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FOREST AND STREAM, 



[Nov. 19, 1885. 



AND Stream trial assumed iu some respect the character of 

 a G-overntneDt test, though nominally it was iu no wise 

 official, and Mr. Sinclair lel'L his official position as a Gov- 

 ernment measurer behind him when he left Sandy Hook, 

 and brought along to Creedmoor only his technical knowl- 

 edge of weapons and his ability as a mathematician. He 

 fairly doted on decimals, and fancied fractions even in prec- 

 erence to a good dinner. 



The first rifle placed in the rest on Sept. 28 was the Whit- 

 ney .40-60, but this was rather to try the line of fire than to 

 make a record, and the Builard .40-70 became No. 1 in the 

 capacious note-book which Mr. Sinclar had provided to enter 

 his observations. It was then warm and pleasant, with a 

 light six o'clock wind blowing. The Winchester .45-75 

 followed, and the first day closed with only two rifles re- 

 corded at one range. The rest was behaving well, and so 

 far as could be observed was answering its purpose admir- 

 ably. 



On the morning of the 29tli of September the .50 Builard 

 was brought out, but owing to weakness in the spring lifting 

 the carrier block was laid aside for a time and the Builard 

 .45 placed on. This was followed by the Remington-Hep- 

 burn .40-65, and then came the Builard .38. The snug 

 little Colt was then given an opportunity to show its merit, 

 and then Mr. J. G. Romer, of Peekskill, liaving reached the 

 range with his small boy and load of rifles, the afternoon 

 was given up to him. The Bland double-barrel rifle was 

 put on first, and with its tip-up manner of opening the 

 breech necessitated its unshifting from the rest after each 

 shot and the most careful cross leveling and muzzle meas- 

 urement after each shot. The cartridges for this rifle had 

 been brought by Mr. Romer and were used in the weapon. 

 After the sighting shots and the five test shots from each 

 hanel but one loaded cartridge was left; this was taken for 

 weighing up. Mr. Romer then unwrapped his own muzzle- 

 loader, and having duly put it in order for work, gave five 

 shots and then left two of his charges ready for weighing up. 



The nest day was one of hard work, and the Marlin .40, 

 Ballard .40-85, Builard. 50 express, and Remington -Hepburn 

 .32 40 followed in quick order. Mr. Addis, from the Wiu- 

 chester Works, was an interested spectator and spent several 

 days watching the test. Among other visitors from time to 

 time were Superintendent Grover, from the Whitney Works; 

 .John Bodine, Mr. Weber, of the long-^range teams; George 

 Joiner, General Robbins, General Rifle Instructor of the 

 N.G.S.N.Y. ; while of soldiers from the .several regiments 

 down for practice there were visitors and spectators beyond 

 count. 



Continning our narrative of the arms tested, there were 

 put on in order the Remington-Hepburn .38, Builard .32, the 

 Marlin, 38, the Frank Wesson .44. -the Winchester .40-60, 

 the Ballard .40-70. while the day ended with the Marlin .32. 

 The day following, Oct. 1, the Maynard was the first tried, 

 foUowed by the Remington State model military rifle, at the 

 suggestion of General Robbins. The Stevens .32 was tried 

 and then the Marlin .45, marked for a Government cartridge, 

 but used instead with a lighter cartridge. The Whitney- 



ennedy .40 rifle was followed in turn by the Remington 

 ..32 and a U. B. Springfield 3 groove army rifle This 

 ended the work on Oct. 1 and for the present the 200-yard 

 shooting. 



On Oct. 5, wlieu the work was resumed, the rest was at 

 the 100-yard distance, and here the Winchester .50 was tried 

 with both solid and express bullets. Tlie Builard .50 was 

 put through the same test, and then in order came the Win- 

 chester .40, the Winchester .45, the Builard .45 and the Bui- 

 lard .40, and the Whitney .40. The Marlin .32 closed that 

 day. 



