LEWIS GUN DAY. BIS LEY, July 4. The roar of 40 Lewis guns firing in line ou the Century Range was heard at Bisley to-day. It was the first time that a competition for light automatics had been staged bv the Naional Rifle Association. and spectators were thrilled by a long line of ugly-barrelled weapons which spat, forth fire, smoke and led. Behind the butts the markers were in dug-outs, built of cement and padded with tons of earth to shelter them from the storm of load. The bullets rent the targets as if they were invisible scythes, and rushed on to make big dents like rabbit warrens in the hills beyond. Teams from the Army, the Marines, and the Territorials competed. The King’s Medal for the best shot in the Army at home was won by Reg. Sergt.-Ma.jor W. H. Apsey, of the Rifle Brigade Depot, Winchester.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1926, Page 3
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