OPAKI RIFLE CLUB.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3033, 2 November 1908, Page 5

OPAKI RIFLE CLUB.

TROPHY COMPETITION. The second trophy competition of the Opaki Rifle Club was completed on Saturday afternoon, when the conditions were very unfavourable for good shooting. The light was bad from the outset, and a choppy wind msde good scoring almost impossible at the long ranges, which were selected for the competition—Boo yards and 900 yards. i

The .competition was won by Rifleman G. Hyde, who put on the good target of 32 at 800 yards, and also the best score at the 900 yards range, namely, 26. In the B class R. Harding was top scorer with '49, including a handicap of 7. Rifleman Hyde's target at the 800 yards range was excellent under the conditions prevailing, and was as follows: Rifleman G. Hvde's Target, 800 yards.

3455555—32. Following are details of the shooting:— A CLASS.

THE MOST MODERN ADJUSTABLE SIGHT.

THE Mc'GALLEY WIND-GAUGE AND ELEVATOR.

The Hawke's Bay Rifle Association holds its inaugural meeting at Hastings next week at,which one of the Opaki "cracks," Rifleman R. J. King, will be present, and possibly others from the Club. As the meeting clashes with the Manawatu Association's meeting, the latter is affecting the number of local men likely to visit the Hawke's Bay meeting. At the Hawke's Bay meeting there will be used for the first time in New Zealand association meetings the latest thing in rifle sights—the McCalley wind-gauge, sliding bar and traversing ladder, which is to be allowed at the next Trentham meeting under the auspices of the New Zealand Association, and which is now authorised at Bisley, and in the Australian meeting. Below is an illustration of this ingenious and valuable device:—

The illustration needs little explanation. The large thumb screw on the right is for adjusting the windage, the degrees being shown, while the spiral screw is for raising the bar for elevation purposes, on the lines of the vernier. An important feature about the Mc'Calley invention is that by unscrewing the bar, on the left—a few seconds' work—the bar is maue to lift pivot fashion and aibw a second bar of narrower dimensions to be used at the 200 yards range. Hitherto this range has also proved the bugbear of the rifleman, as either a separate "prop" had to be used or the ordinary "V" sight of the rifle. The sole rights for New Zealand of the McCalley sight have been granted to Messrs King and Henry, of Maeterton,

800 900 yds. yds. Hdp. Tl. G. Hdye 32 26 — 58 A. J. Cameron 28 25 — 53 R. King 27 24 — 51 John McKenzie 26 24 — 50 W. J. Welch 28 22 — 50 S. McNabb 27 18 5 50 J. Henry 29 20 — 49 J. Sutherland 24 19 5 48 J. McHattie 19 25 — 44 vV. J. WinsJade 8 14 — 22 B CLASb. 800 900 yds. yds.. Hdp. TI. R. Harding 27 15 7j?49 D. M. Mcintosh 29 12 8 49 H. Perry 25 21 2 48 G. Hood 27 16 5 48 L. Barker 14 20 12 46 S. Evans 27 11 7 45 A. Lewin 20 20 4 44 F. Hood 26 9 7 42 S. Bannister 20 7 15 42 S. Holmes 22 16 3 41 W. Hodges 25 6 10 41 G. Blane 21 16 scr 37 W. Haslam • -22 0 15 37 W. Hornblow 13 11 12 36 C. J. Taylor 14 10 10 34 J. Williams 20 5 EH1E1I G. Evans 9 9 12 . 30 W. Spring 3 2 25 W. Bannister 9 9 7 25