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FOREST AND STREAM. 



ant to the call of the Fokest and Stjjkam Assoc!'; . 

 lake action on the proposed tournament. The following clubs 

 were represented: Seppenfeldt, Hellwigs, Empire, New 

 lork (2 teams), South Brooklyn, Newark, Catholic institute 

 of Newark, and Zettlers (2 teams). Dr. Dudley, of the Em- 

 pires, was called to the chair, and P. J. Donaldson of the N 

 Y. R. C, acted as secretary. The following tennis entered 

 for the tournament: Beppenfeldt, Hell wig. Empire, New 

 York 1st and 2d teams, South Brooklyn, Newark the Catho- 

 lic Institute team of Newark and the Zcttler's 1st and 2d 

 team. Ten team in all. 



The subject of targets was next in order, and, after discus- 

 sion, it was moved and seconded that a committee of three 

 be appointed to decide upon the number of targets to be used 

 for each competitor, and Messrs. CouHd, Zettler and ] 

 were appoin immittee. Carried. Moved anil 



seconded that each club select a member, not shooting on the 

 ree during the shooting of their club 

 and that the referees of the two clubs shooting during one 

 evening select: an umpire, not a member Of either club, to 

 settle all disputed points of that evening's shoot. Carried. 

 Mr. Banks, of the Foeebt and Stbeam, desired to know 

 whether their trophy should be one club badge or made into 

 ten individual badges. Moved and seconded" that the offer of 

 ten individual badges for the winning team be accepted. Car- 

 ried. Moved and seconded tbat the captains of the teams in 

 their order of merit shall select which prise they shall take 

 alter the first prize has been won ; but the team winning the 

 first prize shallnet have such privilege until alltheothers 

 have selected theirs. Carried. Moved and seconded that the 

 time limited for entries shall close on Thursday, March 6, and 

 the tournament shall open on Monday, March f 0, at eight 

 o'clock p. u. Adopted. 



New York, March 6 — An adjourned meeting of the cap- 

 tains of amateur rifle clubs was held at Conlin's gallery this 

 evening. Present, Seppenfelt, Hellwig, Empire, New York 

 first and second team; South Brooklyn, Newark Amateur' 

 Catholic Institute of Newark and Zettlers' 1st and 2d team'. 



After reading minutes of the previous meeting, a call for 

 i nal eu 1 lies was made. None n p . moved 



and seconded that the motion adopted at the previous meet- 

 ing, closing the entries on Thursday, the 0th inst., be recon- 

 sidered. Carried. 



Moved and seconded that the limits for entries be closed at 

 19 o'clock on Saturday evening the Sth of March. Carried. 



The committee to whom was referred the subject of targets 

 reported that they had adopted a movable screen to be used 

 behind the target to record the number of shots, and that, in 

 their judgment, one target for each man who shoots would be 

 enough. The report was accepted. 



Moved and seconded that the names of members of teams 

 be handed in before 10 o'clock p. m., Saturday, March 8. 

 Carried. 



Moved and seconded that the gallery be in possession of the 

 team shooting, the captain of the opposing team and the 

 umpire. Carried. 



Moved and seconded that in case of disputes by referees as 

 to the value of a shot made, that the shooting be stopped and 

 a decision rendered by the umpire before continuing. Car- 

 ried. 



The following resolution was offered, and on motion 

 adopted, to wit : "No member of any team will be permitted 

 to rest any part of his body against or upon any support, nor 

 is it allowable to place the stock of the rifle under the coat, vest 

 or suapenders while shooting, and any shot made in that man- 

 ner will be counted a miss." 



It was then moved and seconded that the captains draw for 

 positions or time of shooting. Carried. The drawing resulted 

 as follows : 



Monday evening, 1st position, 1st team N. T. R. C; Mon- 

 day evening, 2d position, 1st learn Zettlers; Tuesday even- 

 ing, 1st position, Seppenfcits; Tuesday evening, 2d position, 

 Hellwig; Wednesday evening, 1st position, 2d teamN. Y. 

 R. 0.; Wednesday evening, 3d position, South Brooklyn; 

 Thursday evening, 1st position, Catholic Institute of Newark; 

 Thursday evening, 2d position, Empire ; Friday evening, 1st 

 position, 2d team Zettters; Friday evening, 3d position, New- 

 ark Amateur. 



