January, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
45 
necessary to have at least ten boys in order 
to form a rifle club. Four boys can enjoy 
a great deal of rifle shooting without form¬ 
ing a club. The best kind of shooting is 
at paper targets at about fifty feet distance. 
Each boy should fire five shots at the tar¬ 
get and after five targets have been shot 
by each boy the total score will determine 
which boy is the best shot. 
D. L. G., Denver, Colo.: 
Is “revolver” just another name for a 
pistol or is there a real difference in the 
two weapons? A claims that “revolver” 
is simply a later name for the same 
weapon. 
Ans.—A is wrong. There is nothing 
very similar in the mechanism of pistol 
and revolver, and the two terms should 
not be confounded. A pistol is either sin¬ 
gle shot or automatic. The single shot 
pistol must be loaded for each shot. The 
automatic is fed from a magazine and sev¬ 
eral shots may be fired as fast as the trig¬ 
ger can be worked by the trigger finger. 
For three hundred years previous to the 
last half of the nineteenth century the pis¬ 
tol was developed solely as a weapon of 
defence at very short distance, and prin¬ 
cipally for duelling purposes. It is on 
record that the first pistols were made 
about 1540 by an Italian, Caminelleo Vitelli, 
at Pistoja, Italy. 
During the last half century, however, 
the pistol has undergone many rapid and 
wonderful changes. 
The revolver is so named because the 
cartridges are combined in a cylinder 
which revolves as each shot is fired. Press¬ 
ing the trigger each time fires the car¬ 
tridges and also turns the cylinder. 
Both pistol and revolver are used for 
target shooting; the pistol, however, is 
considered the more accurate. 
C. V. Q., Portland, Ore.: 
Where may I obtain data showing the 
striking power of bullets when they return 
to earth after having been fired straight 
up in the air? 
Ans.—We are unable to refer you to any 
data showing the striking power of bullets 
when shot, straight up in the air and re¬ 
turning to earth. This is an experiment 
so far as is known that has not been con¬ 
ducted to any extent in this country. Sev¬ 
eral years ago we heard of such an ex¬ 
periment made in Germany when they 
adopted their 7.9 m.m., a pointed bullet for 
army service. It appears that a platform 
of boards was laid on the ground and 
when the bullet returned to earth it struck 
the boards base on and buried itself about 
one-half or three-quarters of its length. 
We can not verify this, but it looks reason¬ 
able. 
We also recall some interesting tests 
made in New England several years ago 
on a large sheet of water on a still day, 
but the facts are not available at this time. 
We refer this question to our readers and 
invite letters on the subject. 
L. C. T., Milwaukee, Wis.: 
In match shooting under the rules of the 
United States Revolver Association, what 
trigger pull is required on the different 
arms eligible for these competitions? 
Ans.—For the target pistol the minimum 
pull is 2 pounds; military revolver or pis¬ 
tol, 4 pounds; target revolver, 2^/2 pounds; 
pocket revolver, 4 pounds. 
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