. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, June 10, 1916.] NATIONAL RIFLE QUALIFCATION COURSES. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 r II li â ' : 1 I 'â ;â â The following courses have been adopted tenta- tively by the National Rifle Association: Any rifle may be used. Any kind of sight, peep, open, or telescopic, may be used. The use of the peep sight is recommended. Use of sling is authorized. Coaching is permitted. There should be a coach at each firing point. Each course may be repeated as often as is desired. Qualifying entitles you to advance to the next course. The names of those who qualify a
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, June 10, 1916.] NATIONAL RIFLE QUALIFCATION COURSES. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 r II li â ' : 1 I 'â ;â â The following courses have been adopted tenta- tively by the National Rifle Association: Any rifle may be used. Any kind of sight, peep, open, or telescopic, may be used. The use of the peep sight is recommended. Use of sling is authorized. Coaching is permitted. There should be a coach at each firing point. Each course may be repeated as often as is desired. Qualifying entitles you to advance to the next course. The names of those who qualify are recorded in the War Department (National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice). Decorations will he awarded to those who qualify as Expert Riflemen. Target "B" is used for all firing. Hits in the bull's- eye count 5; the white disk marks a 5; the red a 4; the white-and-black a 3, and the black a 2. A miss is indicated by waving a red flag. Hits on the wrong target count as misses. (The instructor will illus- trate on an actual target with disks, the method of marking, the use of spotters and the meaning of the expression "o';.) In slow fire the target is marked after each shot and a spotter indicates the exact location of the hit. In magazine fire the target is exposed 30 seconds. Five shots are fired during the exposure. I there are more than 5 hits on the target the score is not recorded and another string is fired. (The expres- sion "rapid fire" is no longer used because the idea is to fire deliberately instead of rapidly.) Marksman CourseâFired at 200 yards. No rest is used. Slow Fireâ5 shots prone, 5 kneeling, 5 squatting, 5 standing â total, 20 shots. Magazine Fireâ5 shots prone, 5 kneeling, 5 squatting, 5 stand- ingâtotal, 20 shots. Necessary to qualifyâaggre- gate score of 150 or total score in Magazine Fire of seventy-five. Sharpshooter Course.âArm, hand or rifle must touch post or parapet. Slow fire. 200 yards, 5 shot
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