The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-18
RIFLE AND PISTOL.
A Growing Interest In Revolver
Shooting Among Local Marksmen.

Growing Interest In Revolver
Schuetzen Park, near San Rafael, will
be alive with rlfiemen tomorrow. The
California, Eintracht and Grutli shooting
clubs will hold their regular bullseye con-
tests ana the San Francisco Turner'S and
the Ladies' Schuetzen clubs will hold their
regular medal contests.
The California Schuetzen Club is pre-
pairing Tor its annual prize festival, which
will be held on August 16 and % at Schuet-
zen Park. On August 25 the prizes will be
distributed. The shooting festival COM
mittee consists of Philo Jacoby (chairman),
/. G. Babin, Otto Burmeister, n. Remens-
perger, ID. B. Faktor, Joseph Straub, ]. @.
Waller, +. +. Carroll and Robert LANCER.
About $12OO In cash and 40 merchandise
prizes, worth $500. will be shot for. The
programme will be similar to that of last
year, The contests being on the ring, man
and point targets. twenty targets will be
open all day on both occasions.
Among the marksmen of this locality
there is growing interest in revolver
practice and before very long there will no
doubt be large number who will COM
pare favorably with those in the East and
in Europe. The San Francisco and OAK
land police revolver teams have already
proved that there IS good metal in their
ranks for they have made excellent scores
with their heavy service revolvers. In one
respect these men shoot under great dis
advantages. They are not permitted to
become familiar with one weapon, but are
obliged to take from the rack the first one
that comes to hand and no man can do his
best with strange firearm. 1t is hardly
fair, from a marksman's point of view, for
the authorities to place such handicap
upon the police marksmen.
The Columbia Pistol and Rife Clubs
members are DESTROYS of meeting the
police revolver sharps, and any other class
or club for that matter. To that end the
club has opened an all-comers' revolver
match for trophy and number of cash
prizes which will be distributed at the end
of this year. The match is open for all
service revolvers (the 32-44 excepted), but
principally for the larger calibers. For
m atch, in which the prize is a beautiful
medal which was presented by Howard
Carr, the well-known rifle and revolver
shot. The members of the club, and in
fact several who are not mem bers. are pol
lshIng up their large revolvers. The con-
dttions OF this match are six-shot scores
on the Columbia target The best single
score wins the trophy and the next best
takes the cash prizes, which by the end of
the year will be worth shooting for.
A. c. Mayors of jacksonville has re-
Gently perfected an open-front rifle-sight
for hunting purposes. which has COM
mended itself to number of hunters VINO
have inspected the invention, which will
be patented. In many respects it resem-
bles the old Rocky Mountain sight now
used on the Winchester rifles, but instead
OF an aluminium strip iii the center this
part is made of ivory, and is much thicker
than the other material. The sides are of
oxydlzed steel. The side view presents a
small strip OF white over the crown, but it
is the rear view that attracts attention.
Sighted on dark object the ivory center
stands out clear and distinct. On white
object the white of the ivory cannot be
seen, but the black oxydized sides stand
out as clear as two ink lines. The in
ventor claims that it is a perfect sight for
a bright light and deep shade, such as
the marksman often experiences on the
open plain and in the dark forest. 1t is
likely that several of these sights will be
used during the present deer-hunting sea-
son. The sight is constructed to stand
rough service. M. }. WHITE.