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NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 
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NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE 
Hibbs Building, Washington, D. C., June 5, 1908. 
United States Cartridge Company, Lowell, Mass.: 
GENTLEMEN: We have the honor to submit herewith the report of the committee from the executive committee of the 
National Rifle Association of America which had in charge the test of ammunition to determine what should be used by the 
American team in the International Olympic Rifle Matches, to take place in England in July of this year. 
The result of the test which was conducted with great care and under careful supervision, representatives of the three companies 
submiting ammunition being continuously present, was as follows: 
Grand aggregate, mean vertical deviation, of all record shots fired: 
1st. The United States Cartridge Co., 180 grain bullet 
2nd. The United States Cartridge Co., 150 grain bullet . 
3rd. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 190 grain bullet 
4th. Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 180 grain bullet 
5th. Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 202 grain bullet . 
The committee has therefore chosen the United States Cartridge Company 180 grain bullet cartridge as the ammunition to be 
used by the team. 
fSigned) WILLIAM P. HALL, Brigadier General, U. S. A. 
(Signed) LAURASON RlGGS, Brigadier General, Maryland National Guard. 
(Signed) JAMES A. DRAIN, Brigadier General, National Guard of Washington. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, Lowell. Mass.. U.S.A. 
497-503 Pearl St., 35-43 Park St., New York. 268 Market St., San Francisco. ^ 
2.83 in. 
3.14 in. 
4.12 in. 
5.02 in. 
5.02 in. 
Marietta G. C. 
Sperry . 25 
Bibbee .21—46 
Expert Team. 
Hawkins .23 
Gilbert . 23—46 
Dayton G. C. 
R O Heikes.24 
H Heikes . 22—46 
Cleveland No. 2. 
Upson ..24 
E S Rogers.22—46 
Celina G. C. 
Heisler .25 
Kistler . 21—46 
Thornville No. 2. 
Grubb . 24 
Neel . 21-45 
Cincinnati G. C. 
Alkire .24 
Anderson .21—45 
Circleville G. C. 
E M Stout. 22 
J N Hedges.19—41 
Cleveland No. 3. 
Burns .22 
Parker .19—41. 
Circleville No. 2. 
J Walters .19 
Moeller .22—41 
Columbus No. 3. 
Fisher .20 
Bolin . 20—40 
Columbus No. 4. 
K P Johnson.20 
Webster .19—39 
Centerburg No. 1. 
Hulshizer .20 
Bottenfield ..17—37 
Centerburg No. 2. 
Jackson . 18 
Dial . 14-32 
Columbus Handicap. 
Merchandise event, 50 targets, entrance $5, 
amateurs only, optional $3 sweep, handicaps 16 to 
Yds. Tot’l. _ Yds. Tot’l. 
.20 
open to 
20yds.: 
Young . 
Freeman . 20 
F Rogers.20 
J Taylor . 20 
Anderson . -u 
Hawkins . -0 
Volk .. 20 
Squier .20 
Garrett .20 
Gilbert .20 
Upson . -9 
R O Heikes.20 
Chamberlain .... 19 
Foltz . 19 
Doolittle . 19 
Cooper .19 
Burns . 19 
lohnson . 19 
Edwards . 19 
Fisher .19 
Flick . 19 
Hoplc ins .18 
Gross .18 
Kirby . 18 
Webster . 18 
F Shattuck .18 
E M Stout.18 
Alkire . 18 
Cain . 18 
King . 18 
Le Noir .18 
Shoot-off of tie on 44: 
9, Moeller 2. 
46 
S E Rogers.... 
.. 18 
43 
43 
Grubb . 
43 
47 
Bibbee . 
.. IS 
39 
45 
Kistler . 
.. 18 
44 
45 
Hulshizer . 
.. 18 
43 
43 
Fishinger . 
.. 17 
42 
47 
Shell . 
.. 17 
40 
40 
Bottenfield .... 
.. 17 
41 
43 
Bolin . 
.. 17 
35 
43 
H Heikes. 
.. 17 
41 
40 
Dr Shattuck... 
.. 17 
40 
44 
Ledgett . 
.. 17 
40 
39 
Nolder . 
