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A NEW SHOOTING TROPHY 
A, ,N ' EW rifle shooting trophy, known 
as the “Hercules Trophy,” has 
been presented by the Hercules Pow¬ 
der Co., for perpetual competition in 
small-bore, or .22-caliber rifle shooting 
at the National Matches. 
The figure, which is from Tiffany’s 
o New York, is of a dark-green phos- 
P r h °^ br ^ nZe ’ and is an accura te replica 
of Michael Angelo’s statue of Her¬ 
cules, the mythical hero of ancient 
Creece, and the accredited founder of 
the Olympic Games. 
The N. R. A. small-bore committee 
has decided that it will be shot for an¬ 
nually by teams of two men, both of 
whom shall be from the same rifle 
club. The course of fire will consist 
of two sighting shots and twenty shots 
for record at 100 yards, on the stan¬ 
dard N. R. A. small-bore target; and 
two sighting shots and twenty shots 
or record on the C 5 target at 200 
yards. 
The names and score of the winning 
team will be inscribed on a medallion 
Placed in the base of the trophy each 
year, and the winners will 
suitable gold medals presented by the 
Heicules Powder Company. 
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remington rifle club team 
WINNERS OP THE INTER-CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 
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ptL NATIONAL RIFLE ASSO¬ 
CIATION OF AMERICA has of¬ 
ficially announcd the results of the 
civilian inter-club team championship 
matches held during the past indoor 
gallery season under its auspices, in 
which seventy rifle club teams took 
part. 
Fiom this field of the strongest rifle 
teams in the country, the Remington 
Rifle Club team of Bridgeport, Conn., 
won the championship with the total 
score of 3,913 out of a possible 4,000. 
The team was composed of H. J. Wood, 
team captain, and five other members' 
as follows: C. S. Neary, S. L. Simard’ 
Captain C. J. Van Amburgh, W. 
Archambo and Henry J. Albright. 
Three of the team members used 
Remington rifles, one used the B. S. A., 
one a Stevens and the other a Win¬ 
chester. All used a Stevens telescope 
and the entire team shot Remington 
.22 Long Rifle PALMA cartridges. 
The team is now preparing for the 
Eastern Rifle Championship matches 
to be held at Sea Girt, N. J., from 
June 30 to July 4, where it will defend 
its newly won honors from a field of 
the best rifle teams in the east. 
THE NEW NATIONAL 
MATCH AMMUNITION 
^HE rifle and pistol ammunition for 
the National Matches of this year 
was tested and selected at the Marine 
Corps Rifle Range at Quantico, Vir¬ 
ginia, April 9-10. The Assistant Sec¬ 
tary ol War, members of the Am¬ 
munition Testing Board, and various 
ammunition experts were present at 
the tryout to see the latest develop¬ 
ments for rifle and pistol shooting. 
The rifle cartridges for this year’s 
competitions, which should incidentally 
oe the largest on record, will be loaded 
lankford Arsenal with their cele¬ 
brated 170-grain, boat-tail, gilding 
metal bullet and Hercules HiVel pow¬ 
der. This combination shot 17 4-io 
18 5-10 per cent, better at 1,000 yards 
than the second sample. It also ex¬ 
celled the winning lot of rifle ammuni¬ 
tion at last year’s tryout by 10 per 
cent at 600 yards and 8 per cent, at 
1,000 yards. At 1,000 yards the mean 
ot the extreme vertical deviation of 
the 1923 ammunition was 19.3 inches 
which is less than the diameter of the' 
20-inch V ring or inner scoring circle 
in the 36-inch bullseye of the 1,000- 
yard target. 
New and improved .45 Colt auto¬ 
matic pistol ammunition has also been 
provided for this year’s matches. It 
will be loaded by Frankfort Arsenal 
with a 230-grain bullet and 5 graiffs 
°/, a new Her cules pyro pistol powder. 
At 50 yards, in the test, it shot fifteen 
lO-shot groups ^ averaged only 
o.22 inches in diameter. 
Rifle and pistol shooters who attend 
lhe matches will be interested in these, 
the latest developments in National 
Match ammunition. 
