RIFLE SHOOTING

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 82, 31 December 1907, Page 7

RIFLE SHOOTING

'• ANNUAI; MEETING'AT TEEN'tHaW Over sixty entries hnv.e.'so. far, been received for the various■ inhtohos'.at the/annual meeting of the 'Defence.; jlorco Kiflc Clubs' Association, which will fie ."held at Trcntharii on Thursday next, , Good' shooting mav bp expected, : as -.aihong the 'competitors' :: v.'iil bo' Oapt. Barltfoii-,';.' of Feiidi'iig;'''and'!" Sergt James, of tho'Napior Guards, 'a'nd formerly of: tho Wellington ' Nnvals. :.!>The .".-various > corps which will be represented include tho Wellington City Rifles, Wellington Guards,--Welling-ton Highlanders; also tlic-,Opaki, Upper.Jlntt. Petono, and.Karori Rifle'.! Club.i..,A "reducedsizo"of bull's-eyo will 200vds r range Tho bull's-eye, for'scoring jjurpO'ses,will be only six inches in diameter,' although; there will bo a foot of black."The outer six : inches of the black aiid"an 'inch "arid : a half' of the surrounding surface'-i'-will-• be ■'■ tlie "centra" area 1 , and the magpie ring-. will-have a circumference 'of 24 remainder of the targot. will bo' the outer,area.-: : This size of bull's-eye will bo used,""ior -.the-MOyds.' range at tho Now Zealand 'Ghaumibnshipmocting next March. Coiiipcti'tors "at Tliurs-" day's mooting will bo roquired to -find" their own ammunition—between sixty and seventy rounds.. Markers 1 will bo-'provided bv the Association. Late entries-: will "be-'received by the Secretary (Private C'il; A'nmodt)' \\\, to date of the meeting. Competitora aro to go out by tho' 7.15 a.m. train fon;'Thursdav-,.-.fi'oW Üborndoiv and passes will,.ba-;issued,'on- the Gtntion. .. - •v-f.'-i-' ■■■,'■• V.-r- 'i ■