Popular Science Monthly 



Bired to mount, each full-sized target requir- 

 ing about 10 ft. of space — 7 ft. for the target 

 and 3 ft. for a walk between the targets, to 

 make it easy to handle the rear targets. A 

 range may have from one to sixty targets, 

 although the largest one I ever had the 

 opportunity of shooting over 



L 2'6" J had only thirty. 



[ Earth ancj,^ The targets themselves 

 c«/H -^.,'*?x j^^y ^^j.y -y^ g^g^ depending 



upon what kind of rifles are 

 to be used, and the distance 

 between them and the 

 shooters. The illustration, 

 Fig. 7, gives the dimensions 



figs ^'^^ "Fig.e 



Details of the roof. Also platform for the men 

 who are watching the target to stand on 



of the army targets for various ranges and 

 kinds of fire. These dimensions may be 

 used as a basis upon which to determine the 

 size target most desirable for the particular 

 work in hand. A pistol target is shown in 

 Fig. 8. 



The "standards" for the targets are made 

 as shown in Fig. 9, the rear end being 

 weighted down by putting a plank across the 



A Target 200 to 

 •300 yds. slow fire 



BTarget 200 to 



eoo yds. slow fire 



Fig. 7 



D. Target 500 to 

 600 yds. rapid fire 



Sizes of targets for various ranges and kinds 

 of fire which may be used as a base 



two braces and loading it down with stones 

 or other heavy materials to help keep it rigid 

 and straight. The "carriers" for the targets 

 are shown in Fig. 10, two carriers and two 

 targets being provided for each standard, the 

 targets so counterbalancing each other as 



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to greatly facilitate handling and working. 



Target frames are made as shown in Fig, 

 11, the space marked "A" being covered 

 with light-weight canvas or heavy un- 

 bleached cotton. On these the paper targets 

 are pasted. The complete "target" con- 

 sists of one standard, two carriers and two 

 target frames as shown in the assembled 

 drawing in Fig. 12, the targets in the drawing 

 being half masted, i. e.,one behind the other. 



In Fig. 13 is shown the marking disks. 

 These disks are secured to long poles, one 

 disk at each end, each side of each disk being 

 marked differently. For example: For a 

 shot in the center of the target, commonly 

 called a "bulls-eye, "the white disk, having a 

 value of 5, is shown. 

 If the shot was in 

 the 4 ring, the red 

 disk is shown ; the 

 3 ring requires a 

 black and white 

 disk, and a shot in 

 the 2 ring calls 

 for a black disk. 

 A "miss" is re- 

 corded by slowly 

 moving a red flag 

 across the face of 

 the target, while a 

 ricochet hit (one 

 which hits the tar- 

 get after striking 

 some other object) 

 is shown by moving the ricochet flag up and 

 down in the center of the target. 



When a shot is "called," it is given its 

 value and its "o'clock," the target being 

 considered a clock laid out as shown in Fig. 

 14. The first shot recorded is called an 

 "eleven o'clock three" or "a three at eleven 

 o'clock." This indicates to the firer that he 

 is shooting high and to the left of the bull. 

 The second shot shown is a "four at six 

 o'clock" which means a correct alinement, 

 but a little low. The third shot is a "twoiat 

 one o'clqck" showing that the aim was to the 

 right. After a little practice the "o'clock" 

 becomes natural to you and you think of all 

 of your shots in this manner. 



After each shot is fired, when firing the 

 slow fire course, the targets are pulled down, 

 the hole pasted up, the target run up and the 

 shot marked by means of the code given 

 above, care being exercised to get the right 

 side of the marking disks out. By locating 

 the shots correctly on the target, the firer can 



Pistol target 



Dimensions for a target to 

 be used for pistol practice 



