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"Winchester 
Record for Trap Shooting Still Stands First 
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J. R. TAYLOR 
Winner of the Official Season’s 
Average for 1911. 
Winchester Claims. Like Winchester Goods, Are Reliable 
This shooting, which has never been 
equalled, was all done in Registered 
Tournaments at Regulation targets 
during the Season of 1910, and the proof 
of the figures can be found in the records 
of the Interstate Association. E. F. 
Forsgard, of Waco, Texas, is the man 
who did it, and Winchester Repeating 
Shotgun and Winchester “Leader” and 
“Repeater” shells was the combination that he did it with. 
Such shooting as this and the recent winning for the tenth 
time of the Official Season’s Average by Winchester goods 
shows that the Winchester Repeating Shotgun is still supreme 
and that Winchester Shells made with Patent Corrugated 
heads, a modern and ingenious American idea, are far superior | 
to shells made according to foreign methods once used in 1 
the construction of Winchester Shells but discarded years ago. 
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Note whether the grip is large enough to comfortably 
fill the hand. If it is not, try wrapping it with whip¬ 
cord, or get some expert with the needle and thread to 
sew a piece of chamois leather around it. If it is too 
large for you to grasp easily, sandpaper it down until 
it just fills the hand.. 
(3) The trouble may be in the length of the stock, 
and if it is thought that the stock is a little too short, 
add a rubber buttplate to lengthen it a bit; or, if it 
seems too long, have a gunsmith remove the heelplate 
and try it that way. 
ETHICS OF THE SPORT. 
There are certain little courtesies to be observed in 
every branch of sport. Trapshooting is no exception to 
the rule, and no sportsman requires to have his attention 
called to such courtesies. There are, however, two or 
three other special items, which, if observed, help greatly 
to make things pleasanter all around. 
One of the most important of these is promptness at 
the score. Don’t keep the other members of your squad 
waiting while you hunt for your gun, shells, etc., or 
while you finish a conversation. Nobody who is keen to 
shoot likes to be kept waiting, and you start your squad 
off in bad shape if you annoy them by dilatoriness. Find 
out when you are likely to be called to the score, what 
squad you are in, and be on hand—the first up to the 
score if possible, so as to set the others a good example. 
Don’t talk with members of your squad, or with out¬ 
siders, while you are shooting. It may not disconcert 
you (although it will do so sooner or later), but it will 
surely take the attention of some member or members 
of the squad from the work in hand, and sorry goose 
eggs will appear on the score sheet. 
There is another point to which attention must be 
called, and that is the too frequent habit of shooters, 
members of the same squad, leaving the score before the 
last member of that squad has fired at his last target. 
Setting aside the discourtesy of showing him so plainly 
how little you care whether he breaks the target or not, 
look at it this way: Can there be anything more dis¬ 
concerting, especially to a beginner, than to have man 
after man of his squad fire at their last targets, and 
then walk away from the score, leaving him standing 
alone and as it were giving an exhibition of how to 
break one’s last target? It is just as easy to miss the 
last target as it is the first one, and the mind of the 
shooter must be concentrated on his work just as keenly. 
Is it fair, therefore, to put your companion at a disad¬ 
vantage, just because he happened to be No. 5 in the 
squad while you occupied an earlier position? This 
point is now so well recognized that it is the exception, 
and not the rule, at important tournaments to see a 
single member of a squad leave his position until the 
last shot has been fired. 
Another small point should be mentioned, namely, the 
proper time to move from one position to the next. No. 
1 in the squad of course is always the first to move, 
because he is the first to finish the number allotted to 
any one position. Suppose it is a 15-target event—it will 
be his turn to move when he has shot at his third target. 
The question is: When should he start to change to the 
next position? The proper thing to do, to avoid the 
possibility of disturbing the shooter whose position he 
will occupy next, is to wait until his neighbor has shot 
before even commencing to change. No. 2 should wait 
until No. 3 has shot, and so on. The only exception is 
when you are at No. 5 position, and you have to get 
around to No 1 stand for your next shot. In such a 
case, and as you cannot possibly bother the man at No. 1, 
whose turn it is to shoot next, it is best to start for the 
No. 1 position immediately after you have shot at your 
target and ejected the empty shell. 
