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Another possibility is that it was not issued or used by the Volksturm, but simply an old gun shoved into some GI's arms by a nervous Hausfrau during the immediate post war occupation.
Lots of obsolete military arms, and lots of sporting guns were turned over to GIs in order to comply with the surrender condition of turning in arms.
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All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.
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