The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-04
AT THE BUTTS.
Annual Festival of the Grutll Club.
SchUetzen's Medal Shoot.

Annual Festival of the GrutlI Club.
SchUetzen's Medal Shoot.
The Eintracht Shooting Section will hold
its monthly medal contest at SchuetZen Park
to-day.
The Independent Rifles will meet at Shell
Mound to-day and contest in their pre-
liminary monthly medal shoot.
Company City Guard, First Infantry
Regiment, will have its melal shoot at Shell
Mound to-day.
Company c. Third Infantry Regiment.
That was stationed in Oakland, will compete
for medals to-day at Shall Mound.
The governments OF the world have been
actively competing in the Invention and de-
ve!Opment OF smokeleSs powders; and now
report comes from Washington that the
naval officers Of the torpedo-staton at
Newport, who have been conducting a series
OF experiments upon variHus formulas, have
found an ideal powder for small arms.
The new composition is declared to be safe,
convenient and cheap, and 1t has given a
rltie-ball velocity of 2lS0 feet per second,
with low pressure i'll the powder-chamber.
Gun-cottOR is SAID to be the base.
The question of the best make of rifle
length OF barrel weight and style of sights
Is one up0n which there are many opinions,
all the leading makers having their friends.
Inc popular length OF barrel at present
among the Titiemen who shoot on the stand
weight OF from 5 to 914 pounds. Many eX-
pert On-hand shots use Nernier rear and
wlud-gauge front sights without spirit
levels The use of combined Nernler
and wind-gauge rear SIGHT with covered
front sight has gro wn within a few years,
and most OF the expert shots at Walnut Hill
now use such sights.
The annual festival of the Grutl Rife
Club, at Schuttzen Park to-day, promises to
lie quite an affair Tie club has offered
very liberal programme, and every marks
meIswill take advantage of the clubs gem
ero-Ity and pile up good scores. On the
money target thirty prizes will be offered.
The nr>t prize will be $50 cash and the last
prize II. On the honorary target more than
City Va liable aud useful prizes will be dis
tributed 10 tile marksnen coming out will
nerS. y target Of luck will be provided for
the shooters who think they are dead shots.
Only four shots Will be allowed to each
rliiemau, and only two OF these - ill be fired
on the same target. Tie best two shots on a
target viii count as tie winning score. In
order that In1rksman win prize on this
target 1t VIII be necessary for h i'm TO make
two straight bal'S-eyeS, or in other words
place each shot within tie Pinch black ON
tie target.
The California Schuetzen Club will have
its monthly medal shoot at SchuetZen Park
to-day, and as the close of the year draws
near the good shots Of the club are en-
deavorinS t. place high scores opposite their
names IN the hope that they nay become the
pOssessors OF the handsome diamond medal
which the club offers As Il prize u the menu
Der making the highest score of the year.
An eitOt Will be made at the contest to-day
TO Leaf the record already made by That old
veteran, Fred huhnIc. The members in the
various classes are shooting very close to
each oilers scores. and some lively work is
looked Tor before the close of the year. The
medal shoot In September was a remarkable
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