< Previous4 the rifleman. Ta b l e I I I . Quadrant Angle of Depression (a) in Degrees. Velocity V (feet per second). Height in feet. (A). 30 40 50 6070 80 90 too11 0 120 130 140 150 300 600 900 1200 1500 1800 2100 2400 2700 3000 3300 3600 3900 4200 4500 4800 5100 5400 5700 6000 6300 7000 8000 lOOOO 20000 degs. 66.6 73-1 76.0 77.8 79.1 80.1 80.7 81.3 81.8 82.2 82.6 82.9 83.2 83-4 83.6 83.8 84.0 84.2 84.4 84-5 84.6 84.9 85.2 85-7 87.0 degs. 60.0 67.9 71.7 74.0 75-6 76.8 77.8 78.5 79-1 79-7 80.1 80.6 80.9 81.3 81.6 81.8 82.1 82.3 82.5 82.7 82.8 83.2 83.6 84-3 86.0 degs. 54-3 63.1 67-5 70.2 72.2 73-7 74.8 75-8 76-5 77.2 77.8 78.3 78.7 79.1 79-5 79.8 80.1 80.4 80.7 80.9 81.1 81.5 82.1 82.9 85.0 degs. 49.2 58.6 63-5 66.7 68.9 70.7 72.0 73-1 73-9 74-7 75-4 76.0 76-5 77.0 77-4 77.8 78.2 78-5 78.8 79.1 79-3 79-9 80.5 81.5 84.0 degs. 44.9 54-7 59-8 63-3 65.8 67.7 69.2 70.4 71-5 72-3 73-1 73-8 74-4 74-9 75-4 75-9 76-3 76.7 77.0 77-3 77.6 78-3 79.0 80.1 83.0 degs. 41.0 50-9 56-5 60.1 62.7 64.9 66.5 67.9 69.0 70.0 70.9 71.6 72-3 72.9 73-5 73-9 74-4 74.8 75-2 75-6 75-9 76.6 77-4 78.7 82.0 degs. 37-7 47-7 53-3 57-0 60.0 62.1 63-9 65-4 66.7 67.7 68.7 69-5 70.2 70.9 71-5 72.1 72-5 73-1 73-4 73-9 74.2 75-0 75-9 77-4 81.0 . degs. 34-8 44.6 50.2 54-3 57-4 .S9-7 61.5 63.1 64.4 63.6 66.5 67-5 68.3 69.0 69.6 70.2 70.8 71-3 71.7 72.2 72.6 73-4 74-4 76.0 80.0 degs. 32-3 41.8 48.0 51.6 54-7 57-2 59-1 60.8 62.3 63-4 64.6 65-5 66.3 67.0 67.8 68.4 69.0 69-5 70.0 70-5 71.0 71.9 73-0 74-7 79.0 degs. 30.1 39-4 45-6 49-3 52.4 54-9 56.8 58.6 60.1 61.4 62.5 63-5 64.4 65-3 65-9 66.7 67-3 67.9 68.4 69.0 69.4 70.4 71-5 73-4 78.1 degs. 28.1 37-1 43-1 46.9 50.2 52-7 54-7 56-5 38.0 59-4 60.5 61.6 62.6 63-5 64.2 64.9 65.6 66.2 66.8 67-3 67.8 68.9 70.1 72.1 77.1 degs. 26.5 35-2 41.0 44.8 48.0 50-7 52.6 54-5 56.2 57-5 58.8 59-8 60.8 61.7 62.5 63-3 64.0 64.6 65.2 65.8 66.2 67.4 68.7 70.8 76.2 degs. 24.9 33-3 38.7 42.8 46.1 48.8 50-9 52.6 54-3 55-6 57-0 58.2 59-1 60.0 60.8 61.6 62.4 63.1 63-7 64.2 64.8 65-9 67-3 69-5 75-2 Ta b l e I V . Striking Velocity (v) in Feet per Second. Velocity V (feet per second). Height in feet. {h). 3040 50 60 70 80 t 1 90 10011 0 120 130140 150 f.s. f.s.f.s. f.s. f.s. f.s. f.s. f.s. f.s. f.s. f.s. f.s.f.s. 300 600 142 199 243 144 147151 156 161 166 172 178 184 191 198 205 201 204207 210 213217 221 225 230235241 247 900 1200 245 247 250 253 256 259262 266 1 270274279 284 2^ 281 283 285287 290 293296 11 299 303 307 3" 316 1500 1800 312313 315 317 319321324 327 11 330 333337 341345 342 343314 346 348 350352 3.54 1 357 360 387 364368 372 2100 3^ 370 371 373375 377379 .381 384 390 393397 2400394 395 396 397399 401 403 40,5 408 41 1 414 417421 2700 3000 418 419420 421422 424 426 428 430 433 436 439443 441442 443444 446 448 450 452454 456 458 478 461 464 3300 3600 462463 464465 466 468 470 472 474 476 481 484 482483484 485 486 488 490 492494 496498 501504 3900302503 504 505 506 507509 5"513 515517 520 523 4200.321523 524 525 526 527529 .531 533 535 537 539 541 4500.S39540 541 542543 545547 549551 553555 557 559 4800 557 557 558 559 560 562 564 566 568 570 572 574576 5100 574 574575 576 577579 581 583 585 587 589 591 593 5400 590590591 592593 595597.599601 603 60s 607 609 5700 606606607 608 609 610 612 614 616 618 620 622 624 6000 622622623624625 626 627629 631 633 635 637 639 6300 638638639640641642 643 644 646 648 650652 654 7000 672673 674 675676677 678 679680 682 684 686 688 8000 718 719720721722 72372472.5726 727 729 731733 lOOOO 802 803804 805 806 807 808 809 810 81 1813815 817 20000 "35 "35"35 1136 "37 1138 "3911 4 0 11 4 111 4 2 "43 "44 "45 {To be continued.) WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKJuly, 1918. T H E R I F L E M A N . 5 QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S CHALLENGE CUP, 1918. In accordance with llie decision of the Council of the S.M.R.C. that the Final Stage of this Competition should be shot locally, the four matches took place as follows :—Lincolnshire on the range of the Grimsby Corporation R.C. on Saturday, June 22nd. the London team on the range of the Wimbledon Park R.C. on Thursday, June 27th, Gloucester on the range of the Gloucester City R.C. on Tuesday, July 2nd; and Forfarshire on the range of the Dundee Association on Saturday, July 6th. .-\s far as weather conditions were concerned, Lincolnshire were distinctly unlucky, as they were called upon to shoot when a rear wind was blowing half a gale, making it almost impossible for the competitors to hold their rifles steady in the deliberate shooting, and undoubtedly this affected their scoring to some considerable extent. The other three teams were all favoured with excellent conditions, both in regard to light and wind. T h e L o n d o n t e a m c a n b e h e a r t i l y c o n g r a t u l a t e d u p o n t h e i r victory, and it is worth noting that their score of 2348 is second only to Lincolnshire's record score of 2360 in 1914. In this year's Competition the wisdom of the old maxim that " experience teaches " has been amply demonstrated, as a careful scrutiny of the scores will s h o w. T he w ho l e o f the London team are well -k nown shot s, and have been in the habit of taking part in open competitions for many years past; the same may be said of the first, second, third, and fifth competitors representing Lincolnshire, and the leading members of the other two teams. There is not the slightest doubt that some of the poor scores made by others were purely the result of nerves, and in the case of Gloucestershire the excitement of the competition had such an effect upon one competitor that he placed three shots upon the target of Mr. Mountney, whose score of 383 should, of course, have been considerably higher, as he was penalised no less than seven points owing to the mistake ; and he is to be congratulated upon keeping his nerve in such trying circumstances. The individual honours of the Competition go to Staff-Sergeant- Major A. W. Poland, of London, for his most excellent score of 399. This was closeiy followed by Mr. J. R. Taylor, of Forfarshire, with 398, and in fact the latter competitor, with ordinary luck, should h a v e b e a t e n t h e L o n d o n e r ' s s c o r e , a s h i s fi r s t s i x s h o t s o n t h e skirmisher target were all hits, while the next five were all on the left of the figure, although not one of them was more than a quarter of an inch a,way. RESUL T OF FINAL ST AGE. Conditions. (a) 20 shots deliberate at 25 yards, 2 S.M.R.C. Match Targets. (b) 20 shots at 2 S.M.R.C. Time-Limit' Targets, each in 90 seconds, at 25 yards. j(c) One minute firing at a Skirmisher Target at 25 yards. 