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Small Bore 
Real 
Sport 
By frank j. kahrs 
Rifle 
Shooting 
THE FIRING LINE AT SEA GIRT. 
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CLUB HOUSE OF NEW JERSEY STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION IN BACKGROUND 
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^JD you ever lie down on a 
real rifle range with a real 
- 22 caliber rifle and a box of 
•22 Long Rifle Cartridges and shoot 
shoulder to shoulder with about one 
hundred of the best small bore 
riflemen in the country, at stand¬ 
ard targets 200 yards in the dis- 
• tance? 
If you have never enjoyed the 
experience of a shooting competition of 
this nature then you have missed a rare 
treat. You have not tasted the 
joy of a real shooting nor have 
you had the opportunity to 
measure your skill as a rifle' shot 
with that of others 
CORSA ER OF° F BR T OOKLYN 0 'ANn TEAM MATCH. 
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Indoors the standard distance is 75 
leet, though college and rifle clubs shoot 
All the targets used are printed 
on ordinary cardboard paper. All 
but the 200 yard target are on the 
decimal system. The 200 yard tar¬ 
get is a reduction of the regulation 
1 »°00 yard military target. The 
1,000 yard target measured 10 ft. 
by 6 ft. over all and the bullseye 
measures 36 inches in diameter. 
Therefore, reduced four-fifths so as 
' -iixtiij ou as 
to bring it down to the proper 200 yard 
size, it measures 2 ft. wide by 1 ft. 2 in. 
high and the bullseye is 7.2 inches 
in diameter. 
The small bore rifle game is a dnnH r ldea 1S . that smaI1 bore 
In order that the readers of S3tlsfies that Really American desire to will shoottc^res Vat Correspond 
Forest and Stream may know shoot—!t steadies the hand and nerves and very cIosel y with those made by 
something about small bore rifle dev eIops keen perception and judgment military marksmen with the army 
oo mg, I shall tell them of the and it does this at a minimum of pn«i ' T s P rin gfield rifle at 1,000 yards 
eastern small bore championship this article Mr id "• . In ♦«- —* 
matches which were held at the JVL ’ ' KaHrS givCS US a ^° od in ‘ 
New Jersey State Rifle Range, g ™ * 3 typical sm all bore rifle match. 
Sea Girt, N. J., from June 30th 
to July 4th inclusive, but before 
doing so it is necessary for me to give a 
brief description of the shooting itself, 
how and at what distances, and some¬ 
thing about the targets and equipment 
at 50 feet. Outdoors the shooting is 
done at all ranges up to 200 yards, 
though the most popular ranges are 
those of 100 and 200 yards. 
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Iherefore, this military target is 
used on all ranges over 100 yards, 
which includes 150 yards and 175 
yards, as well as the 200 yards 
distance in what is known as the 
Palma Course. This course to 
the small bore marksman is what the 
historic Palma Course with the military 
rifle is to the military rifleman. In 
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