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CONDITIONS OF INTERCOLLEGIATE 
GALLERY MATCHES, SEASON 1917. 
E LIGIBILITY: Open to teams from 
university and college rifle clubs or¬ 
ganized under the rules and regula¬ 
tions of the National Board for the Pro¬ 
motion of Rifle Practice and affiliated with 
the National Rifle Association and in good 
standing. Members of teams to be in good 
standing in the undergraduate year and 
who are maintaining the necessary hours 
-of work and standard of scholarship re- 
•quired by the institution and who have not 
taken a degree from any other college. 
Team : Any number of men up to ten 
may shoot, the best five scores counting for 
the team score. 
Distance: Fifty feet from end of rifle 
to target. 
Number of Shots: Twenty for record, 
io standing, io prone. Two sighting shots 
•only will be allowed at commencement of 
firing in each position. Sighting shots must 
be fired on match targets. 
Targets: The N. R. A. 50 foot gallery 
target, 5 to 10 count, to be used. Officially 
stamped targets will be furnished free for 
each match. These targets will be marked 
for identification, and no other targets will 
be received for record. 
Positions—Standing: Off-hand; body 
and rifle must be free from all artificial 
support. Prone: Head toward target. No 
part of extended arm to touch the ground 
except at the elbow. No artificial support 
to any part of the rifle except the sling, 
or to the arm except at the elbow. 
Rifle: Any; .22 caliber rifle weighing 
not over 10 pounds. 
Sights: Any; in front of the firing pin 
and not containing glass. 
Trigger Pull: Not to be less than 3 lbs. 
Ammunition: .22 caliber, short. 
Time Allowance: Twenty-five minutes 
will be allowed for the four sighting shots 
and twenty record shots, taking time from 
the first sighting shot. 
Judges: A judge, approved by the N. 
R. A., or his representative, will act as 
executive officer at each contest. He will 
see that all conditions are adhered to and 
report the score with targets to the head¬ 
quarters of the N. R. A. by mail on com¬ 
pletion of match. 
Matches, When Shot: Team may shoot 
on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of 
each week, or on the days preceding, if the 
targets stamped for the following week 
are used. A report of the week’s shoot 
must be in the N. R. A. office by Thursday 
night of each week. 
Entrance Fee: Five dollars per team. 
Entries Close: January 15, 1917. 
Matches Begin : Week ending January 27. 
Prize: To the team in any class making 
the highest aggregate score of all matches, 
the “Championship Trophy,” and ten bronze 
medals. To the winning teams in Classes 
B and C, five bronze medals. 
Special Prize: Bronze figure to the 
non-military college making the best record 
in all the matches; the trophy to remain in 
competition for ten years and become the 
property of the college winning it the great¬ 
est number of times in that period. 
The method of determining the winning 
team in each class will be by the greatest 
aggregate score. 
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