1. The Cup, 6 Gold Medals and /I6— London. A W. Poland (No. 2 R.H.T. Dep6t)... W. Bassett May (Kensington) D. S. Oakey (Wimbledon Park) A J. Bavley (Lee) P.C. Lawrence ("P" Div. Met. Police) Inspr. Hicks ("P" Div., Met. Police)... 2 . 6 S i l v e r M e d a l s a n d £ 6 — Lincolnshire. F F l u c k ( W e l l i n g o r e ) B, Hardy (Grimsby Central) ... J. W. Grant (Grimsby Central) H Passman (Ruston .Aircraft) T. W. Gill (Grimsby Central) C Walker (Grimsby Corporatiori) Dei. Del. T. L . T. L . S.Tl. 97100 97 96 9 399 95100 96 94 8 393 97 99 98 "91 8. 393 969896 95 7 392 98 9790 98 5 388 93 97 9293 8 383 2348 95 9795 98 10 395 97 98 9792 8 392 96 98 93949390 95 96 95 94 7 387 95 100 86 95 7 383 94 9392 92 3374 2321 6 Silver Medals and £6— Forfarshire. J . R . Ta y l o r ( E l l e n g o w a n ) W. R . S c o t t ( E l l e n g o w a n ) .'\. R. Easton (Eillengowan) W. R o b e r t s o n ( D u n d e e ) W. C h i s h o l m ( E l l e n g o w a n ) A. Gowans (Dundee) ... 4 . 6 S i l v e r M e d a l s a n d £ 6 — Gloucestershire. .V. J. Langston (Gloucester City) J. Evenson (Fredk. Steel & Co.) A. E. Gough (Gloucester City) Del. Del. T. L .T. L .S. Tl. 96 97 100 99 6 398 97 979595II 395 100 96 939t7 3S7 97 87* 87 97 6 374 95 9689 87 6 373 89 95 86 927 369 2296 96 96 97 95 9393 959793 96 7 3S8 94 96 9095 8 383 96 96 91 888 379 9395 85 904 367 83t85+ 89 8it 9347 2257 *Shot on -A. R. Easton's target, t Shot on J. Mountney's target. VETERANS' COMPETITION, 1918. Open only to Competitors who are over 60 years of age. :: Conditions : 30 shots deliberate, 10 each at 25, 50, arid 100 yards. RESUL T . 1. W. Durrant, Sotterley (Gold Medal) 2. J. Hamilton, Manchester City (Silver Medal) 3. C. J. Woodrow, Downton (Bronze Medal) 4. A. E. Tyser, City of London N.R. 5. F. H. Palmer , Downton 6. F. Harverson, Borough of Wandsworth ... 7. D. Hudson, Padiham 8. J. Wilkinson, Renfield ... 9. W. Cocking, Wadsley 10. W. R. Humby, .Alexandra Palace 11 . J . N e w s o m e B a x t e r, K e n s i n g t o n 12. C. E. Denver, Edmonton 13. F. C. P. Fennell. Brighton and Hove Imperial 14. J. C. Clark, Jedburgh 15. H. H. Day, Kendal ... 16. G. Patten, Wimbledon Park 17. T. Scaife, Ilkicy 18. J. Hollings, Castleford 19. J. Pye, Renfield Capt. E. H. Hancock, Stock Exchange R B. W. Lewis, ist Oxford V.R., scratched. J. T. Hincks, scratched. Bronze Medai for highest score at 25 yards, 50 " 100 25 yds. 97 97 96 96 95 98 96 96 95 97 96 92 50 100 yds. yds. Tl.-; 98 94 289 93 94 95 94 92 90 91 97 96 92 96 94 92 93 90 94 93 87 86 ■90 88 288 284 283 282 280 280 280 279 279 278 276 92 92 90 274 100 95 79 274 92 91 90 273 98 85 88 271 94 87 '88 269 93 91 82 266 90 81 87 258 ifle Club, scratched. J- W. D. C. Clark. Cocking. Hudson. WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UK6 T H E R I F L E M A N . July, 1918. HANDICAPPING AND TIE-SETTLING BY GAUGE. Avery simple and effective method of handi capping- has been adopted by the Metropolitan E l e c t r i c R . C . A n e x t e n d e d t r i a l h a s s h o w n i t to be so satisfactory that Its use may be con fi d e n t l y r e c o m m e n d e d to o th e r s . ■Both Individual handicaps and final scores are deter mined by means of a graduated gauge. Such a gauge designed for use with the standard 25 yards target of the S..M.R.C. Is shown In Fig. i. It consists of a thin m e t a l d i s c c u t o u t s o ' a s t o f o r m a s e r i e s o f c i r c u l a r a r c s described about a common centre and It Is fitted with a plug for Insertion In the bullet hole together with a pin for handling purposes. The circles are numbered from o to 9 and their radii vary from .la^In. to -ssln. by successive steps of .025in. The Object of the G.yuge. In order to understand the action of the gauge, let us suppose that a bullet .2510. In diameter hits the target at .4. (Fig. 2) so that It misses the carton line by .025ln. (It should be explained here that the .25ln. bullet has '''0. I been chosen In place of the actual .22ln. because It Is more In keeping with the target dimensions, the' rings of which are .a^In. apart.) T h i s s h o t w o u l d c l e a r l y h a v e a v a l u e o f " t e n " i f the carton line were increased by .Q25ln. In radius. Now if we Insert the gauge In this shot hole and turn it round we shall find that circle No. i, having a radius of . i2.^In.-1-.02510., will just touch the carton line as indicated In the diagram. Hence, It follows that gauging in the usual way with this particular circle is equivalent to enlarging all the target rings by .025m. in radius. Similarly, scoring with gauge No. 2 has the effect of Increasing the radii of the 'rings by twice this amount, No. 3 three times, and so on up to No. 9, which gives an Increase of 9ln. x .02510., aiid we may manifestly continue the process to any desired extent by using larger .and larger gauge circles. Any further Increase In the size of the gauges Is, how- e\ cr, rendered' unnecessary by reason of the target rings being equally spaced .25111. apart. Phis enables any degree of enlargement to be effected with the same set of gauges; for gauging to the 9 ring with, .say, No. o circle, of radius .125111., will plainly gi\e llie same result as gauging to the carton line with a No. ID circle, which would have a radius of .125111.4- .25111. In the same way, gauging for cartons with No. o circle, to the 8 ring, will be equal to gauging to the carton line with a No. 20 circle, etc. Now let us suppose that a bullet hits the target at B (Fig. 2),. so that It overlaps the carton line by .025ln. This shot would, obviously, just score a ten If the carton line were reduoed In radius by .025ln. By Inserting the gauge as before, we shall find that circle No. i will. In this case, touch the edge of the bull as shown. Therefore, gauging aivay from the centre of the bull's-eye ivith this circle is equivalent to reducing the radii of the target rings by .o2^in. This reduction Is doubled with No. 2 circle, trebled with No. 3, and so on. The graduated, gauge, then, provides a simple means of either increasing or