The Remington-Hepburn .40 followed on the following 

 morning and several others were likewise tried, but a light 

 rain at the time so dampened the screens that in drying they 

 drew out of shape and the measuremente were not consid- 

 ered accurate enough for our purposes. This wasted the 

 day and threw the tests over to the lOfh, when another fine 

 day was had. The Ballard .40-70, the Stevens .33, the Mar- 

 lin .40-60, the Remington-Hepburn .33 and the Whitney- 

 Kennedy .50 with both solid and express bullets; the Ballard 

 .40-85, the Marhn .45, the Colts, the Marlin .38, the Rem- 

 ington-Hepburn .40, the Sharps .45, the Winchester long .22 

 and the Remington ,33 closed up the programme of a very 

 good day's work. 



On the 12th practice was renewed with the Stevens .22, 

 and thei-e followed in order the Maynard, the Builard .32, 

 Wesson, and then with the afternoon came the Bland, this 

 time with an express bullet; at first with a clean gun after 

 each shot, as marksman Romer insisted every patched bullet 

 should be fired, and then without cleaning, as he thought 

 every hunter's rifle ought to be fired. The following rifle 

 was the Merrill muzzleloader, with its heavy charge and 

 close accuracy. It is to be regretted that the same muzzle- 

 loader was not brought down for both ranges, but we were 

 more desirable of having the English Bland tried, and this 

 was given a most exacting test at both ranges, with solid 

 balls in one case and with hollow bullets in the other. The 

 rifles following were the Stevens . 38, the Hunter's Pet, the 

 Remington- Hepburn .38, the Springfield .45, and, last at 

 100 yards, the State Model Remington .50 cal. 



On Oct. 19 the 300-yard range work was resumed. There 

 had been heavy rains on the intermediate days, and fearing 

 that the stakes might have settled, a re-measurement was 

 had, this time taken by the son of Gen. Meserole, of Brook- 



lyn, an accomplished young surveyor. It was found that 

 the stakes had been well and truly driven, and had not 

 varied an appreciable fraction of an inch from the first. 

 The order of shooting how was: Stevens .32, Winehester 

 ,32, Whitney-Kennedy .50, with solid and express bullet. 

 The Winchester .50 in same manner. Then the Sharps .45; 

 also the Builard .50 with express bullet. Then the Hunter's 

 Pet, and then the trials were over so far as the first step of 

 the work in the field was concerned. 



In all there were seventy-four sets of targets made, gener- 

 ally with three screens in each, but only in one instance less, 

 as when at 100 yards one screen was taken down and then 

 another, to see what the retarding effect of the tissue paper 

 was. There were 296 punctured screens, and with five shots 

 in each there were 1480 shot marks in all to find the exact 

 center of and measure up to. In fixing these centers the 

 screen papers were tacked down on a broad, smooth sheet of 

 heavy paper, and with a pair of dividers each bullet hole 

 was centered, a circle struck, and from the fine point made 

 by the divider leg-point, the measure was taken. So on the 

 target, and it may be mentioned to the merit of all the rifles 

 tried that not a single key-hole shot mark was found. Every 

 bullet had traveled dead on and hit with its point. With all 

 those measurements to be made, nearly 3,000 in all, and 

 the subsequent calculations to be made, will explain the delay 

 which followed the completion of the work in the open. Of 

 course it was necessary that all the figuring should be done 

 by one hand, and as far as possible we desired to make the 

 record so exact and so complete that no correction should be 

 necessary at any future date. In our next issue the actual 

 figia-es will be given, beginning with the 200-yard range. 



[to be CONTINIJED.] 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE WIMBLEDON PISTOL ]MATCH.-Iq our issue of Oct. 8 we 

 gave an account, with scores, of the initial revolver match at the 

 Wimbledon meeting. Below will be found the diagram of the win- 

 ning target. The distance was 20 yards, at a "Martin 8mitti" target, 



the central bullseye 2in. in diameter and outer circle VHa.. with equi- 

 distant rings, as shown, a bullseye counting fl aud the rings 5, i, 3 and 

 2 respectively. Lieut. Percy Scott, of H. M. S. Excellent, the winner, 

 used an Enfield revolver of 21bs. weight. 