.. 17 
41 
41 
Hornberger ... 
.. 17 
40 
43 
Wertz . 
36 
43 
Tatman . 
.. 17 
44 
43 
Poole . 
.. 17 
13 
38 
Snyder . 
.. 17 
19 
42 
Niedinger .... 
.. 17 
30 
43 
T N Hedges... 
.. 16 
37 
43 
Hendrickson . 
.. 16 
42 
41 
Parker . 
38 
38 
Walters . 
.. 16 
43 
37 
G Stout . 
.. 16 
39 
44 
Moeller . 
.. 16 
44 
43 
Neel . 
.. 16 
43 
45 
T H Smith.... 
.. 16 
41 
43 
t Dial . 
.. 16 
28 
46 
Hall . 
.. 16 
42 
39 
Fuller . 
43 
39 
Webster 10, Kistler 9, Tatman 
Second shoot-off: Kistler 2, Tatman 1. 
Shoot-off of ties on 43: Doolittle 4, Cooper 8, Burns 
0, Fisher 3, Flick 4, Shattuck 0, Alkire 9, Roger 0, 
Grubb 4, Hulshizer 1. Walters 0, Neel 2, Fuller 1. 
June 5, Third Day. 
The weather on the last day of the tournament was 
simply perfect. A clear, cool day, with no wind to 
bother the shooters. The attendance kept up well, over 
sixty shooters being entered in the events. A few new 
faces were seen to-aay, but most of them were the ones 
with which we had become familiar. The programme 
was at a total of 200 targets, which included six at 15, one 
at 20, two at 25 targets each, one at 20 targets, 19yds. rise, 
and one at 10 pairs of doubles. The last two events did not 
count in figuring averages, but were introduced, as on the 
first day, to afford practice for similar events which are 
on the G. A. H. programme, but in order to compete 
for high average money the shooters were_ obliged to 
shoot in them. There was quite a little dissatisfaction 
with this feature of the programme, as many of the 
shooters had had little or no practice at this style of 
shooting, and objected to having a good score cut down 
by their failure to break doubles. A point was raised that 
the reports of this tournament would, in some cases, 
cause two records of high average, one that of the club, 
figured on all the events, and the other that of the 
yearly records of the Interstate Association, figured only 
on the 16yd. shooting. The tables given below for the 
three days’ work will show that this is the case in sev¬ 
eral instances, and especially in the standing on the 
separate days. In the case of the professionals on the 
third day the order was Heikes, Gilbert and Hawkins 
by the programme, but counting the 16yd. shooting only 
the order was Heikes, Hawkins, Freeman and Gilbert. 
The same thing can be seen in the amateur record, lhe 
contest for the L. C. Smith cup was a hot one and had 
fifty-nine shooters. W. B. Darton was high gun with 
49, but was not eligible, as he is not a resident of the 
State. This left it between Webster, Cromley and R. U. 
Heikes, each of whom broke 48 targets. Freeman was 
also in the 48 hole, but was not eligible. The crowd 
assembled in front of the club house to watch the shoot- 
off at 25 targets, and when Pop Heikes was declared the 
winner with 23, they sure raised the roof with their 
cheers. Pop can still hold up his end of the shooting 
game and show some of the young ones how to do it. 
The shooting began promptly at 9 °c'°<:k. and the 
event at doubles was started at once, so that there should 
be no delay in running it off. As a consequence of this 
wise move, and with the help of Charlie North s efforts 
in hustling the squads, the last eventwas^finished at 
3 o’clock, and every one had ample time to get their train 
for home. The tournament was run on the Squier money- 
back system, and it again demonstrated its value as a 
means of keeping the shooters in to the end All 
amateurs shooting the three days were paid back their 
losses in full, the largest amount paid to one man being 
$37.20, and the lowest, 50 cents. 
During the tournament 45,000 targets were thrown, and 
not a minute’s delay was caused by trouble with the 
traps, for which Mr. C. North is deserving of credit. 
In the event at doubles, J. R. Taylor was high man 
with 19, Gross and Upson each broke 18, and R. Heikes, 
Gilbert and Garrett 17 each. 