decreasing at will the ring dia meters of the standard decimal target. That Is to say. It practically places at our disposal a whole series of targets and handicapping becomes merely, a question of giving each Individual a size of target corresponding with his or her shooting ability. Handicapping. In order to determine the size of target to be used by each competitor or. In other words, to find the gauge size with which his targets are to be scored, the following method—found to work very well In practice—Is pro posed :—Take any target of ten shots and neglect the two widest. Then, by gauging the worst shot amongst the remaining eight, find the gauge number which just fails to make-that shot a carton. As .an example, we may consider a target made .up of two eights, one nine, and seven tens. Here the nine only would be gauged and If the centre of It happened to fall on the edge of the bull, we should find that gauge No. 5 would just touch the carton line so that No. 4 would just miss It, thus giving a handicap of 4. Should the shot to be gauged fall outside the " black," say central on the 8 ring, we should slmplv gauge to the edge of the " black " .and add 10 to the number, making the handicap 14. On the other hand. If the shot is cutting the carton line we must gauge to the edge of the bull, aieay from the centre of the bull's-eye and call the handicap- negative. ' An average may, of cour.se, be taken over a number ot tcirgets in the ordinary way. Thus, If the handicaps- obtained from six cards are, say, — 5, —3 q, 6, 8 and 1 2 , w e h a v e : — ' ' , Total=(26 — 8) =18. Hence :— Average = 18/6 = 3. Ti e . s . Under any system of handicapping we are sure to- ha\e competitors tiemg from time to time, and although to cond-emn the system on this account would be contrary to our fundamental conception of a handicap, yet it N m practice inconvenient to have these ties and some means of dealing with them must accordingly be devlse l. d e a l t w i t h ' V - Yv s t e m , t h e y c a n o e , . easily by the simple expedient of scorIn'»- lieVrreTSi:;// o f c o m p e t i t o r s h a v i n g h a n d i c a p s -, o and 15, say, tie with each other, we proceed WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKJ l - " ' 1 ^ 1 8 - T H E R I F L E M A N . to score their targets with g'auges —3, —i and 14 respective!}'. If still a tie we use gauges — 4, — 2 and 13, continuing in this manner until all the scores differ. TllOS IN' SCK.VTCH COJIPETITIOXS. The foregoing method of separating tie cards with the gauge is also applicable to ordinary scratch scores. Moreover, since it will clcarlij give the highest score to the competitor whose shots are grouped most closely around the centre of the bull's-eye, it coistitutes an absolutely ideal method, of eliminating tics. . A d v . v n t . v g e s o f t i i k G . v u g e H . v n d i c a p . First and foremost, it allows all competitors to shoot on terms of equality, no matter what their capabilities may be. The much coveted score of 100 per cent, is within reach of everyone, but consistent shooting up to a pre-determined standard is required if this is to be attained. No one is called upon to accomplish the im possible, such as a score of more than 100 per cent, by the expert or a " scratch possible " by the novice. This outstanding quality of fairness to all concerned is of primarj' importance; for it is failure in this respect which is the chief cause of dissatisfaction with existing systems. The idea of scoring targets with various gauge sizes, or, if you please, shooting -with different diameters of bullet, is readily grasped and appreciated by competitors. There is no juggling with figures, such as we get in the D.P. system, nor are there the absurdities arising u n d e r t h e F. S . s y s t e m . Handicapping- gives no trouble. Final handicap scores are exactly similar to ordinary scores and rcciuirc very little additional gauging, a glance at the target being quite sujficient to determine the value of the great majority of shots. .\ reference to Fig. 3, showing the position of shots which just count ten, under various handicaps, will make this clear. Lastly, we get a method of tie-settling, based upon grouping, which could hardly be improved upon. Centr .al Scoring. It may be noted that gauges Nos. i, 3 and 5 are suitable for central scoring on the standard targets for 15 yards, 20 yards and 25 yards respectively and will give results with quite as much accuracy as the usual edge- cutting gauge. REGISTER OF WINNERS. Yi a rClub.No.Bell Medal. rgiy Balmullo 91 P. A . B e l l igiy We l l i n g t o n E a s t , N e w Z e a l a n d 2328G. Scott igiy Cripplegate 3242 W. B. Baddeley 1917 Brockley Special Constabulary 1998a Insp. H. E. Tutt 1917 S o u t h w a r k P a r k 585aT. B . C l i n c h 1917 Barrow 3264 V. B l a n c h a r d 1917 2nd Batt. Bristol Vol. Regt. 945 Corpl. H. G. Browning 1917 Wallasey 495 J. McLeod 1917 Finchley Special Constabulary 897a E. H. B. Brock igi8 Ditto 897a H. Burrows 1918Hampton and Hampton Hill 706 1918 ist Liverpool Regiment Church Lads Brigade 781L/Cpl.J.Waring 1918 Wimbledon Park 172 Capt. G. Tench 1918 Boulton and Paul 2434a F. B i r k e t t 1918 Christ Church (Blacklands) Church Lads Brigade 423 Sgt. F. Parker 1918 Deal and District 83L/Cpl. A. Rollo, I J T T 1918 Keen 1336a IX.ILt Mrs. Manby 1918 4th Bath and Wells Church Lads Brigade 775 Pte. R.E.Sharpe 1918 Dumfries Academy Cadet Corps 2827Cadet R. McCulloch 1918 15th County of London V.R. g6ga. Pte. W . R. Edwards 1918Renfield 1414 G. Mathieson 1918 Devon Constabulary " B " Div. 3431 Const. Cottey 1918 Alexandra Palace 171 J. Coates 1918 Belmont2620a H. J. Johnson 1918 5th Batt. North Riding Vols.1465C.S.M. W . Rowland 1918 Springfield 935a E. Dowden 1918 Richmond 291 Daily E.xprcss Medal. J. Learmouth J. M. Neal F. H . G i l b e r t A. Everett A. Shattock V. B l a n c h a r d G. A. Williams J. McLeod E. G. Hammond H. Burrows H. C. T attam J. Birchall D. S. Oakey A. Harper Pte. C. V inall E. Hedgcock Mrs. Manby Cpl. L. Chandler L/Cpl. S. Newbigging Sergt. W . Mills G. Mathieson Const. Holman J. Coates H.J.Johnson R. Crook INERS. Daily I'clegraph D a i l y M a i l Certificate.Certi/icate. INIiss J. W.M i s s J . W. We b s t e rWe b s t e r J. M. NealC. H. Osmond W. B. Baddeley J. H. White A. Fuller T. H a n c o c k J. G. LittletonT. B . C l i n c h W. W h i t w e l lW. W h i t w e l l F. K n i g h tCpl. Cross J. McLeod W. C . C a r s w e l l E. G. Hammond E. G. Hammond H. Burrows J. Coates H. C. T attam H. C. T attam L/Cpl. H. Cpl. F. G. Smart Cannce D. S. Oakey W. H . G a r d n e r W. Thompson W. T h o m p s o n F. C o s t e r W. H . H i l l Mrs. Downie Mr.s. Manby Cadet P . L/Cpl. S. Paterson Newbigging Pte. C. W . Pte. E. ChardFairbrother A. W atson A. W atson Sgt. FaceyConst. French J. Coates A. Raftery T. Wo r l e y H.J.Johnson ; Cpl. D. B. Sgt. M. Bradley MoitIs R. CrookR. Crook W. S m i t hW. S m i t h Lady's Mrs. Berry WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UK8 T H E R I F L E M A N . July, 1918. VOLUNTEER TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. 