AMATEUR REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP 



For Walter Winans' Trophy. Under auspices of Forest and Stream/' 



No. 318 Broadway, New York. 



CONDITIONS. 



Open to any citizen or pemianeut resident of the United States. 

 Any revolver, maximum length of bore, including cylinder, 

 ten inches. 

 Any trigger pull. 



Any sigbt. both sights to be on the barrel or forward of the grip 

 of the pistol hand. 

 Any fixed ammunition. 



Cleaning allowed only botween scores of six shots. 

 Distanre, 20.vds. 



Position standing, free from any artificial support, the revolver 

 held in one hand only with the arm free from the body and un- 

 supported m any way. The rear sight shall not be nearer to the 

 eye than twelve inches. 



Target— Ready measnrement disl?s, one shot on each disk and 

 the measurement to be taken by mechanical Vernier scale from 

 center of disk to the center of the shot hile. 



Scores — Aggregate of best three in five scores, each score to con- 



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sist of six consecutive rounds. The five scores to be fired consecti- 

 tively. 



Amateur Standing— The standing of a contestant as amateur 

 and professional to be determined in each individual case by 

 Forest axd Stream rules. 



Where not in conflict with conditions herein, the rules of the 

 Massachusetts Rifle A^-sociation for revolver competitions to hold. 

 The decision of Forest and Stream to be final on all points. 



PJaces of holding the competitions will be fixed, with considera- 

 tion to the convenience of contestants, and onemontti's notice will 

 be given of exact time and ploce. It lias b^en already determin' d 

 to have competitions at New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chi- 

 cago. These finals open to all comers, and will be in charge of 

 the shooting editor of Forest and Stream or his representative. 



Preliminarily to the fin il shoots lor the championihip, which 

 will be htld several mnjuhs from date, and in order to develop 

 shooting ability. Forest akd Stream will on 'n a season of trial 

 shooting. The targets for this ttst may be had free of cost on 

 application to the office of Forest and Stream. By their use 

 the revolver shot may fix his progress, and the ready measure- 



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ment feature in them enables a quick determination of the total 

 number of inches in the six shots. 



The targets here given are for preliminary practice. 



In using the targets fire one shot each in order at the targets 

 from 1 to 6. This will make just cue round, and by keeping each 

 shot separate there will bo no nossible dispute as to the cutting 

 out of one shot hole by a subsequent shot. In this way, too, it 

 will be possible to do more accurate scoring than by a confused 

 mass of shots on one paper. 



These target sheets liave been prepared in quantity, and maybe 

 had on application either personally or by mail to this oflSce. A 

 good drill for any one intending to make a record in this match, 

 or for any revolver shooter for that matter, would be to use old 

 postal cards or bits of card board clipped to that size. When 

 shot after shor, can be placed at 20yd8. on the card, then the man 

 and his arm are in good condition for fine scoring. Until that 

 degree of proficiency is reached there is need of improvement, 

 either in holding or perhaps the armis not capable of meeting the 

 demands made upon it. In either case it is well to know just 

 where the trouble lies, in order to correct the evil. 



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