Mr. Coulin informed the meeting that in addition to the ten 

 badges given by the Forest and Stream Association, that the 

 following prizes had been offered, with a prospect of more to 

 : Winchester Arms Co., new model rifle ; Shoverling, 

 Daly <fe Co, Ballard; Remington Co., Remington. The 

 Union Metallic Arms Co. are to send a prize, etc., etc., etc. 



Moved and seconded, that in case of a tie (in accordance 

 with the N. R. A. rules) tbat the teams which tie shoot the 

 tie off by teams. Carried. 



Moved and seconded that a committee of three be appointed 

 to receive entries and team members' names. Carried. 



Messrs. Conlin, .Duckworth and Ward were appointed such 

 committee. 



The minutes were read and approved, and on motion the 

 meeting adjourned sine die. F. J. Donaldson, Sec. 



Massachusetts— Boston, Walmil, Rill, March 8. — Win- 

 chester rifle match, 200 yards ; wind steady^and light clear ; 

 38 entries j best scores : 



.4 4 5 4 5 5 5 .1 5 4 5 6 4 5 5-69 

 ,.A 5 4 I 5 6 5 4 5 4 5 4!.: 



...4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 4-: 5— 68 



...54445444445545 5— S3 



...4455544 4454444 6—65 



...I 1 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4—65 



...4 4 5 4 .5 5 1 5 i i 4 5 4 4 4-G6 



..1 I 4 5 4 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4-64 



...6 4 .'. 5 4 4 6 I 4 4 4 4 4 4 4— C4 

 ...4 4 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 i 



...4 4 5 4453454 4 540 4—64 



.44544554454445 3—64 



. . 5 ;: 4 .i ! i 4' 456*444 i~- 62 



I 1 5 i i 6 C 5 3., 



...44444144054345 3-61 



...4 3 4 4 5 4 i 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4-59 



...4 335543 3 3455 43 4-5S 



JN Five 



W Charlea 



WH Jackson., 

 j s Simmer ... 

 ,j B Barker.... 



EWLaw 



mi Souther... 



•1 BOaborn — 

 LL Hubbard.. 



N Kinsman... 



RDJVlS 



DDorgln 



oa Parser..., 

 OKGrlffln.... 

 EEHardj 



Boston Mammoth Rifle Gallert.— The regular monthly 

 prize shoot for March lias Opened with some very brilliant 

 shooting for the first week. The following is the summary ; 

 150 feet, possible 40: 



G Lamb 6 64 4 665 6-38 W H Preston.. .4 4 ■ :, 



AtBaniea 4 5 4 i » ii 6 6—36 



retBtl 



WBra&foM.. .445554 6 s- m B Lowell J 4 5 4 4 5 4 5—35 



G K Everett ...5 6 5 4 3 6 t 5—37 W H Harrison, .4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4— as 



KSi'Otiev, .1 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5-34 



FranKUolii3....3 i r, r. 4 6 4 4—36 K RTUttte 3 5 5 4 4 5 4 4-84 



.TJDuune 4 i - ' ' EtBeot 54! . 



BWArrti*: 6— 85 KB Arnold 3 5 5 4 4 4 4 6—34 



MLPrftU < ■« 4 a i i a 5-36 I- CNalsawald..5 414444 5— 3i 



-AItdford,—The. first of the March series 

 of matches was beld at the Bellevue range on th 

 with 43 entries ; 200 yards, 7 shots, off-hand, any rifle ; the 

 scores stood : First class— H. Withington, 31 ; H. Davis, 29; 



C. H. Russell, 20 ; A. R. Archer, 28 ; 3. W. Archer. 37. 

 Second class— J. Barker, 20 ; E. P. White, 28 ; A. T. How- 

 ard, 28. Third class— O. T. Perry, 37; S. A. Brown, 36. 



SctCUBTZEMBl ND ' -"■' I '".NNiotTicitT.— The festival of thi3 

 organization will take place Monday and Tuesday, the 23d 

 and 24th of June next. Open to all comers. Prize list fol- 

 lows in a few weeks. 