1918. P, ' f nrr, nf twciitv from any Company or smaller unit of Volunteer Regiments affiliated either to the Open to one team of twenty trom y S.M.R.C. Condidons. Ten .ho« per a. 25 I. The Patriotic Challenge Shield No. 2 and ^K^Denny Plat. B Co. 1st P t e . J . R o s s . . . Pte. F. Lindsay Pte. -A. Wallace Pte. D. M.acKenzie Pte. D. Goodlad Pte. J. Simpson Pte. T . Bain Sergt. T. Robertson Pte. J. W'. Gray ... Pte. G. VV. Skinner Pte. D. Sinclair Lieut. J. K. Shanks ... Pte. J. Campbell Pte. J. Graham Pte. A. Dunn Lce.-Corpl. T. Hepburn Corpl. J. Sneddon Pte. J. Robertson Pte. J.' Mitchell Sergt. J. C. W right ... - 2. 20 Bronze Medals and —C Co. 2nd Sergt. R. J. Goodman Pte. W. VV. Moon Pte. C. Hocking Pte., P. Hawthorne Pte. P. Earle ... ' Lieut. -A. VV. Hicks Lce.-Corpl. Roberts CorpIrVV. H. Lamb Corpl. G. VVestlake Pte. H. T. Rawlins Corpl VV. Coombes Pte. D. V eale Pte. C. E. Hills Sergt. A. J. Smith C.S.M. H. L. Pile Pte. B. Pitcher Pte. F . H. Leest Lce.-Corpl. H. N. Bucknill .. Pte. S. Earle Sergt. Driver . 20 Silver Spoons—A Co. 2nd Derbys Sergt. -A. Heath Capt. L'rton Lce.-Corpl. Cook S.M. Prentice S e r g t . B a k e s . . . Corpl. G. Holmes C.Q.M.S. Styring Pte. S. Glassbroothe Pte. VV . W atson Sergt. Thorpe Q.M.S. LTton .Sec. Lieut. R. O. Rhodes Pip. Reaney Sergt, Watson Sergl. Fletcher Cor|)l. Adams Pip. Bates l.cc.-("orpl. Wilson Pip. Mason Pte. C. J. Brenting C C o . ( ' I ' r u r o ) i s t C o r n w a l l H C o . 2 / 1 S I F o r f a r s A Co. 4th Derbys A Co. 9'iith -Surrey ... , C Co. 4th Lanes C Co. (CaSlleford) loth W.R.V.R. , 20 Silver Medals Stirling 49 49 49 48 48 48 47 47 47 47 46 46 46 45 ... 45 ... 45 ... 44 ... 44 ... 40 40 920 Devon SO 50 48 48 47 47 47 47 46 45 45 45 45 45 43 41 41 39 50 49 49 47 47 47 46 46 46 46 46 46 45 45 45 44 44 43 42 38 915 91 1 RESUL T . ic. 11 . 12. 13- 14. 15- 16. 17- 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23- 24. 25- 26. 27. 29. 30 31- 32- 33- 34- 35- 36 37- 38. 39- 40. 42. 43- 45- 46. 47- 48. 49. 50. 51- 52- 53- 54- 55- 56- 57- 58- 59- 60. 62. 63- 64 65- 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71- 72. 870 840 837 818 818 813 A Co. I St Royal Berks A Co. 4th V.B. Royal West Kent Regt C C o . s t h N . R . V. R C C o . i s t I s l e o f W i g h t A Co. 5th Surrey C Co. 3rd V.B. Royal West Kent Regt B Co. 5/8th Surrey D Co. 5th City of London B C o . 2 n d N . R . V . R . . . . Headquarters Co. 2nd Middlesex B C o . 2 n d M i d d l e s e x A C o . i s t N o t t s Bellingham Det. A Co. 4th Northumberland D Co. 17th Lanes A C o . 3 r d G l a m o r g a n A C o . l o t h W . R . V . R A C o . ( A r b r o a t h ) 2 / i s t F o r f a r s . - w C Co. 3rd Herts B C o . 2 n d H e r t s . . . A C o . 2 n d W e s t H e r t s D Co. 9/1 ith Surrey B Co. ist Surrey .A Co. ist Surrey A C o . ( E r d i n g t o n ) 5 t h Wa r w i c k s B Co. 3rd Herts B C o . i s t W a r w i c k s A Co. loth County of London ... C Co. ist VLB. Royal West Kent Regt. ... ... K i d d e r m i n s t e r C o . i s t W o r c e s t e r A C o . ( H u n t i n g d o n ) H u n t s A C o . i s t N o r f o l k C C o . I / 3 r d N . R . V. R C Co. 15th County of London No. s Plat. B Co. i/ist Leicester C Co. ist County of London B C o . i s t S u s s e x D Co. 15th County of London B Co. ist City of London B C o . i s t M o r a y s h i r e . . . D C o . 6 t h N o r f o l k Nos. 5 & 6 Plats. B Co. 6th Lanes ... No. 3 Plat. D Co. (Larkhall) 2/ist Lanark D u d l e y C o . i s t Wo r c e s t e r B Co. 4th Middlesex D C o . W i r r a l B a t t . C h e s h i r e E C o . 1 s t H a n t s B Co. 17th County of London ... B C o . l o t h D u r h a m No. 9 Plat. C Co. 2/6th County of London No. 12 Plat. No. 3 Co. 2nd V.B. Royal West Kent Re C C o . 2 n d N o r f o l k A C o . 3 r d N o r f o l k Ponteland Det. B Co. 4th Northumberland No. 4 Co. 2nd V.B. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Re Chipping Norton Plat. C Co. Oxford C C o . 2 n d O x f o r d D C o . l o t h D u r h a m C C o . l o t h D u r h a m B C o . 2 n d L a n e s D Co. 20th County of London A Co. ist Linlithgow D Co. 10th County of London A C o . 1 0 t h D u r h a m C Co. 1st Surrey scratched. D Co. 4th Middlesex scratched. C Co. 6lh Suffolk scratched. C Co. 4th N.R.V.R. scratched. A Co. 5th City of London scratched. D Co- 13th County of London scratched. Newburn Det. B Co. 4th N.R.V.R. scratched. WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKJuly, 1918. T H E R I F L E M A N . 9 TRAJECTORY. (PART 1). B y " A k e r i m a n . " ' I Trajectory, as everyone knows, is the name given I to the line described by a bullet or other projectile A. in passing through its Wight. For want of simple explanation, however, there are many popular mis conceptions as to the nature of the curve, and its bearing on the question of rifle-shooting. To begin with, there is a different curve of trajectory for every different bullet and muzzle velocity. Some bullets start very fast, and travel a long way without dropping much. Others start slower and will travel just as far while dropping more. Others again start very fast indeed but cannot get far. The question largely depends on the factor of " Sectional Density " of the bullet, with which the writer dealt in a recent article ; but one point should be thoroughly understood—that all trajectories are of the same type of curve, and all are affected in shape by the same factors. Let us do away at once with one popular fallacy—that of •' point-blank " shooting, which still persists in the minds of many. It consists in a belief