September, 1918 
F ORES T AND STREAM 
553 
lems the Head Target in natural colors 
is as near perfection as need be, so why 
■not carry the matter to its logical con¬ 
clusion and make the instruction target 
conform to the same outline. 
So far the shape of the Head Target 
has never been standardized, a few basic 
measurements are given and the contour 
left entirely to the artistic temperament 
of the maker. The first problem was to 
give the Hun a definite shape that could 
be reproduced by more accurate means 
than mere sketching. As soon as this 
was accomplished I took the target, 
minus all graduations, to my old friend 
Doctor Dick. “What does it look like?” 
I inquired. 
“It looks like a black ,hat, what is it 
for?” 
Thereupon I produced my data and 
geometric chart and explained the idea 
of a Hun rising above a trench. “And 
what I want to now determine,” I con¬ 
cluded, “is what is the area on this sil¬ 
houette where a bullet can be relied upon 
to effect a clean kill?” 
This resulted in a long series of ex¬ 
periments at the Essex School of Mus¬ 
ketry and finally we established beyond 
all doubt that any bullet striking within 
a 12-inch equilateral triangle would re¬ 
sult in the complete and permanent ref¬ 
ormation of at least one of the enemy, 
so we indicated the triangle with a white 
line and gave it the maximum value, 5 
points. A shot outside of this triangle, 
but inside or touching the black, would 
be a wound and received a value of 4. 
Then we put the target back in the trench 
with the black level with the parapet, 
and we did some more firing. 
The next discovery was that shots 
striking not more than 6 inches below the 
Hun “ricocheted home” with monotonous 
regularity, so beneath the black we indi¬ 
cated an inverted triangle with an altitude 
of 6 inches and added that to the space 
counting 4. A low line shot is valued at 
3, a low lateral miss 2 and a high miss 1, 
being merely a consolation prize for get- 
ing on the target, which upon completion 
disclosed the following measurements: 
A black silhouette of the head and 
ihoulders of a Hun rising above a trench 
20 inches across the base, 12 inches high 
nd with a skull width of 8 inches. 
A “kill” counting 5, a 12-inch equilat- 
ral triangle placed inside the black as 
hown by the illustration. 
A “wound” counting 4, any shot in or 
ouching the black, but outside of the tri- 
ngle, or below the black in the trian- 
ular ricochet zone. 
A low line shot 3 points, 
A low lateral miss 2 points, and 
A high miss 1 point. 
Entire target 24x28 inches. 
At a hundred yards this target makes 
1 ideal training objective and at 200 
irds it will test the skill of veteran ex- 
:rts, and best of all it gives the exact 
dtle value of every shot fired. It is 
sy to see, but hard to score against 
id injects added interest in the training 
' appealing to the imagination of the 
ooter—a real man target built for the 
im purposes of modern war. 
A.s a matter of economy and con¬ 
gruence we reduced all measurements 
•e-half and had the plate made up 
: x 14 inches, making 50 (=100) yards 
(continued on page 560) 
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