Yep. He was one shooter who really did pull off that *down the other guy's telescopic sight* shot. And he very much knew what he was doing. As did Soviet sniper Liudmila Pavlichenko, then 26 when she racked up in excess of 300 hits with her scoped AVT Tokarev semiauto rifle, most notably at the fighting around Sevastopol.
Seen here inspecting a British Home Guardsman's Pattern 14 Enfield while on a good-will tour visiting allies. She was the first citizen of the Soviet Union to be invited to enter the White House, and was presented with a M1911A1 .45 Colt autopistol by the union representatives who worked at the Colt Hartford factory.