that for a short range, of length according to the credibility of the believer, bullets travel in a straight line, and then begin to fall. The truth is that immediately a bullet leaves the muzzle of the barrel, however high its velocity, it begins to follow a downward curve. No part of the path at all is straight. It is hardly correct to say that it immediately begins to fall, because in order to hit any mark at a distance, it is necessary to point the barrel upward, or " elevate" it ; the bullet then starts off, getting higher and higher as it travels forward until it reaches the culminating, or highest point of the trajectory. But all this time it is falling more and more below the Hue of projection (see diagrams) and there fore following a curve of which the concave side is under neath. Now to get a clear understanding of exactly what shape the trajectory assumes, it should be first known what are the forces acting on the bullet. If we neglect, for the moment, air resistance, the forces controlling the bullet's flight are only two in number—the pressure of the explosion, driving it in the direction ot the line of projection, and the force of gravity drawing it down towards the earth. It is, however, easier to regard these as three—that is, in) part of the explosive force driving the bullet straight forward, (/') part driving it upward, and (c) gravity pulling it downward ; or to put it into correct phraseology, {a and b) the horizontal and vertical components of the resultant force on line of projection, and (c) gravity. Now let us think tor a moment only of the vertical forces—one tending to drive the bullet upward, the other to pull it downward. The former force is the stronger at first, and therefore the bullet goes upward, but allthe.time gravity is dragging at the mass of the bullet and causing a retardation, or gradual slowing of the upward movement. This is a known, fixed amount for all bullets or masses whatsoever—32 feet per second per second. That is to say that during each second or part of a second the bullet goes up at a rate of speed less by 32 feet per second than during the previous second. Thus at last all the upward speed is lost; the bullet comes to momentary rest (as regards reriical motion), and then begins to come down at a speed increasing at the same rate as it decreased going up, i.e. 32 f.p.s.p.s. During the period of time the bullet takes to move this height up and down again, it is moving forward under the action of the horizontal component. This force remains the same all the time, for there is nothing opposing it (neglecting air). The curve thus described would there fore be a parabola, of the form shown in Fig. 1. It is somewhat like a semicircle, with the ends flattened out, and the greatest curvature at the middle, where the culminating point occurs. The line of descent would make the same angle with the horizontal that the line of projec tion did, and in this case the greatest possible range would be attained by the bullet, at whatever muzzle velocity, when this angle (angle of elevation) was 45 deg. In practice, however, air pressure causes a retardation of the forward motion, and thus during the time of fall the bullet does not travel as far as during the time of rise, although these times are exactly the same, and the culmin ating point is further along than the middle of the range. (To he continued.) Editor's Note.—(T/ie diagrams referred to witl be published in the August owing to the non-arrivat of the blocks at he time of going to press). VOLUNTEER GROUPING GAUGES. Celluloid, with 2in., Sin. and 4in. Pings. Most useful In deciding d o u b t f u l s h o t s I n t h e V o l u n t e e r M u s k e t r y T e s t s . Price 8d. each. S.M.R.C., Arundel House, Arundel Street, London, W. C . 2 . WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UK10 T H E R I F L E M A N . July, 1918. Durixg the past few monfhs there has been increasing difficulty in obtaining supplies of pulp boards for the manufacture of cardboard targets, and in order to assist clubs to economise in the use of their targets the Society can now supply printed centres on gummed paper, to be attached to used targets for the 25 and 50 yards ranges. 1 he price is 5/6 per 1,000. * * * The entn for this year's Champneys Cup Competition (open to teams from Companies of Church Lads'Brigades in the Diocese of Southwarh) was very small, only five teams entering, and four taking part in the competition, which was held on the range of the Borough of Wands- woith Rifle Club on June 29th. The result was as f o l l o w - s : — 1. St. Mary's, Lewisham (The Cup and PMur Large Silver Medals), 291. Lance-Corpl. Quigley ... 8^ Lance-Corpl. Slater" ... 78 Lance-Corpl. Boswell ... 67 Corpl. Gearl 61 2. Reigate Coy., 71 li C.B. Southwark Regt. (Four Small Silver Medals), 209. H. Howdett 59 E . C l a r k 5 2 C . D e n n i s . . . . . . ^ 9 J . A d c o c k ^ 6 3. Long Ditton C.L.B. "A" Team (Four Small Bronze Medals), 186. G . S p r i g g s . . . . . . 5 5 L . E d w a r d s . . . . . . 4 8 G. Sturmey ... ... 9,5 W. L u g g . . . 3 8 4. Long Ditton C.L.B. "B" Team, 91. * * * A VERY interesting competition has just been concluded in connection with the County Palatine of Lancaster Rifle Association, and this produced some most excellent shooting by the prize wdnners. Each target contained ten bulls, and competitors were allowed not more than five shots at each ; only shots which hit the bull (tens and nines) were counted, and immediately any shot missed the black the competitor retired. There were 162 entries, and the prize winners were as follows :—R. E. Coupe (Prestwich and District), 50 ; J. W. Stopford (Garston), 49 ; J. W. Rawlinson (Garston), 47 ; E. Pollard (Padiham), 46; J. K. Evans (L.N.W.R. Liverpool), 45 ; J. Hamilton (Manchester City), 35 ; A. H. Parker (Prest wich and District) 34 ; H. J. Mcintosh (Padiham), 32. In particular, the cards returned by Messrs. Coupe and Stopford are most creditable, and these riflemen are to be congratulated on their very fine shoots. * * * It must be admitted that one of the most useful spheres of activity for rifle clubs at the present time is to be found in training the nation's youth in rifle practice. In this connection the Ham and Petersham Rifle Club have set an example which might well be followed in other