after six years of experiments with vcirious rifles and 

 ammunition, the result from the "mehing pot" of these 

 years of experience is the almost general adoption of the 

 *22 rifle on account of the cheapness and accuracy of 

 the ammunition for this rifle. 



A *22 rifle costs from 30/- to £5. The higher priced 

 weapons are more highly finished and are fitted v/ith 

 expensive sights, apart from which we que^ion whether 

 they give more accurate shooting than do the 30/- rifles. 



The best cartridges obtainable — long rifle Axlte — 

 co^ 1 2/- per 1 ,000 only, and when it is remembered that 

 the whole of the shots can be grouped within a 2" circle 

 at 1 00 yards, it is a matter for surprise that such ammu- 

 nition can be produced at such a low figure. 



The rifles, ammunition and targets represent the bulk 

 of a club's expenses, so that it will be seen that a rifle 

 club Is not nearly so costly as a cricket or football club, 

 and It has this advantage, that it is a pa^ime equally 

 suitable for young and old. 



We are not forgetting the expense of fitting up the 

 ranges and the co^ of the upkeep ; these expenses will, 

 of course, vary with the work required to be done, and 

 according to whether the range is an outside or inside 

 one, whether the club building Is elaborately fitted up 

 or plainly furnished, whether the range site is lent free 

 of charge by some wealthy patron or hired at a high 

 rental, can a club be run at a cost of from £ 1 to £ 1 ,000 

 per annum. 



It is sometimes urged that only shooting with the 

 Service rifle with full charge cartridges is of any utility, 

 but with this we do not agree. The change from the 



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