CAI180N CITY, Nev.. Nov. 1.— Fully one hundred aud fifty people 

 including about twenty-five ladies, assembled at the Carson Guard 

 shooting range to day to witness the Carson Guard team of twenty 

 beat 815 at the 200Td. range, Henry Rosenbrock wagering fSO with 

 Captain Wright that the score could not be beaten. Captain Wright 

 also had a bet of .$20 that twenty-five men would score over 1,000 

 points. Despite the heavy witid, which was switching to all points 

 of the compass, the team did remarkable shooting, and beat their 

 own as well as all other records in the United States. The ten first 

 class men who participated in the picnic matches thi« > ear ,«cored 

 431, while the twenty who participitated in the State Fair tom-nament 

 made 829. The entire twenty five piled up 1,009 points. When the 

 announceaient was made by Mr. Wells Drury, the referee, the crowd 

 gave three hearty cheers for the champions of the world. The de 

 tailed score is attached. 



Slocomb. 5554444,554—4.5 Oagwm 3445444444-40 



Parker 4444545455—44 Meder 444.3543844 -38 



Thaxter 454454.5445 - 44 Daugheity 843544544^- 38 



Laing 4545.^5554^44 Alley , .Tr 4434344434—37 



Cowing. Jr .545.5435544—44 Colver 4854443324—36 



Wright 5445154553—44 — 



Saff ell 4454454454—48 Total for twenty men 825) 



Hark 4545454444- 43 Heri*^age 4834445445-40 



Dormer 5444444454— « Doyle 4484443445—39 



Little 44-4444544-42 Starling 0344551643—87 



Richard 4444554444—42 Thaxter, Jr 4434442433—35 



Cowing, Sr 4444454444- 41 Gordon 0343483542- 29 



Maish 4445444444-41 — 



Alley. Sr 4444444534-41 1009 



Bicknell 4444344445-40 



A match was made between two teams of five men, and there was 

 some lively and good natured betting on the result among ihe spec- 

 tators. It resulted as follows: Team Ho. 1— Alley 47, Saffell 44, 

 Cowing 43, Slocomb 41, Wright 41—210. Team No. 2-Little 45, 

 Thaxter 44, Laing 48, Parker 42, Mai-h 39—213. 



AVALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 11.— A friendly match between the Hill- 

 side Rifle Club and the Press Rifle Association was shot at the range 

 of the former club in Waltham this afternoon. The day was very 

 favorable for good scores, the only drawback being a, variable cross 

 wind. The Hillsides made their largest average in a match, 42 2-9, 

 aud the Press boys also made their largest average. 39^- The match 

 was won by the Hil'sides by 22^4 points. The summary is as follows 

 (Edes, two points added for miutary rifle): 

 Hillside Rifle Club t" 



Press Rifle Association. 



F E Rollins 5444445554—44 



A Newman 4444544554—43 



D B Farwell 45454444:M-41 



S Merrill 5443534435 -4 



E A Emerson 4555654545—47 



R B Edes 4444445564-45 



W A Stone 4544445455—44 



L O Dennison 45o4443j45— 43 



LW Clark 5444445458—42 



J Foster 4448445544—41 W H Hathaway. . . 3344484444-3 



W W Greene 4384454445-40 F A Morse 44544.38334-37 



H L Whiting 4444484 i45— 39 F H Buffum 40353444d4— 34 



GBa.ssett 3444584354—39 One average score 39% 



380 357% 

 BOSTON, Nov. 12.— The attendance at the range at Walnut Hill 

 to-day was large. In the forenoon the weather conditions were 

 perfect. In the afternoon ihe wind increased and the light was very 

 bright-. The present series of matches will close on Itianksgivmg 

 Day (Nov. 26), and probably a special match for that day will be 

 opened, m addition to the regular matches. The long range match 

 Will clo«e in two weeks. New matches will be opened immediately 

 af er the close of those now rumiing. The close of the long range 

 wUl end the season at all but the 800yd. ranges, The militia match 



win continue through the winter. Lieut. W. B. Clark, Co. B, Fir st 

 S.IP.5i2^ 9^u^^%' '^'^s /won the bronze itiedal in the latter match. T he 

 records of the day stood, all at 200yds. : 

 „ , Victory Medal Match. 



CHLe.-bert 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 4 7 S~SO 



H pier 6 10 7 10 6 10 5 8 6-74 



RDadman 8 lO 5696796 5-74 



J Lemons 6 7 8 5 7 10 6 10 5 7-71 



„ ^ ^ Decimal Match. 