quarters, by instituting a Boys' Team Challenge Cup Competition, and the keenness and interest exhibited in the first stage of the competition, which was recently shot off on the club range, is proof that their initiative has been much appreciated. Twelve teams entered, and NOTES, AND COMMENTS. some particulars of the shooting in the first stage wall be found in our Club Reports columns. The scoring is good, but more important is the fact that the efforts of the Ham and Petersham Rifle Club should have met with such instant response. There is certainly scope in many other districts for a movement of this description, and the enthusiasm with which this competition has been received should encourage other clubs to inake a similar e.xperiment. * * * A RECORD entry has been received for the Cadet Summer Competition which is now in progress, the number of teams taking part being over 150. Particulars of the result will be published in the August issue, and it is anticipated that there will be some good scores put up. * * * Ix next month's issue it is hoped to give details of the programme of autumn postal competitions, which will include the Burroughes & Watts Competition, the B.S.A. Competition for Volunteer Regiments, the Browne Martin, and probably also an Individual Competition for both Rifle Club members and Volunteers if it is possible to arrange this. A definite announcement as to this will be made as soon as possible. * * . * I HE three prize-winning teams in the Volunteer Team Championship (the result of which is published on page 8), are to be congratulated upon their most excellent and consistent shooting. It will be seen that only a few points separate the teams, and their scoring is very inuch higher than that of any other units. * . * Ixj connection with the prize winners in this Competition, it is interesting to note that the men of the Denny Platoon " B " Company ist Stirling V.R. have a fine record for shooting with the Service rifle. At a recent practice shoot, under rather unfavourable weather conditions and with a tricky wind, the who'e detachment, taking efficients and recruits together, made the following avenages, the possible in each case being 20:—200 yards deliberate, 14.38; 200 yards rapid, 14.1; and 300 yards deliberate, 12.48. When it is considered that a number of the recruits had not fired a shot with the Service rifle on any previous occasion, it may fairly be claimed that this is a creditable record. * * * Ix the case of " A " Company 2nd Derbyshire V.R., each N.C.O. was given three or four men to train, and he was responsible for bringing them up to the standard. The result clearly justifies the means, and the advantages of systematic training are again demonstrated. * * * Our attention has been drawn to a little booklet which should be of great service to Volunteers in connection with the General Musketry Course. This is the B.S.A. Musketry Score Book, containing a full and clear descrip tion of the Course, valuable hints as to firing it, original tables for correcting the sighting of rifles, and instructions for the short Lee-Enfield rifle and the Enfield Pattern 1914 rifle. The publishers are Forster Groom & Co., 15, Charing Cross, London, S.W.i, and the book may be obtained from them at 3d. per copy nett, or 20s. for 100 copies. WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKJui.Y, 1918. T H E R I F L E M A N . 11 CADET OxK of the most striking results of the war has been the growth and expansion of the Cadet movement. It is estimated that since the war broke out the numbers of its members of various forms of Cadet Corps have nearly dqubied. . Before the war, not more than about 60,000 boys belonged to Cadet. Corps altogether, and it is now stated that the present strength of the movement is aliout 120,000. This is very good so far as it goes, but there is still plenf,y of room for further e.xpansion. Out of the million and a half lads in the country of suitable age for the Cadet movement, at least half a million ought "to be enrolled in the Corps. * * * In another direction also steps are being taken bj' the War Office to co-ordinate the relations between the various organisations admitting boys to membership. A notice has been issued giving instructions that in luture no new members are to be enrolled in Cadet Corps administered by the Territorial Force Associations under 14 years of age. In the past most Corps have had this age as a minimum in their own rules, but there have been a few cases where boys of 13 or even of 12 years of age were admitted. This, however, is not to be continued in the future, and such boys should be directed to join the Boy Scouts movement or some similar organisation. The difficulties caused by overlapping of age in the various movements are very great, and it is very desirable that some definite line of demarcation should be set up. The War Office notice referred to above is the first step in this direction, and will be received with satisfaction by all those responsible for the organisation of the various b o d i e s c o n c e r n e d . * * * Some time ago an Army Order was issued notifying that the King's Shield Competition for Cadet Units, 1918, should be fired on any day between the ist and 12th of September. This, however, has now been varied by an official letter from the War Office, stating that there is no objection to Cadet Units firing this Competition on any day between June 22nd and September 12th. Those Cadet Corps which are entering for the Competition should note this and act accordingly. In reference to the same Competition also, an Army Council Instruction (No. 651 of 1918) has been issued, sanctioning the issue of ammunition to Cadet Units for practice and for firing in the above Competition, the total quantity being limited to 1,000 rounds per team. « * « Many Cadet Corps are finding great difficulties in making arrangements for holding their camps this year. In the first place, a large part of the country is in prohibited areas for the purpose of such camps, and beside this, there are the difficulties of food and travelling arrange ments, etc., which constitute very great obstacles in many cases. The War Office, however, is doing what it can to assist the corps to overcome such troubles. Already certain facilities in the matter of food, etc., have