Me, too. From 1980 to late 1982 I was the sole Ami member of Schuetzengilde Kornwestheim. I showed-up at the club with a S&W Model 18, and asked if I could shoot with them: they said 'Wilkommen!', and I shot evenings a couple of times a week. I shot every discipline they had, except Armbrust (crossbow), and was Vereinsmeister at one time in 3 disciplines: Sportpistole, Luftpistole, and Vorderlader Gewehr. I was a team member of their Bezirks, Kreis and Landesklasse teams in different disciplines.
My ultimate competition pistols were a S&W Model 41, with the 5" heavy barrel, a S&W Model 52, and a Feinwerkbau Model 80 - all of which I still have. My muzzleloading pistol was a Siber .33, and my rifles were a Parker-Hale .451 Volunteer, and a custom .38 (actually 9.3mm) Schuetzen rifle by Rolf Wolf, in Schwabisch Hall - I kept those, too. I shot every type of European target pistol then available (and some Russian ones, too), and did not find that the S&W pistols needed to take a back seat to the Dominos, Walthers, Hammerlis, or anything else.
PRD1 - mhb - MIke