Pistol and Revolver Shooting Part 22

17a, facing page 32.)

_Add to first paragraph top of page 35_:

This model is supplied with an additional safety which prevents accidental discharge in the event a cartridge is left in the barrel when the magazine is withdrawn.

_Insert after Match F, page 177_:

The following new matches have been added to the annual contests of the U.

S. R. A.:

MATCH G--NOVICE LIMITED RE-ENTRY MATCH.--Outdoor Event.--Open to all amateurs who have never won an important prize in our branch of sport.

Winners of honors in our National Champions.h.i.+ps, first and second place honors in our State Champions.h.i.+ps, National honors in this match, professional shooters and those who have won place in important matches other than those of the U. S. R. A. are barred.

SCORE: Twenty-five shots in five strings of five shots each.

TIME: Thirty minutes.

WEAPON AND AMMUNITION: Any allowed in Matches A and B.

PRIZES: National--As in Match A.

STATE: As in Match F.

An honor medal will be given for a score of 210 or better that wins no other prize.

ENTRANCE FEE: First entry $2. There may be four re-entries at $1.00 each.

As yet we have a silver cup for only the Indoor Match.

MATCH H--REVOLVER HANDICAP.--Indoor and Outdoor Event.--Arm, any revolver within the rules for Match A. Ammunition any. Twenty-five shots in strings of five shots each. Time, thirty minutes per score. Entrance fee, $3 to paid-up members, $5 to all other persons.

The possible, 250, will be taken as a basis and a contestant allowed a handicap thought likely to be necessary to make his score in this match equal the possible. The fifty-shot and twenty-five shot revolver records of the contestants on file with the secretary will be taken as the basis of handicapping. The fifty shot records will be reduced to twenty-five shot equivalents.

PRIZES: National medals as in Match A. If the whole number of contestants in this match exceeds twenty, then state medals will also be awarded as in Match A.

A bronze honor medal will be awarded for the highest score less handicap if it wins no other prize.

Winners and Scores

Indoor Handicap Outdoor Handicap 1915--F. J. Dreher 25 I. B. Humphreys 45.5 1916--F. L. Simmonds 47.5

MATCH I--PISTOL HANDICAP.--Indoor and Outdoor Event.--Arm, Colt .22 automatic and any pistol allowed in Match B. Ammunition, any. Entrance fee, $3 to paid-up members, $5 to all other persons. Twenty-five shots in strings of five shots each. Time of score, thirty minutes.

Prizes as in Match H.

Each entrant may name his own handicap. It must be claimed and mailed in a letter bearing a post mark prior to the shooting of the match.

Scores with handicaps exceeding the possible will be penalized three points for each point of excess.

Winners and Scores

Indoor Handicap Outdoor Handicap 1915--Rich'd Henderson 75 J. H. Snook 16 1916--Stanley Runck 30

MATCH J--POLICE TEAM MATCH.--Indoor Only.--Limited to members of a uniformed police force who must furnish credentials to the effect that they have been enrolled one year or more. Five men teams.

Arm, any revolver with a barrel not more than 4 inches long, trigger pull not less than three pounds, calibre not less than .32. Twenty shots per man. Five-shot strings. Time two minutes per string. Time to be entered on target and signed by timer. Ammunition, the full factory charge for the most powerful cartridge the arm will chamber. Entrance fee, $10 per team.

PRIZES: Medals for the members of the first three teams. Gold and silver; silver; bronze. Six or more entries required to fill the match. Entry fees refunded if "No contest." With ten or more teams entering, silver medals emblematic of state champions.h.i.+p honor will be awarded for three contesting teams from one state. With four or more teams from one state, silver medals will be given the first team, bronze medals the second.

National medals take precedence.

Ties will be decided by the fewest shots of low count.

Winners and Scores

1915--Portland, Ore.

R. H. Craddock 162 J. H. Young 157 W. D. Humphrey 155 L. K. Evans 151 J. T. Moore 146 --- 776

1916--San Francisco, Calif.

S. Carr 165 W. R. Proll 157 J. M. Mann 157 T. J. Sullivan 143 E. C. Lange 140 --- 762

_Subst.i.tute for subject matter under U. S. Navy Target Practice Regulations, pages 204 and 205, the following_:

The new firing regulations and prescribed course of practice with the automatic pistol are as follows:[22]

Each officer or man may fire the pistol course for credits once per year while attached to each division.

The firing in the pistol course may be done at any range.

Any target may be used.

The course is as follows:

Position Slow fire Rapid fire p.r.o.ne 5 shots 1 string of 5 shots Kneeling 5 shots 1 string of 5 shots Squatting 5 shots 1 string of 5 shots Standing 5 shots 1 string of 5 shots Total number of shots 20 20

Aggregate number of shots 40 Possible aggregate score 200

All men are eligible to compete for prizes in this course once per year while attached to each division.

The value of a prize in the pistol course is $1.

When scoring in the pistol courses, in order to prevent the markers from knowing the names of the individuals who are firing, the name of the firer will not be announced by the scorer, but the number of the target he fires upon will be subst.i.tuted for his name.

Before automatic pistols are brought to a range, the magazines should be removed and kept removed at all times except while the pistol is in actual use at the firing point.

Under no circ.u.mstances should any one handle a pistol, loaded or unloaded, except when he is on the firing line fully abreast of the firers, and the pistol should never be pointed in any other direction than the front.