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rFOREST AND STREAM. 



September 30, 1880. 



— Address all communications to " Forest and Stream 

 Publishing Company, New York." 



THE BESr ON RECORD. 



Bobl'ON, Mmn., Sevt. ll!/i.— Owing to the disaffreeable ireather 

 which prevailed to-day, and the absence oE many riflemen at 

 Framingham and Crocdmoor, only a small fattondanco of long 

 range men met to pnrticipate in the renewed compolitlon at 800, 

 nOD and 1.000 yard? at Walnut Hill. The atmosphere was tairly 

 clear, and a jtood gray lig-iit prbrailed. The wind came trom the 

 southeast, indicnting: 4 to (! o'clock, and in the early stages of the 

 shooting gave no troulile. The speetafors were inimerous, and a 

 few ladies graced the r.injre In the aftoriioon. After the nsual 

 " Imllsuye " practice, K.vecntii c Omeer Wilder assigned the men 

 present to titraet No. 1, and promptly at 11 o'clock, Brown, Ger- 

 rish and Wilier faced the butts. At SO J yard? the shootiny was 

 cxccplionnlly brilliant, Mr. Gerrish making a full score of 75, and 

 nearly all " center bulls." Brown was eaufrht Dy the wind on his 

 flflh shot, and saw the red disc appear, and closed for the splendid 

 showingofTl. Mr. "Wilder saw the "raag" on his thirteenth shot 

 for poor holding and closed for 72. After lunch the shooting was 

 resumed, -and the hall opened at BOO yards, with the wind at i 

 o'clock, steady and reliable, while the light had improved. aU 



Iln. GBBBISH'S TAROHTB. 

 found the inside of the carton ring on their first shots; on the second 

 shot, Mr. Wilder was beaten by "Boreas." At this stage of the 

 shooting the wind changed for the first time from the old quarter 

 and became quite erratic and hard to manage. Brown got a 

 drop for a center, after making IT buUseyes. Again, on his fifth 

 shot, he got a close center at perfect elevation, with no change in 

 his windage. At this time elevations Iwere watched sharply as 

 the light became brighter. Gerrish was holdingasflrm as a rock, 

 and shooting elegantly, sending his leaden builets-constantly 

 into Iho very center of the iris, and closing for another full score 

 0(15, which made his total at this distance 30 consecutive bulls- 

 eyes. At the 1,000 yards point the excitement began. The wind 

 again changed a few points, and the atmosphere became unpleas- 

 ant, owing to the smoke hanging like a pall over the firing points 

 and between the targets. Gerrish, with his strong nervcacd cool 

 head, was recorded buUseye after hullseye, and, after making « 

 consecutive bullseyes, with every Indication of a full score at 

 this distance, he got a center at 12 o'clock, and broke for the first 

 time since he opened at 800 yards, having made the largest num- 

 Ijcr of bullseyes on record. AU eyes were upon Gerrish as be 

 facedthe butts for his last shot. It was indeed a trying feature, 

 but again his coolness was visible, and he sent his last bullet into 

 thecenterof the hullseye. and was recorded 3'21 out of the possi- 

 ble 225, winning $150 in gold, offered by the Sharps Rifle Company 

 for beating the record of J. S.Sumner and .T. F. Brown, 231, which 

 heretofore has been the highest in a regular match. Cheer after 

 cheer went up for this brilliant achievement, amid the waving of 

 handkerchiefs by the ladles, « flttinif acknowledgment to the 



champion of the world at long range. The Q}ohe reporter was the 

 offleial scorer. It has heretofore been conceded by riflemen that 

 shells which have been filled for a long time were unrellalile. 

 The shells used by Gerrish weie part of them filled before he 

 went to England, last May. Subnoincd is the summary — 



I &nn y«rds . . 1 1 .5 1 .-) n -. j -, 5 5 .5 T r, :;_7-, i 

 ■Wm. Gerrish ■{ <m yards -. 5 5 ", 5 5 '•,''. 5 .5 5 5 .5 'i 5-75 }m 

 i ],()00 ^ ards . ,5 5 5 5 5 5 5 ,5 ,5 5 5 ,5 5 i 5-74 ) 

 &0O •( aids 5 5 5 ,5 t 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5-711 



.1. F. Brown { 'HIO yards 5 fi S 1 1 r, 7 5 5 -4 : 5 5 , 5-7 ! Jin 

 ( 1,000 yaids 5 .7 5 5 o 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 > 5 5—7 > ) 

