MARVELLOUS SHOOTING.
. NAVY'S SPLENDID, RECORDS. , u ' : Tho "Result of Test , of Gitnlayers with Heavy Guns!' for 1007,; issued by !the Admiraltyi 'shows a, ''further, and .very ' satisfactory improvement in'the shooting of tho fleet.' A at tho.beginning sums up the progress .achieved bot\yeen 1808, and .1907;' and proves it to have been almost miraculous. The l'SSin. gun hits nearly ;.threp times', as often as it did in 1898; tho 9.2, a very poworfiil .weapon',' hits 10 times as often'per miiiuto; tho Gin. gun hits five and a half, times as often. Tho percentage, of hits to,.' shots firotl lias risen from 31.(3 in 1898 to 71.12 in 190(3, and 79.13 in 1907, and the hits aro now much more quickly made. •The best gunnery : fleet' is tho China Squadron, witli 59.78, points per man'.firing. Its flagship, tho King holds last year's record,; and her best shot is Leading-Seaman SJ.Dawseii. , Shdntmgfor'two minutes .her two 9!2's niado 15 hits,'and lier 16 Gin. guns, firing, eijeh for ono mimito, niado 9G hits.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 10
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168MARVELLOUS SHOOTING. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 10
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