JJ|^Tu«s,C 7 10 10 8 6 10 8 8 7 5-79 



C E Berry. A (i jO 9 10 10 7 4 7 (i 7-76 



J H Faulty, C 10 10 10 4 9 6 8 9 3 5-74 



^BYenetchi, A 845 7 10 648 10 10-73 



J P Bates, C 6 8 10 6 3 8 10 8 4 8-69 



Hebner, A 442798379 8-61 



■nrT> cv. J, Rest Match. 



WR Shaefer lO 8 10 9 10 10 9 7 10 10-93 



§ B Yenetchi e 7 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 10-91 



PUsbury 5 jq 9 10 9 7 10 10 10 10-9 



10 10 10 10 7 9 7 10 • 



1- ~^i'®l"® «■ slim attendance at Walnut Hill to-day. The 

 ?nfn^t^' "^Sf® i^'^^ '"''7 good. A fishtail wmd from 12 



Phir?il' * change.able light, made high scores impossible. W. 

 Whi?f •^'^^ .^"tv'^^r'i. complete his necessary 10 to win the 

 highest prize given by the M. R. A., the victory gold medal. Follow- 

 ing are the scores: 



,^ , Decimal Off hand Match. 



W Charles, D..-. 9 K 10 6 10 9 7 9 9 9-86 



E F Richardson, D 9,0 7 9 8 8 9 10 7 9-86 



A C Adams D 10 7 10 6 9 9 7 9 10 4-80 



J e Bates, B 6 2 10 7 4 7 5 7 10 6-64 



B Gunn, mU, A 8 7 5 5 9 8 5 7 9 1-84 



Creedmoor Practice Match. 



F Carter, mil 5i444.i5545 - 45 E Budeign 4444544554—43 



Pdlsburv, mill 55444.554.54-45 W H Oler, mil 4444454544-42 



C B Edwards, mil. . .5454454354-43 R Dadman 4434444545—41 



T Stewart 4.554445444 -43 J Lund 535.3464344—40 



Rest Match. 



JFrancis 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10-98 



Chase.. 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10-93 



S Wilder ...10 10 9 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 97 



J Hurd 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 8 9 7—89 



Edwards, mil 7 9 10 6 7 10 10 8 10 11-97 



GARDNER, Mass., Nov. 12.— The team of ten members of the Gard 

 ner Rifle Club yesterday went out to Hackmatack Range to shoot for 

 the Tu7-f, Field and Farm prize The Massachu-etts target was used, 

 shooting off-hand, distance 200yds,, 10 shots to each man, with a 

 possible 120. The shoot yesterday was the third: A. Mosher 109, W. 

 C. Lovewell 105. I. N. Dodge 104. Jam^s Mewton 103. Chester Hinds 

 103, H. C. Knowlton 100, G. F. Ellsworth 99, F. E. Nichols 98, G. C. 

 Goodell 95, F. H. Knowlton 95, a to^al of 1,011; while the total for the 

 three trials is 2,846. At the second trial only six of the ten shot, 

 which accounts for the aggregate being so small. 



BERDAN RIFE COnPS.-The last shoot of the season for the Ber- 

 dan trophy cup was shot at Bt-llevue Park range. East 3Iilton. Mass.. 

 on Nov. 12, under the auspices of the Bei dan Rifle Corps. The cup 

 is held each year by the member making the highest score in the 

 three trophy shoots, and the holding of it three successive years by a 

 member entitles him to ownership. Mr. M. A. King, who held it last 

 year, is the lucky man this year, having scored 90 points. Below is 

 the score of the three trophy shoots: 



M AKing 30 32 28-90 .J G Smith 31 28 27—86 



D B Ernest .29 29 .30-88 H A King. . . . ; 28 28 26 -82 



STRING SHOOTERS' CHALLENGE.— Four members of the New 

 York, Pennsvlvania and Ohio Union Rifle Club challenge any four 

 men in the LTnited States to a match. Distance 40 rods at a rest. 

 String measure. Prefiminaries will be m.i/ie when this proposition is 

 accepted.— H. V. Perry, President N. Y., Pa. aud O. TJ. R. C, James- 

 town, N. Y. 



THE TRAP. 



