OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE RIFLE IS USED. 



with a bull's-eye surrounded by 

 three rings, which score in the same 

 way as in archery. Another plan is 

 to measure every shot in inches from 

 the centre of the bull's-eye, and the 

 average of the measures of the whole 

 number shot by each person is called 



the average string," while the sum 

 lengths is 



" the total string." 



of the 



This is the best test for sporting 

 rifles, because most of the objects 

 which are likely to be shot at are of 

 an irregularly square or circular form, 

 and not like man, three squares of 

 two feet each, placed one on the top 

 of the other. Those therefore who 

 like to practise target rifle shooting 

 with the intention of becoming good 

 game shots will do well to procure 

 an iron target six feet in diameter, 

 and back this with a wall or faggot 

 pile about forty feet wide by twenty 

 high, after which they may fire away 

 and endeavour to make the best 

 " string " they can. An average 

 string of one inch at one hundred 

 yards, and two inches at two hun- 

 dred yards, is first-rate practice, and 

 is seldom attained. Where expense 

 is an object, and the screen must be 

 reduced as much as possible in size, 

 an archway is constructed at a dis- 

 tance of a few yards from the shooter, 

 so that his balls cannot possibly es- 

 cape the screen ; for if they are di- 

 rected outside it they are stopped by 

 the arch. This is shown in the ac- 

 companying cut, in which a repre- 

 sents the rifle, which is directed 

 to the upper edge of the screen d, 







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