— The Franklin Rifle Club, of Hartford, made some good 

 scores on the 1st inst. at the regular monthly shoot. The 

 club medal was won by Rich. Britton with 22 inches, and 

 the best single shots were n. B. Moore and D. S. Wadsworth 

 at 1 inch each, and R. Britton at 1 4-10th inches. 



— The shooters of New Britain have been holding a tourna- 

 ment in gallery work, and have shown some good scoring. 

 The marksmen were divided into two classes, and the record 

 shows in seven shots: Professional — Wm. Bowers, 35; B. P. 

 King, 34; O. K Pillard, 34 ■ Wm. Burritt, 84 ; B. G. Bab- 

 cock, 33. Amateur— C. H. Faughnan. 34 ; C. .1. Elam, 34 ; 

 H. Williams, 33. The tournament excited a great deal of in- 

 terest among the riflemen in town, and it has been managed 

 most creditably throughout. 



Galleky Practice. —The Zettler Rifle Club on the 25th 

 ult. — Creedmoor target reduced to gallery distance; bull's- 

 eye, 1 l-16ths inches ; 10 shots per man ; possible 50— scored 

 as follows: 



MBEngel 50 JDntil 45 



P Penning 49 C Judson 45 



ML Higgs 19 F tiunzinger 45 



WM Furrow 48 Wm Klein 45 



C (4 Zettler 48 11 Fisher 4S 



D Miller 4T FTteytes 42. 



(3 A Scliurtnan 46 Cant N D Ward 42 



LBeatse 40 C Vol tors ,41 



t. Fretibel 45 C Reotll 40 



D Culhane 45 v Connor 41) 



B Zettler 45 



BijNdksfest FINANCES.— Some idea of the magnitude of 

 theBundesfest, held at Union Hill last June, may be gained 

 from the statistics contained in the Treasurer's report. From 

 these it appears that the receipts from.societies belonging to 

 the Bund, gate moneys, target fees and other sources were 

 $26,004.12. The expenses were $35,458.53. A surplus of 

 prizes on hand, with fees which are due, leaves a surplus of 

 §729.63. 



German Societies. — The German Schuetzenbund have re- 

 elected Captain Brandes again for the sixteenth time. First 

 Lieutenant, Lorenz Hutzelmann ; Second Lieutenant, Fred 

 Voglin ; Third Lieutenant, Geo. Sattler ; Shooting Masters, 

 Aug. Altmann and Otto Labes. 



The Williamsburgh Shooting Association have elected the 

 following officers: President, G. Buscher; Vice-President, 

 Wm. Hahn ; Secretary, Clias. Falkenmeyer : Treasurer, L. 

 Adetstein; Shooting Masters, Chs. Horney, Chs. Beekman ; 

 Finance Committee, A. Nehrbas, J. Steeger. 



The officers of the Braoklyn Schuetzen Corps are : Cap- 

 tain, JoknH- Doschcr; First Lieutenant, Geo. Bundelmann; 

 Second Lieutenant, Fred Schmidt; Recording Secretary, 

 Wm. Zang ; Financial Secretary, H. Harris ; Treasurer, 

 John W. Alirens; Custodian, Fred Otteii; Shooting Mas- 

 ters, Hermann Posbergh, Wm. Tomford. 



The Syracuse Society have elected B. Habeiie, President; 

 J jhn Brellbreck, Vice-President ; Jacob Mantel, Treasurer ; 

 Fi. Singer, Recording Secretary; Anton V. Altaian, Finan- 

 cial and Corresponding Secretary; Carl Werner, Shooting 

 Master. 



New Haven, Conn., has elected J. Widmann, President ; 

 E. Buxbaum, Vice-President; H. H. Tryedmas, Secretary; 

 J. Koerber, Treasurer; Hugenunger, Shooting Master. 



Louisiana Rifle Shooting. — The N. O. Times, in its issue 

 of March 3, calling attention to the decline of rifle practice at 

 Frogmoor, says : 



We arc desirous that Frogmoor should be recognized in 

 future as our military base. Let us make soldiers of our 

 people with a view of having no use for them as such. A 

 commonwealth, like an individual, is apt to have less fighting 

 to do to the extent to which it is prepared to do it. A war- 

 like people, always in readiness through the constant exercise 

 of the art of war, is likely to find abundant leisure for the arts 

 of peace. Therefore, the best recipe the South has for per- 

 petual peace is in rifle practice. There is, to be sure, some 

 drawback in the desire which a sense of one's proficiency in 

 any art awakens to display it, and the fear that hence we may 

 fall into habits of aggression, or, in other words, turn out a 

 bully. But such cheap vices in our weak nature a great people 

 should be able to overcome. We fear the zeal which opened 

 the exercises at Frogmoor a few years ago is measurably 

 abated. There should bo other centres opened throughout the 

 State and public sentiment awakened anew in favor 

 tern so admirable both in its military and social aspects ; for 

 none of us desire that Louisiana should be behind the fore- 

 most in zeal or proficiency. 