The long run of the day was made by G. Volk, who 
broke 77. Rolla O. Heikes was high professional with 
188, Gilbert 187, Hawkins 186, Taylor 183, Garrett 182. 
Geo. Volk won high average money on 1S5, Doolittle ISO, 
Hopkins 179, D. Upson 178, Anderson 177, Flick and 
Fishinger 176 each. . 
For the three days R. Heikes was high with 520 out ot 
545, Hawkins 518, Taylor 509. The amateurs finished the 
tournament in the following order: Volk 508, Anderson 
497, Upson 491, Edwards 488, Flick 484, Chamberlain 482, 
Hopkins and E. S. Rogers 480 each. 
Events: 123456789 10 11 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 25 25 20 20 Tot’l 
King . 15 13 15 12 13 14 17 21 19—139 17 10 166 
Hulshizer ...13 12 13 14 13 8 19 24 21—137 18 11 166 
Alkire . 13 15 12 14 11 14 17 17 23—136 16 9 161 
Taylor .15 14 13 15 13 13 IS 24 22—147 17 19 183 
Cooper . 13 13 14 13 14 14 19 22 21—143 18 11 172 
Fishinger. .. 14 12 15 15 13 12 20 21 22—144 17 15 176 
Neel B ....14 7 10 12 12 10 14 13 24—116 8 14 138 
Shell . 13 13 13 9 11)12 13 18 22—124 19 12 155 
Burns . 12 13 13 12 13 13 18 22 21—137 14 13 164 
Bottenfield .. 13 13 12 9 11 11 18 21 18—126 10 8 144 
Chamberlain.. 13 14 13 14 13 12 15 24.23 141 16 16 173 
Freeman . 15 15 14 11 15 14 18 25 23—150 17 15 182 
Le Noir . 10 15 10 12 13 14 17 22 24—137 14 14 lb5 
Anderson .... 14 14 15 15 14 14 18 22 21-146 16 15 177 
Young ° n 12 15 15 14 14 15 18 23 22-148 19 14 181 
Hawkins "!... 14 15 15 15 14 15 19 22 22—151 19 16 186 
Bohn . 14 9 12 11 15 12 13 19 14-119 13 17 149 
Barton . 13 14 13 14 15 13 17 24 25-148 .... 148 
Gross .. 15 11 13 11 13 14 13 21 23—134 18 18 170 
Vo°k .... 14 15 15 15 15 14 20 22 23—153 17 15 185 
Tohnson . 11 14 14 13 13 13 18 22 24—142 15 9 lb6 
Squier . 12 15 14 12 15 12 18 23 22—143 17 12 172 
Edwards . 14 12 14 14 12 13 20 23 24—146 18 13 177 
Fisher . 12 12 15 11 12 15 18 24 23-142 17 15 <4 
Parker .. 10 13 13 11 12 13 16 21 23-132 15 12 159 
F S Rogers.. 13 13 13 12 12 15 17 22 23—140 18 14 172 
Walters .. 15 12 12 13 11 12 15 21 20—128 18 14 160 
Kirby. . 15 14 12 11 8 14 19 21 18-132 14 19 165 
Bibbee . 13 12 13 15 11 13 17 19 19-132 12 10 154 
Weblter . 14 13 12 12 13 14 17 24 24-143 17 14 174 
Gilbert . 14 13 15 14 14 14 19 23 24-150 20 17 187 
F Rogers .... 14 12 15 14 14 14 20 22 21-146 18 11 175 
Garrett !. 12 14 14 13 15 14 19 23 24—148 17 17 182 
Union .. 12 12 15 15 14 15 15 23 23-144 16 18 178 
E M Stout... 13 13 14 10 13 14 16 18 21-132 14 12 158 
Cain . 15 11 15 12 14 13 20 20 22—142 12 13 167 
Hopkins . 12 14 13 15 13 15 18 23 24—147 18 14 179 
Wells . 13 11 13 10 15 13 16 23 18—132 15 14 161 
Cromley . 15 15 13 12 14 11 15 24 24—143 15 16 174 
Valentine .... 7 8 8 7 8 4 8 16 13— 79 9 9 97 
R Heikes .... 15 14 15 14 13 15 19 24 24—153 18 17 188 