 800 yaids 5 5 5 5 5 5 I 5 5 5 7 5 ! 7 7-72 1 



Salem Wildei .< aoijard? . 5-5 , . , 1 i 1 5 5 t 7 7-71 ^211 

 1 1,000 yards , A i , , , - 7 7 4 5 5-08 i 



In a letter speaking of his f'qt 'ih ( iii^h-. ss — 



" You have heard of mi amnmm til. .1 is Ui ii,„' nld, and that it 

 had been exposed to.) inent deil nt tran'.iinit.itiim h i\ iiio hi en 

 carried h\ luc to I.nglnnd .-nd bick. But that wis not ail Bait of 

 the shells used \^^le eii'irely new and li.ul ucapt bfcn (irini, and 

 about one-half were old andhau been used h^f me about two veais 

 and had be' ome somewhat crimped bv contmupd firing. I used 

 the old shells atflOOyaids and part way through the 100 yards dis- 

 tance, then I used new shells with an occasional old one lor the 

 remainder of the score. The old sheils were loaded on the nth of 

 Jiay last, my intention having been to take them with mc to 

 England, but I finally concluded to get fill new, so these old cart- 

 rdgeswere left nt home. The new shells wore loaded on "the 

 13th of May with No. 5 Creedraoor, as were the others, but from 

 different kegs, boughtat different times, and all through the score 

 I could not detect any difference in elevation that might not arise 

 from my holding or from the streng-th of the wind, which occa- 

 sionally got to the rear. The light was good, but a little misty, 

 though I could see distinctly, but Mr. Brown, who shot with me, 

 said the light was not as good for him as that of the week previ- 

 ous, when he made 331 and I SIS. I used the Winchester bullet 

 l-U with thick patch, 550 grains. I really made 46 consecutive 

 buliseyes.havlng shota bullsin pool previous to heginning the 

 score, and also shots consecutive bulls after finishino; my score, 

 making 52 hulls in 51 shots. 



My rifle is one I have had two years, and have used it continu- 

 ally during that time. It is chambered for a 2 1-10 shell, in which 

 r use lOSgrs. of No. 5 Creedmoor powder, of Laflin&Band man 

 ufacture, over which I put a pasteboard wad, cut from the cases 

 that contain the bullets, of which I inclose a sample. The bullet 

 is seated in the shell about 1-10 of an inch, hut hardly as much 

 in a new shell. My rifle has been rusted several times, and the 

 roughness is plainly visible near the breech, but I am satisfied 

 that It does not atl'eot the shooting of the guu, but there is proba- 

 bly a point of rustiness that would. I have a strong suspicion 

 that the bullets have very much to do with the shooting of a 

 rifle, and much of the complaints against rifles is cither due to 

 the shooter or the iHillets. Many of ray friends load their shells 

 so that the wad is Hush with the cud of the shell, and think that 

 they get better results. I have tried both ways, and can see 

 no difference. It may make a diitcronee in a rifle not ohaiii tiered 

 exactly like mine. I think I have a very fine rifle ; and all of us, 

 who bought of the lot made in 1878, found that our old shells 

 were interchangable, which shows a most perfect chambering. 

 Sumner, Jackson, Brown and myself had them at the same time, 

 and we have made 230 and over— Sumner twice, and myself twice. 

 It you should wish to know of any other matters that I have not 

 mentioned, I should be pleased to furnish the information. I .sent 

 you my seoic last evening ; am sorry I could not give two leaves 

 —as it was, it took the best blank loaf in ray score book. (I mail, 

 also, an enlarged diagram with numbers of shot.) 



Wm. Geiirish. 



The following transcript from the score book of Mr. Gerrish, 

 kept during the match, will explain the 7vork of the day, in con- 

 nection with the target diagrams, better than much text:- 

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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



Boston, jl/ass., Sept. ]5t/i.— The long-range match at Walnut 

 Hill to-day received a large number of entries. The wind proved 

 troublesome, blowing from north to northeast, but notwithstand- 

 ing this, most brilliant records wero secured. Mr. Brown 

 making the highest score ever recorded. This score has been 

 tied hut three times, by Messrs. Sumner and Gorrlab, but as 

 Brown's record at 1,000 yards is the best of the three, he is en- 



ti e o t c tof hf bes s o oat o g r el ebestst 

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elegant recora oi no out of a possible 130. Six bullseyes inside of 



a 4-inch ring at .300 yards out of 10 shots is very hard to beat :— 



CRET-.OJIOOR T.IRGET MATCH. 



E.F.Richardson 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 .5-4';i 



O.M..lewell 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .') 4 .5-jn 



W.H.Jackson 4 5 i 5 5 4 5 5 5 .5-47 



J.Nichols 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5-47 



E. Whittiur 4 6 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 5—40- 



S.Lewis 4 f) 5 4 4 4 5 4 5' 5-45 



E.J.Crara 44554544,5 5-45 



J. Borden 54546445 4 4-44 



K. Davis 444555544 4-44 



G.Warren 5 5 5454444 4-44 



C.H. Eutebronk 454444445 5—43 



J.B. Fellows ... 4 4 5454 5 44 4-43 



G.P.GrGciey 445635534 .5-43 



C.Herbert 3 44444444 5-40 



MASSACHU.SEITS TARGET MATCH. 



E. F. Richardson 13 12 12 9 13 10 13 12 10 9--]10 



B.J.Cram II 10 10 II 11 13 10 12 H 10-109 



K.Davis 10 9 11 12 12 8 10 12 9 !»-10i! 