Miohigan — Kast Saginaw, March 1. — At the seventeenth 

 regular weekly practice of the East Saginaw Amateur Rifle 

 Club, the following score was made, 200-yard target reduced, 

 possible 50 : 



capt W .1 Straw 4 4B4455 5 4 5—15 



CCVaWkej 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5-45 



KFCorbyn 3 5 4 4 4 6 6 5 a 4-11 



11 ("4 Hamilton B 5 4 4 5 r> 9 6 4 4 



FRfctotll 3 ! 4 4 4 4 -I ' : . 



.1 11 liowry a 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4-3T 



In shooting off the tie for the club medal, Shaw made 5 4 

 5 5 4—23 ; 1'awkey, 5 5 5 5 5-25. 



Illinois— Chicago, 

 Rifle Club met to-( 

 their regular weekly 

 following score : 



I A Freeman 



DBlTeernan 



s M Tyrrell 



W It nieriuwetli 



LHDrory 



O A Sawyer 



u rdt.,, 



3 W Jlorae 



The Lake View Rifle Club, the same day, at 200 yards, 

 scored : 

 JMacauley I 



olclour.. 8 :, ■: : .. I 



, 5 5 4 4 3 4 4—12 



Cliatneld : : : 9 4 4*661 



), March 1.— The George H. Thomas Post 

 •day at the Northwestern rifle range for 

 ' competition at 200 yards, and made the 



5 4 4 4 



4 4 



.. .4 4 

 4 4 



..4 i 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 

 ..15 5 444444 

 115 4 4 

 .444 5 



4 4 4 S 4 



B— 43 



1 -42 

 4—11 



5 4 3: 



Qruo—Ci?iciimati, March 3.— First of a series of five com- 

 petitions by the Cincinnati Shooting and Fishing Club. Two 



valuable prizes for the highest aggregate score in each class. 

 Match was shot in a dense fog. Distance, 200 yards, off- 

 hand: 



First Claes. 



W Caldwell.5 4 4 455444 4—43 M Gindetin.4 4 5504444 3-37 



W Hall 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5-40 Ci Hen801)...4 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4—86 



L Fender... 4 40544244 4—10 T J Banm..4 4 4 2 5 5 3 4 0-30 



Second Class. 

 AKoeliler 4 46445453 4—12 



—The Marquis of Lome, Governor General of Canada, has 

 been chosen Patron of the Dominion Rifle Association, and 

 has given £50 as a prize. The government has appropriated 

 money for the sending of a Canadian team to Wimbledon. 



SPRING MEETING AT CREEDMOOR. 



The Board of Directors of the N. R. A. have decided upon 

 the conditions of the spring meeting matches and the Prize 

 Committee are now at work upon it to fill out the list of awards. 

 It will be noted that there are several innovations, notably the 

 allowance of any position for military rifles at the mid-ranges. 

 The matches stand : 



1. Director's match, 200 yards. 



2. 200 yards, all comers, any rifle. 



3. Team of four from any club, any rifle, 200 yards. 



4. Military team match, five men from any company, troop, 

 or battery, 200 yards off-hand — using rifle of organization 

 prize, a stand of colors, 200 yards. 



5. Subscription match, for . teams of cavalry, or artillery 

 using carbines, 300 yards. 



6. Subscription match — all comers — any military rifle, 200 

 yards. 



7. 300 yards, all comers, any rifle. 



8. Team subscription match— four men from any club— any 

 rifle, 300 yards. 



9. Subscription — all comers— any rifle, 500 yards. 



10. Subscription — all comers, any military rifle — auy posi- 

 tion, 500 yards. 



