The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . he prize list, and a score that wouldwin nothing at the stationary targets might comevery near the top in the rapid-firing series. Astrictly military revolver, by the way, is not desir-able for target shooting, except in competitionsrestricted to this class of revolver. It is anunpleasant weapon to use, owing to the heavyrecoil, while the short barrel and coarse sightscharacteristic of most army revolvers make themtoo inaccurate for purposes of recreation. Touching sights, those named after Ira Paine SOME HINTS ON REVO
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . he prize list, and a score that wouldwin nothing at the stationary targets might comevery near the top in the rapid-firing series. Astrictly military revolver, by the way, is not desir-able for target shooting, except in competitionsrestricted to this class of revolver. It is anunpleasant weapon to use, owing to the heavyrecoil, while the short barrel and coarse sightscharacteristic of most army revolvers make themtoo inaccurate for purposes of recreation. Touching sights, those named after Ira Paine SOME HINTS ON REVOLVER SHOOTING IN COMPETITIONS, i; are the best. If, however, military sights areprescribed by the conditions of the competition,the Winans sights best comply with the militaryregulations as to being capable of standingrough usage, etc. In shooting at a white target admirable front sights with ivory tips. These donot readily break off, and are easily renewed in theevent of breakage. It may also be mentionedthat these sights are likewise excellent for deer-stalking MR. WINANS SHOOTING AT BISLEY.(Photo : A. H. Fry, Brighton.) with a black bulls-eye. a black front sight ispreferable, as the aim is taken on the white I thetarget, just below the edge of the bulls-eye ; butin shooting at game, or at an}- object thrown inthe air, preference may be given to a dead whitefront sight of ivorv or enamel. Lyman makes For the sterner purposes of self-defence nothingcould probably be better than the Smith andWesson Safetv Hammerless revolver, which can-not, if carried loaded, be discharged accidentally,for in order to fire it the stock must be properlygripped while the trigger is pressed. Moreover, IS THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. it has- no projecting external hammer,there is no risk of it going off in the pocketwhen drawn rapidly. A blued revolver ison the whole the best, as it does not dazzlethe eyes so much in sunlight ; but thenickel or gold-plated weapon is the easier toclean. A
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