WELLINGTON GUN CLUB.— The Wellmgton Gun Club, formerlv 

 the Maiden Gun Club, held a successful tournament at Wellington on 

 the 14th, when there was a large attendance of gunners to participate 

 in the sport of breaking blackbirds and clay -pigeons. The principal- 

 event of the day was the team match between the Wellington Club 

 and the Massachusetts Rifle .dissociation, the former winning by 9 

 points. The teams were composed of five men each, and each man 

 shot at 20 birds. They tied in the match, each team breaking 59 birds, 

 but in the shoot-off the Wellingtons won, breaking 18 to the other 

 ieam"s9. At noon the directors held a meeting and voted unani- 

 mously to change the name from the Maiden Gun Club to the WeUing- 

 ton Gun Club. Following is the result of the team match: 

 Wellington Gun Club. 



Sawyer 1011001101101000101100111- .4 



San born 01 1 llOOOOOOlOi 1 01 1 1 1 1101 >-14 



Wilson 1101111101001101101110110-17 



Fran cis 10001 0101 1 UK HlOl OOOllOl— 14 



fchaefer 1110010011111011001111111-18-77 



Massachusetts Rifle Association. 

 Ross O.OlllOlllOnOOlllOlllOOO— 15 



Roweii lonn 001 1110 1 in oioiiooo— i u 



Henry 00001 1 011010011 1001101110—13 



Chase lllOlOOOlOlOlOOlOlOOlOOlO— 11 



Tidsbury OlllOlllOlOlOllOlllO —13-68 



KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 13.— Knoxville Gun Club, gold medal 

 match, 3 traps, 15yds.. Mead and Jacques 18yds. rise, 3 angles, black- 

 birds: 



8 B Dow 10101 11100 01101 11100 11111—17. 



J C Duncan ; .... 10101 111 11 OHIO 10010 10110—16 



T C Eldridge 01111 11100 11011 10111 01111—19 



Wm Jenkins llOU 11001 10001 lOOOl 11011—15' 



A E Mead 00001 1000 ) 01100 11100 10010— 9 



FS Mead 00111 01111 01101 10111 01.011—17 



F H McClung 11000 11 010 00000 OOiWl (XK)IO— 7 



J E Ro.ss OllOl lOllO 11000 10000 uOlOO-10 



JWSlocum 1111011111 11001 01111 00110-19 



Jacques (R V G) 10111 01111 11111 11 111 11100-31 



c ivi woodbuiT. 11011 Olon 10111 mil 10110—19 



WELLINGTON, Nov. 11.— (juite a number of the members of the 

 Boston Gun Club turned out this af.ernoon at their range at 

 Wellington to open the first of the mnter prize shoois. The 

 McCourkee flying target and bird had their first trial, and created 

 considerable interest among those present. The winners for the day 

 in the prize matches— the prizes consisting of valuable rifles and 

 shooting material— were as follows: E. J. Wardwell and E. W Law- 

 son tied for first and second, and O. D. Ross and D. Kirkwood tied for 

 third and fourth. S. Chester and C. M. Stark tied for fifth and sixth, 

 B. A. Ward taking seventh. In the Visitors' Match, E. W. Buflftngtou 

 won first and J. Nichols second. 



National Gi;n Association Tournaments.— Special Noriee.— Mem- 

 bers desirous of organizing tournaments in their vicinity, imder the 

 auspices of the Association, are requested to notify the undersigned. 

 All the expenses of the same will be paid by us. Make your arrange- 

 ments for 1886. We propose to establish a .Mrcuit of tournaments 

 annually. Claim your dates now. General office and heatlquarterSv 

 Macon, Ga.— Matt R. Freeman, Vice-President and General Manager; 

 F. C. Ethpidge, Secretary, Macon, Ga, Send 10 cents for hand hook 

 containing rules, constitution, etc. "Fah-!y started and its future 

 depends entirely upon the manner in which the sportsmen throughout 

 the country respond."— C. M. Stark, April 18, 1885.— ^dv. 



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 more ready it is to make every possible concession, and widen its 

 sphere of usefulness; instead of reasoning that it has a monoDoly 

 and can ignore the pubUc, it uses its strength and resources to enable 

 It to reduce rates, remove restrictions and extend privihges. Two 

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