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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
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a *9 
■ 8*8 8 
* 2 
Front. 
II: 
23 
27 
30 
31 
110 pr. 
} ” 
120-pr. 
110-pr. 
; 8-pr. 
110-pr. 
120-pr. 
flat-headed 
bolt 200 lbs. 
140 lbs. 
shot. 
solid shot 
140 lbs. 
shot. 
^ Did no apparent damage. 
Fired at left side of the lower plate. 
Did no apparent damage. 
Hit the left side of lower plate V 9"‘o 
from the bottom, and 3' 10"’5 from 
the left side. Depth of indent 2"'25, 
diameter 7". A crack across the bulge. 
One 110-pr. of this number struck the 
centre plate. 
fThese shot made a hole (triangular) 
with a base 1' 7" long, and sides V10" 
I long, on left side of lower plate. A 
] wide crack extended from the bottom 
of the hole through some old shot 
marks to the bottom of the plate. 
Hit just below the hole made as above. 
Indent 2", diameter 9". 
Six shots were fired at top plate on left 
side of target. 
Hit on a rivet which was forced out. 
Indent 2"-3, diameter 9". 
Hit the plate V 4" from the top, and 5' 1" 
from the left side. Indent 2"*1, dia¬ 
meter 9". 
Hit 6" from the top. Indent 2"*35. A 
crack extended from a bolt-hole to the 
top of the target. 
Hit V 3" from the top. Indent 2"*Q5. 
Hit 1' 8" from the top. Indent 1"*8 
Two cracks across the bulge. 
Missed the plate. 
Back. 
Slight bulging of skin 
merely. 
Did not fire together. No 
visible effect. 
Huge fracture with hole. 
A large piece of solid 
plate driven through 
with other debris. Two 
ribs broken across. Skin 
bulged out, torn, and 
* bent up nearly at right 
angles. A through bolt 
driven out with the rest. 
Solid timber support at 
foot of target cracked 
through. 
One rivet was driven out, 
but not broken. 14" of 
the backing of the skin 
broken off. One bolt 
» with spun yarn washer, 
driven back and part of 
the washer destroyed, 
but bolt apparently un¬ 
injured. 
Fired at right half of top plate; four shots struck the plate. 
> ~ 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
w 39 
110-pr. 
If 
68-pr. 
W 
120-pr. 
14 
solid shot. 
Made an indent 2"*5. 
16 
20 
140 lbs. 
shot. 
Two shot struck on a rivet 6" from the 
bottom and drove it out. A huge 
crack extended to the bottom of the 
plate. 
Hit V 5" from the bottom of the plate. 
Made an indent 2"-l. Diameter 7". 
Huge crack across the bulge. 
18" of the backing of the 
skin was destroyed. One 
rib broken across, and 
two angle-irons. 
The lower plate had buckled 1 in. on the right side, but the bolts were 
uninjured. The left side was buckled 1"’25, but the rivets were 
uninjured. 