11. Military teams— four men from any military organiza- 

 tion, any military rifle— any position, 500 yards. 



12. Subscription— allcomers, any rifle— 500 yards, off-hand. 



13. Team match— 600 yards, four men from any club— any 

 rifle, any position. 



14. Subscription— all comers — 600 yards, any rifle. 



15. Subscription, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards— allcomers— any 

 position, any military rifle. 



16. Leech cup match. 



17. Running deer match. 



In all matches, unless otherwise provided, seven shots per 

 man at each distance will be fired. In subscription matches 

 the entrance fees will be distributed, thirty per cent, to the 

 association, twenty-five per cent, to first, twenty per cent, to 

 second, fifteen per cent, to third and ten per cent, to fourth 

 man. 



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EXPRESS BULLET EXPERIMENTS. 



Editob Fokjjst and Stebam : 



Referring to the communication of Mr. Rabbeth in No. 

 25, I would state that I have been using a light hollow bul- 

 let in my rifle (a long-range Sharps) since the 10th of 

 August on large game in Montana, and that it has given 

 much satisfaction, both as regards destructiveness and accu- 

 racy, up to 200 yards. The experiences with this bullet on 

 game will be given in another communication, and I will 

 merely speak now on the question of accuracy of flight. 

 Contemplating soon after making the experiments on the 

 trajectory of light and hollow bullets in June last, as detailed 

 in one of your August numbers, and contemplating a hunt- 

 ing trip to Montana, I sent to the factory a sketch for a hol- 

 low or express ball of the following dimensions, a specimen 

 of which is inclosed, to wit : .44 cal., J in. long, with a 3-16 

 in. hole extending down from the point f of the length of 

 the ball, to weigh 270 or 280 grains, patched and alloyed; 

 the ball to have a certain taper. The moulds made as above, 

 and which, by the way, cost twelve dollars, with 5 per cent, 

 of tin, cast a ball of 275 grains patched. 



My experience with this projectile on large game, and 

 some practice at the target during the hunting season, with a 

 charge of 96 grains of Curtis and Harvey No. G, caused a be- 

 lief that its flight was as true and accurate up to 200 yards 

 as that of the 450 grain ball formerly used on game. Since 

 going into wiuter quarters the rifle has been fitted with more 

 accurate hunting sights consequent on its flatness of trajec- 

 tory, and by the use of a 3 ft. loading tube the shell is 

 charged with 105 grains of the same powder, with still 

 enough room for the lubricant. I occasionally amuse my- 

 self at target practice, experimenting with different charges 

 and weight of ball, and am now csnvinced that, with the 

 above charge (105-275), the rifle will do as accurate and uni- 

 form shooting up to 200 yards, as with a 450 or 520 grains solid 

 ball ; I mean that with the above charge (1 to 2f) it will group 

 its balls, on a favorable day, within an B-inch Circle, and that, 

 forming an opinion on at least 100 shots at target within a 

 short time past, there have been as few " unaccountable " 

 shots as with the heavier balls. 



I have not shot ten consecutive shots at 200 yards with the 

 same sight, and, since reading Mr. Rabbeth's article, the 

 weather has been too blustering and stormy for the experi- 

 ment, there being now two and a half feet of snow on the 

 ground. In looking over the target sheets I find, on one 

 day when seven shots were fired at that distance with the 

 same sight, they are grouped within a 7-inch circle. The 

 accompanying target— the result of three days* previous 

 practice, 30 shots, 21 of which were flred at 200 yards with 

 275 grains ball — is a fair sample of what the rifle will do at 

 that distance. No, 25 appears to be the only indifferent 

 shot, and it was thought at the time the rifle was not at fault. 

 Making allowance for the different charges of powder (102, 

 108 and 110 grains) and the different elevations of Vernier 

 sight on each day, this target shows such a grouping of balls 

 as to justify my estimation of the accuracy of the rifle with 

 the light ball. I think equal accuracy could be had with 

 110 grains powder, but few shots have been tried. Four 

 shots were fired one day at 300 yards range, which were 

 grouped in a space 12} in. horizontal by 5 in. vertical. 

 Sights used— open silver front sight, vernier peep sight on 

 heel, position lying. 



The inference, based on the foregoing facts, is that the 

 principle of the British express rifle can be sucscesfully ap 



