Nov. 20, 1909.] 
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AN UNPARALLELED 
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In Shooting History 
Made by 
THE 
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At Chicago, the week ber inning June 21, Mr. Frank Fisher 
won the Preliminary Handicap from the 18-yard mark, shooting 
at ten doubles and eighty singles, score 94. 
Mr. Fred Shattuck won the Grand American Handicap from the 18-yard mark, 
and 20 straight in the shoot-off. 
Mr. Fred Gilbert a ain won the Professional Championship with a score of 193 out of 200, 
which included40 doubles, of which he broke 37, making his second consecutive winning of 
this classic event, and the fourth consecutive winning for the THE PARKER GUN. 
THE PARKER GUN also won the High General Average for the entire tournament, thus winning about all there 
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hands interdependent^ govern, will be the more 
accurately fixed. 
Moreover, in this connection, the value of the 
left hand as factor cannot be ignored or dimin¬ 
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hold with their left hand twice alike, while, in 
' the other case, shooters of practiced habit fre¬ 
quently slide the left hand rearwardly toward 
the trigger guard—sometimes partly through 
compulsion as when taking overhead shots. 
The variability of the novice, however, forms 
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science of fixing dimensions on definite lines to 
suit the personal equation, or rather the normal 
condition and habit of the individual. The 
novice may put his gun to his shoulder in so 
many different ways which defy all rules of 
fitting, measured from one point or another. If 
he frequently shifts his left hand he may also, 
as often as not, fail to bed the butt to his shoul¬ 
der in a proper position. His performances dur¬ 
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worthless as guides and must be left out of ac¬ 
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body and limb. The practical shooter, too, can 
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mining gun stock length, for it is certainly true 
that whenever he moves his left hand for the 
purpose of easy manipulation while taking an 
overhead shot, his right arm and shoulder have 
taken a corresponding adjustment—both left 
hand and right arm and shoulder moving in 
unison. 
It results from this consideration that among 
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