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/ye" spacing plate 



Bronze pulley 

 i"sfeel rod 

 i-'eye-boli 



Target •frame-r^ 



Bolt 

 Spacing plate 



Track 

 Pulley y 

 Eye-bolt^ 

 Hoisting ropes 

 Guide 



Carrier 



4X6 5ide elevation 



Fig. 9 H'xs'spacing plate 



^Mortised front elevation V v 



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'A'hole for guide 



Front elevation-targets ready to run 

 Fig. 12 



Hoisting ropes 

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ronrod 

 Target carrier Fig lo 



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This space covered with 

 light weight canvas' 



Target frame 

 Fig. 1 1 



Framework or standard for two carriers and two targets, one counterbalancing the 

 other. The targets are pasted on a canvas stretched over the sliding frames 



eventually get the zero of his rifle, or learn 

 just where he must hold his pistol in order 

 to do good shooting. 



Pistol targets are marked differently than 

 rifle targets because of the different rings and 

 values on the target. Only the red and 

 white disks are used, the white for the bull or 



White 5 



Black and white 



Front side 



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Rear side 



Red 4 Markers siackz 



Flags 



Fiq. iJ 



Red 



Miss "''" Ricochet 



Marking disks, mounted on poles, to signal 

 the contestant the location of the shot 



lO's and the rod for all others. The red disk 

 is first placed over the shot hole and then 

 moved over until it blocks out the large 

 number on the edge of the target which 



represents the value of the shot. For 

 instance, if a shot was through the seven 

 ring, the red disk would first be placed over 

 the shot hole and 

 then moved over 

 until it covered the 

 seven on the side 

 of the target. 



With the aid of 

 the information giv- 

 en herein, it should 

 be possible for every 

 little club or town 

 to have a rifle range 

 where the men and 

 women, and boys 



and girls may have an opportunity to learn to 

 use firearms in the proper way, so that they 

 will become a blessing in an emergency. A 

 thorough knowledge of firearms would also 

 decrease the number of accidents with them, 

 most of which are due to lack of under- 

 standing. With a little practice in using a 

 firearm, the most timid need not be afraid to 

 use one in cases of emergency, and will in 

 many instances grow to enjoy target shoot- 

 ing for its own sake. 