been provided, and it is intended shortly to issue further instructions with regard to the provision of travelling facilities. NOTES. The chief difficulty, however, about these Camps has alwaj'S been that of finding a suitable camping ground for t h e u s e o f t h e l a d s , a n d i n t h i s d i r e c t i o n t h e \ \ * a r O f fi c e has taken a useful step in circularising the Lords Lieutenant and requesting them to approach the local landowners in their counties, asking if they would be willing to place a portion of their park or some such ground at the disposal of Cadet Corps for the purpose of a summer camp. It is earnestly to be hoped that this will prove an effective means of securing more accominodation, as it cannot be doubted that the liolding of the annual camp is one of the most useful, and at the same time most popular and important items in the work of the Cadet movement. * * * Gexekal Sir Kobert Scallox, K.C.B., who is superin tending the Cadet Department at the War Office on behalf of Lord Scarborough, the Director-General, visited Hull a few weeks ago and took part in a Conference and Public Meeting in connection with the Cadet movement, and also inspected the Secondary School Cadets in the City. The Conference and Public Meeting were attended by large and influential gathei-ings in both cases, and the Conference especially was of great utility as there were present representatives of all the existing boys' organisa tions in the City, the place and work of the Cadet Corps being discussed, and many valuable suggestions macle. The General, at the inspection of the Grammar School Cadets, paid a very high compliment to the lads, who looked verj' smart on parade. * * * The work of raising and organising the Volunteer Cadet Units in Northumberland, which was recently taken up, has met with success beyond all anticipations. The Committee formed for the purpose set out to raise 1.200 Cadets, and a fund of ;^4,ooo to cover the cost of outfit and the first year's expenses. It is e.xtremely satisfactory to know that up to the present subscriptions amounting to over ;^4,4oo have been received, and the movement has proved so popular with the lads of the city that although t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f t h e B a t t a l i o n h a s b e e n r a i s e d t o 2,000 Cadets, there are still some hundreds of boys in Newcastle who will have to be turned away unless further donations are promptly forthcoming. This result is certainly most encouraging, and ought to stimulate those who are interested in the welfare of boys in other cities to similar activit}' and equal success. * * * ■ The Bristol Cadet Association, which was formed recently for the purpose of providing healthy recreation and wholesome spare-time occupation for the boys of the city, has just published an appeal for funds and members. The object of the Association is to organise the great mass of the 15,000 boys in Bristol who are at present unattached to any boys' organisation, and the promoters hope to enrol at least 5,000 of them in the newly e s t a b l i s h e d C a d e t m o v e m e n t . O f c o u r s e i t i s r e a l i s e d that this will involve a very heavy expenditure, and that at least £2 per boy will be required for uniform and expenses, and an appeal for 10,000 for the purpose has been issued towards which an excellent list of subscrip tions has alreadj' been secured. WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UK12 T H E R I F L E M A N . July, 1918. RAPID FIRE. T H E C H E F - D ' C E U V R E O F T H E B R I T I S H S O L D I E R . {Continued.) M I N I A T U R E R I F L E R A N G E P R A C T I C E S . B y " C a r t o n . " T T h e P a r k e r - H a l e . 3 0 3 c u m . 2 2 C a r t r i d g e S y s t e m . HERE is no doubt that in introducing the Parker Hale .303 cum .22 Cartridge System the inventors have at last solved the problem of instructional rapid lire practices on Miniature Rifle Ranges. I am convinced that no musketry instructor, when he thoroughly understands the .303 cum .22 system, can fail t o n o t i c e h o w t h o s e e s s e n t i a l f e a t u r e s w h i c h I h a v e emphasised again and again have been recognised funda mentally by the patentees, although, perhaps, at a question able loss ot accuracy of fire—as has been mentioned in an environment outside that of military training—which I do not think is anything but negligible ; and also that for the purpose of instruction the Hiscock-Parker Magazine method will be thoroughly eclipsed when the powers that be see fit to adopt this latest device for " Speeding up the Rapids." Its advantages are numerous. To mention the princi pal, i.e., that the conditions of carrying out a rapid fire practice very closely resemble an exercise on the classifica tion range, is quite sufficient to recommend it. No portion of that strenuous practice appears to be absent. Rapid re-loading and re-charging of magazine have to be per formed in the same cool, deliberate manner ; also quick recovery of aim after firing—although I must admit there is the absence of recoil and fatigue engendered by the violent explosion of the ball cartridge and that five, ten, or fifteen rounds may be fired by one recruit in a practice, enabling the complete general musketry course to be carried out without any modification, with the exception that the targets would be reduced in size proportionately to the range. The advantages of the system over that of the Hiscock- Parker magazine are that extraction difficulties do not exist, and that there is no mechanism and, consequently, no jams. Exhaustive trials have also proved that there are none of those "snags" which occur frequently when the H.