Here it is,
At the 1950 Grand, shooting one of the first Remington Model 870 pump guns produced (the same gun he would shoot throughout the remainder of his career) he broke 100 straight in doubles; one of the first ever recorded. He repeated this feat again 32 years later at the Louisiana State Shoot in 1982 by breaking 100 straight with the same pump gun. These titles go on and on, and include winner of the World Live Pigeon Championship HOA in 1966 in Mexico City, winner of the Live Bird Championship in Monte Carlo in 1955, in Madrid 1955, in Paris 1955 and Columbaire Championships in Seville, Spain 1965, Madrid 1966, Egypt 1955 and was high score 3 years in a row at the Grand National Quail Championship in Enid, Oklahoma. Unquestionably, Rudys accomplishments with a shotgun place him with the top echelon of the shotgunners world.http://joeletchenguns.com/mr870.htmPump guns seem to run in this family though,
Rudy's father, Fred Etchen, was a legendary shot in his era. He was a fabled field shot, superb at trap and in the live-pigeon ring - and later excelled at skeet when it came into being. In 1924, Fred was Captain of the U.S. team which won the Olympic championship in Paris, France. Following the Olympics he won the European Open Trap Championship with 200x200. Two shells were allowed at each target, but Fred won it the hard way, using only one shot per bird because his Winchester Model 12 pump wouldn't feed the short-length English shells.
http://joeletchenguns.com/rudy.htm