J.Nichols n 9 n H n 7 12 10 10 10-103 



G.Warren 10 fl 6 9 12 9 10 10 10 12-97 



A. L. Burt 2 7 8 8 10 7 8 8 4 9- 71 



BOSTON, Moss.— The fall meeting of the Massachusetts Rifle 

 Association will be held on Oct. IJth, 1.5th and Kith, at Walnut Hill, 

 when the following prizes will he offered: Long range (efiin 

 match (45 shots at usual range), flrsc prize-, the "W:dnut Hill e up, ' 

 value gsno; .second, a cosh i)rize. Short range team match, 10 

 shots at 300 yards. Nino hundieil yaiils carton match, 7 shots, 

 prizes to the amount of *175. Two hundred yards match " Creed- 

 moor target," prizes to the value of $17,5. Two hundred jards 

 match (Massachusetts target), prizes to Ihe amount of SlOO- 

 Total value of prize;, S850. The date of this meotingis subjected 

 to change. 



— TheMedford Anjaieur Ritio Association will hold their fall 

 meeting at Bellevuo raoge, Medford, Oct. 0th and 7tb. Valuable 

 peizes arc olVcrcd, and a large attendance is anticipated. 



Bot'T. -' .■■. )'' ■:!': —The Mammoth Gallery, whieh ret.iionod on 

 thej.y.: 'I ' . ' . ,:;•:■ uumbortd' the crack shol- of iiiis -.[.lir!- 

 ilypri'.L ii:.' !.:;/. ami very Ime shooting ha-S been shown, a., 

 the scores show: - 



E. F. Bichard.sou 4 3 5 5 4 5 3 5-:i.3 



FiankHollis 5 5 S 4: 4 6 5 5-33 



U.A. Pollard 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5-:iS 



George D. Edson 4 1 5 4 5 .7 5 h-'d' 



Oct. 1st will hegiu the monthly prize shootin;T, and Uie liiBt 

 match to dedicate the gallerywiU be called the Imui.uural IfiHe 

 Match, with (i cash prizes; also an extra prize of SIO to anyone 

 making a clean score of 8 consecutive bullseyes. The conditions 

 of the match are: Any 22 caliber rifle, :j pounds pull, rounds d, 

 possible 10, 5 scores to win, or possible 200, the match to close on 

 Ihe evening of Oct. 30th. 



Medford, Mass., .Sept. 15tft.— The attendance at Bellovuo rtingo 

 to-day was very good, the occasion being the reuewal of the 

 Bunker HiU and gold badge matches. There were JO entries. The 

 best scores in the Bunker Hill match (Mediord eounl) were :— 



H.Kimball C n H 6 C i 5 5 a-,5« 



D. Kirkwood 5 5 U ij H 5 5 « 5 5-.54 



C. H.Russell 5 I H C 5 (i fi ti-53 



C. D. Harrison (i 5 5 5 8 1 4 3-53 



H.Wiihingtoii 5 5 5 5 i 4—53 



A.W.Webb 4 5 4 8 6 5 5 5 5-51 



N.P.Ames 3 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6-51 



R.Abbott ....„ i 56550555 5-50 



The leading scores in the gold badge match were an follows :— 



J.Edwards 4 544555 4 5 5-40 



C, D. Harrison 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5-45 



C.H. Russell 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 :i— 45 



F.B. Garden 4 45454544 5-44 



A.C.Gould 4 4 4544554 4-43 



E.Whlttier 4455 4 4554 3-4S 



The winners of the general piizos in the Bunker Hill match 

 were C. H. Russell and D. Kirkwood in the first olafs, and H. 



Withington and A. W. Webb in the second class. 



WORCKSTKic, ilfo.s.s., Stqjt. 18/?i.— Thc Shrewsbury Bitie'Club 

 voted to accept all rules and regulaiions of the Massachusetts 

 Rifle Association. While objecting to the use of elbow or body 

 rest in off-hand shooting, it was voted to accept the same, eo 

 long as sanctioned by the Associsition, but that all scores made 

 from the elbow and body rest should be so designated when pub- 

 lished. 



We hope to see Ihe same abolished both at Creedmoor and Wal- 

 nut Hill. It is fast driving out of the field, as competitors, all 

 off-hand shots who do not desire to make contortiouista of them- 

 selves. Others are obliged, by ueces.sity, to adopt aa imnatural 

 posiiion in order to stand any chance whatever— a few excep- 

 tions, of course. It is conceded by those who use both posilious 

 that three points advantage is given by allowing the elbow or 

 body rest. Hoping to tearsoon that the use of the rest has beeu 

 abolished both by the National and Massachusetts associations, I 

 remain, very truly yours, S. C. 



Union Hill, N. J., Sept. 21ft— The Lulled Schuetzeu Cadets 

 School, Pres.H.Heschen, celebrated their fourth annivereary with 

 prize shooting, exhibition drill, maneuver and grand parade at 

 theSchueizen Park. The little fellows assembled in their blue 

 uniform at their headquarters, go Hudson street, Hohokeu, in the 

 morning at 8 o'clock and started, accompanied by delegations of 

 several schuetzen companies, at 9 o'clock lo the park by march- 

 ing through several streets of Hoboken. In the afternoon the 

 park was crowded by the parents and friends of the cadets which 

 came to see tho maneuver and the parade, and were greatly am 

 prised by the excellent tactics shown. -At the shooting, 100 fp' 