-P. magazine is being used by recruits in training, causing con siderable annoyance and repetition of practices. We all know that a foul rifle shoots very inaccurately, and I think it is the consensus of opinion that it is gener ally the breech end of the barrel which requires particular attention in that respect. Now as the explosion of the .22 cartridge takes place in the conveyor (see Diagram II.) the difficulty of effective cleaning is substantially reduced. Moreover it is not by any means so inconvenient or expen sive to replace a foul conveyor by a new one as to submit a rifle to ordnance for the purpose of being rebarrelled. Not only do I advocate the employment of this system for rapid fire practices, but I submit that much more effective training may be accomplished if this magazine method of reloading is used in the deliberate or application exercises instead of the single loading device of picking up each .22 cartridge with the forefinger and thumb and loading without due regard to loss of time. To prepare a rifle for the employment of this system does not appear to be such an extensive operation as may at first be imagined. A large number of .303 Service Rifles are adapted weekly and issued by the ordnance authorities and various manufacturei's of arms and munitions, so that although the alteration to be effected may be very slight—having due regard to the gigantic strides our experts have made in their respective departments and their ability to produce as the exigencies of the moment may demand—the necessary alteration to the plant throughout the kingdom would be considerable. How ever, there may be other cogent reasons why this system has not been adopted by the Home Government as I Q \\ i .p I'l -fF » i _ V' Jl / F-fi 1 i U! Sketch showing clip o£ five . 3 0 3 c u m . 2 2 c a r t r i d g e c o n veyors. Section of the above (with clip r e m o v e d ) s h o w i n g t h e . 2 2 cartridges in position in the conveyors. understand the Canadian Overseas Forces have done. However, I am assured that it has been accepted and will in the very near future supersede all those methods which are at present in use. The simplicity of the system is shown quite clearly in the diagram of the breech action of a S.M.L.E, converted rifle. It will be seen that a conveyor, similar in shape to an ordinary .303 cartridge, made of steel, and bored to accommodate a .22 calibre cartridge (the rim end of which takes the place, as it were, of the cap of the .303), has been forced into the chamber of the barrel by the action of the bolt being pushed forward and then turned over to the right. Four conveyors, each containing a .22 cartridge (P'P ), are also shown waiting their turn to be treated similarly as each conveyor containing a fired .22 cartridge is withdrawn by the extractor and ejected to the right side of the firer. Beyond the conversion of the breech end of the barrel ("A") to take the conveyor and the addition of the patent flexible ejector (" F") there are no drastic alterations noticed ; all converted S.M.L.E. rifles have to WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKJuly, 1918. T H E R I F L E M A N . 13 be fitted with an auxiliary striker (" E") owing to the .303 calibre being central fire and the .22 calibre ammunition a rim fire cartridge, while most units invariably obtain additional .303 Mark IV. magazines and fit them to their equipment of .22 miniature rifles in order to provide the recruit with a weapon resembling the service pattern and one which must be gripped in the orthodox manner when firing, i.e., left hand under rifle and in front of the magazine. is somewhat lacking when various auxiliary Defence Corps are occupying miniature rifle ranges. I must confess that when the system first came under my observation I questioned its accuracy of fire, o\vihg to the fact that it would not be possible to groove the bore of the conveyor from the forward end up to the place where the .22 bullet would reach, so that the lands would meet coincidently with the lands of the .22 barrel and that a " smooth " bore would have to be provided in the DIAGRAM SHOWING LEE-ENFIELD RIFLE CONVERTED TO THE PARKER-HALE .303 CUM .22 C.ARTRIDGE SYSTEM. A—.303 Barrel converted to .22 calibre on tho " Parkerifling " system, shown in section, n—.22 cal. internal barrel (Parkerifling). c—.303 cum .22 conveyors, foiir in magazine, one in chamber, d—.22 cal. rim-fire cartridges. 12—Auxiliary striker, f—Patent flexible ejector. The clip or charger of conveyors shown in Diagram II. is the innovation which demands our particular atten tion. The idea seems to resemble in principle the old adaptor which was used for adapting the chamber of the Lee-Metford Rifle to fire a smaller cartridge containing a .303 bullet. The L.M. was not a charger-loading rifle, so each round had to be loaded into the fitted adaptor by hand, the latter being held in position by a spring which was pressed through a vent hole on the left side of the body of the rifle. The smaller cartridge was extracted in the regulation manner, the base of the adaptor coinciding with the extractor way on the right side of the body of the rifle, which allowed the extractor claw to grip and withdraw the cartridge after firing. But I am going back some 25 odd years and the idea seems somewhat primitive in comparison with the system with which I am now dealing. The conveyors employed in the .303 cum .22 cartridge system of teaching rapid fire on miniature rifle ranges may be loaded and clipped in the regulation chargers with ease, and issued to each recruit, who would place them in his pouch, and charging his magazine in the customary manner upon the order given to " Load " at the conclusion of the practice, the conveyors and chargers would be collected and empty .22 cases removed frOni the former, which would be refilled, clipped and re-issued if necessary. A liberal supply of conveyors would facilitate a large number of recruits being exercised and range discipline carried out—a very important item which I have noticed conveyor. However, this apparently does not affect the accuracy of fwe up to 25yds., for Diagram III. of two targets affords convincing testimony to the fact that cartridges fired from conveyors group just as consistently as those fired in an ordinary .22 calibre converted rifle. " A " is a five shot group at 20yds., " Peters " ammunition; " B " a five shot group at 20yds., " Eley's " ammunition. Five shot groups at 20 yards. I have endeavoured in the course of these articles dealing with Rapid Fire on Miniature Rifle Ranges to bring to the notice of my readers the methods which may be employed to "Speed up the Rapids " with tlie lighter calibred weapon. The utility of the Hiscock-Parker magazine, I regret to say, has in a good many cases been ignored by those whose duty it is to accept every facility for training which becomes available, owing unquestionably WWW.RIFLEMAN.ORG.UKNext >