Never load your gun before you move from No. 5 to 
No. 1. If you have not noticed that it was time to 
move, and have put a shell in your gun, open the gun 
and take out the shell before leaving the score or turn¬ 
ing round from it. Accidents will happen from very 
slight causes, and you never can tell what may happen 
if you disregard this rule, which never should be broken. 
PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED. 
Never point a gun at anybody, whether you know the 
gun is _ empty or not. The didn’t-know-it-was-loaded 
excuse is one which can never be accepted as a satis¬ 
factory one. Sometimes a friend will ask you to put 
his gun to your shoulder to see how well it handles, etc. 
Make it a rule never to do so until after you have 
opened it and ascertained for yourself that it is harm¬ 
less. Even if your friend has told you that it was not 
loaded, he will appreciate and approve of your extra 
care to avoid any possible accident. 
Never put a shell in your gun except when you are 
at the score and ready to shoot. If the trap breaks down, 
or there is a temporary delay in the shooting, open your 
gun and take out the shell. 
Never on gun club grounds place a loaded gun on 
your shoulder, nor let it rest in the hollow of your 
arm, raking the spectators or your comrades at the 
score, even if the hammer is at half-cock or “the safety 
up.’’ Setting aside the possible danger in the operation, 
consider the feelings of the parties apparently threatened 
by your action, who know nothing about how the ham¬ 
mer is, nor whether the safety bolt is on or off; all they 
know and realize is that it is decidedly uncomfortable 
at the least to be looking down the muzzle of a loaded 
gun. 
A FEW WORDS OF EXPLANATION. 
While ali that has been written is intended, as its title 
shows, primarily for the beginner or novice, it is be¬ 
lieved and hoped that some who have passed that stage 
will not only find it of interest, but be able to cull a 
hint here and there that will be of future value to them. 
If anything has been accomplished in the way of smooth¬ 
ing the path of the novice in his endeavor to become an 
expert, all the time and trouble expended in the prep¬ 
aration of this article have not been wasted. 
No claim is advanced that the ground has been thor¬ 
oughly covered, but an attempt has been made to touch 
on all the more important, and on many of the minor 
difficulties which beset the footsteps of the trap shooting 
novice on his journey to the goal in the expert class. 
Many special points could probably have been elabor¬ 
ated upon with advantage, but space did not permit; 
neither did it seem well to make the article too technical. 
It was written for novices—“Some Hints for Beginners.’’ 
Ye Oak Meadow Gun Range. 
We don’t find any record at Harvard that one Ira C. 
Krupp ever took Dr. Sargent’s strength test, but it is 
evident that he is of surpassing strength in back 
muscle, and is some on the lift. The way he has put 
his back into the Oak Meadow and by sheer individual 
strength, dragged it into the shooting map, shows a great 
breadth of shoulder and strength of back. As to his 
lifting qualities, he seems to be capable of unlimited 
power in this direction. He has lifted most of the 
prizes thus far offered by the Club. On Election day 
said Krupp won the pin shoot by beating Kuebeler by 
one target in the shoot-off of a tie. 
Marsh is top man, with fine prospects, for the Gillespie 
cup. 
Nine shooters showed up at the traps, and all made 
good scores. The members are most enthusiastic over 
their cozy new club house, where, while toasting their 
shins, they chin over what they have done and hope to 
do, promoting both the social and shooting features of 
ye jolly Oak Meadow Gun Club, at Sandusky, O. 
Pin shoot: 
Krupp . 
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Douglas .. 
58 
Kuebeler .. 
64 
Donahue . 
. 53 
Sadler . 
60 
Marsh .... 
. 49 
Miller . 
60 
Parker .... 
. 40 
Ramsey ... 
58 
Shoot-off of tie: Krupp 3, . 
Kuebeler 2. 
Scores for 
the day: 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Kuebeler .. 
. 140 
118 
Ramsey .. 
. 90 
69 
Miller . 
.125 
94 
Marsh - 
. 110 
70 
Sadler . 
.125 
101 
Douglas .. 
86 
Donahue .. 
.125 
86 
Parker ... 
65 
Krupp . 
. 90 
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