bucky Fox staff writer boxing the Vii corps Novice Box ing championships will swing open at 7 Friday and saturday and 1 sunday at Warner Barracks in More information May be obtained local Roundup from Henry Rone at Kelley Mil 2723 357 or the we Bruecken a smoker scheduled sunday has been Bowling the firs place team will Roll in so attendance should be higher than the scores in the ninth annual International team tournament held 1922 by the shape mens another Proell Austria Cornelia sister of olympic Champion Annemarie Moser is airborne after hitting a bump in route to her first world cup downhill Victory thursday at see results on Page a photo Mainz sweeps bad Kreuz Nach Germany both Mainz the Rattler mens squad and the thunderbird women rolled to easy victories Over bad Kreuz Nach in v corps Basket Ball Here late six Mainz players scored in double figures As the rattlers humbled the bad Kruez Nach pathfinders Carl Williams paced the Victory with 22 Points and 17 Michael Blackwell tallied 15 Duane Peden Jimmie chess Stanley Roberts 10 and Randolph Jones 10 All for Mainz Ivan Scotts 14 Points sparked the Belinda Hammer notched 18 Points and 17 rebounds to boost the thunderbird to a 4533 their first in four games this Rita Holliday had 12 Points for Kim Hendrix of bad Kreuz Nach tied Hammer for highpoint honors with the thunderbird opened a 2515 Lead at re Cord slipped to to be assistant coach Esposito exchanges skates for whistle new York a Phil the second leading scorer in the history of the National hockey announced his retirement As a new York Ranger thurs Day after nearly two decades As one of the sports most feared announced his plans to quit As a player at a news he had planned to play Friday night against the Buffalo sabres at Madison Square and then will assist head coach Craig Patrick for the rest of the sea holds the nil record for most Points and goals in a season 152 Points on 76 goals and 76 assists in 197071 set while he was with the Boston he is in his sixth season with the whom he joined in a blockbuster Trade on Esposito has Only seven goals and 12 assists this season and has suffered from Var ious he was unavailable for com ment wednesday Esposito has played in 247 consecutive the longest Streak by any of the cur rent but his performance this sea son has been disappointing and he was granted a fou Day min vacation from Pat Rick this week while the team was Esposito was scheduled to take a trip to a Caribbean Island to replenish but his wife took sick and he cancelled those he returned to Ranger practice on the Veteran of 17 nil 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