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...entry championship rifle, tournament, was held last night in the baseball cage. In the revolver shoot the best scores was made by W. K. Rainsford 1G., who secured 76 points out of a possible 100, shooting from a range of fifty yards, at the American standard-size target. In the rifle shoot the best score was made by H. Williams '06, who secured, under similar conditions, 66 points out of a possible...
...found that an excellent 125-yard range would be possible. This distance would allow with reasonable precautions, the use of high power shells which have never been used in the present range. All the illumination needed in this kind of shooting is one strong light thrown directly upon the target, a comparatively easy matter to arrange...
...Rifle and Pistol Club has arranged three matches with Light Battery A of Boston, the first of which will be held on February 27. Each team will be composed of five men and thirty shots will be fired by each man at a standard target at fifty yards. Each string of six shots will be finished in fifteen seconds. On March 27, the second match will be held under the same conditions except that strings of five shots will be fired. Shortly after the mid-years a pistol match will be held, each team to be composed of five...
...Boston for next Friday. This match will be held under several new conditions. In the first place, the shooting will be done at thirty yards instead of fifty, and the five shots are to be fired in fifteen seconds instead of thirty seconds, the previous time limit. The target also will be reduced to four inches instead of the former size of eight inches. The club has already held two matches with Light Battery A and has won both times. The Harvard team will be as follows...
...revolver matches with outside teams have lately been arranged by the Rifle and Pistol Club. The first will be held by telegraph with the Smith and Wesson team on February 14. The teams will each be composed of five men shooting at a fixed target at a distance of fifty yards. The second match will be held with the Light Battery Artillery of Boston on February 28. Each man will fire a string of thirty shots at rapid fire with a time limit of five shots in thirty seconds. The team and substitutes for both matches will be as follows...