ABOUT TELESCOPES. 



We certainly have lived in a groove as far 

 as telescopic sights go. For years they have 

 been looked upon as a sort of underhand 

 advantage, and riflemen of rigidly correct 

 ideas would not condescend to use them. 



Yet, in target shooting we have allowed 

 palm rests, Schutzen butts, hair triggers, ab- 

 normally heavy barrels, spirit levels, wind 

 gauges and vernier sights, though we turned 



escope. It is true that the telescope is not 

 such an enormous advantage for young eyes, 

 as the uninitiated believe ; but it is a vast ad- 

 vantage as soon as the eye begins to lose its 

 power of compensation, and even in the case 

 of men with perfect eyes and under twenty- 

 five years of age, the telescope is an advan- 

 tage. 



Of course, it takes a certain amount of 

 practice to teach how it should be used, and 







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balky immediately the telescope was proposed 

 as an additional fitting. 



It looks as though the telescope were to 

 emerge from its long night. Last spring the 

 Zettler rifle club permitted vhe use of the 

 sight at its indoor championship. And this 

 famous club has followed up its initial action 

 by permitting the use of the telescope at its 

 thirty-first annual festival and tournament re- 

 cently held at Union Hill, N. J. 



In a few years it may possibly be difficult 

 to find a target rifle unprovided with a tel- 



this very practice has hitherto been denied 

 the American riflemen through the barring 

 of telescopes in all-important competitions. 



One of the signs of the times is the inter- 

 est that manufacturers are now showing in 

 the telescope. As we all know, that most 

 enterprising firm, the Stevens Arms Com- 

 pany, went into the manufacture of telescopes 

 on a large scale a couple of years ago, and 

 they are experiencing quite a boom as a re- 

 sult of their foresight. Other American 

 makers are also doing well. 



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