The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
CRAFTSMANSHIP IN WAR.
IMPOSSIBLE FEATs CREDITED TO
BOkR sHARPSHoOTERS
The Difnouity of hitting . Man at 1000
Yards, or Less-The Difference Be'weon
Target Practice aud Actual War.

The Dinaouity Of hitting . Man at 1000
Yards, or Les.-Ths Difference Between
Target Practice aud Actual War.
Fpow u, 81 T. vfi Oh 20 emccrat
DO you shoo, q rhe1 Do you know what the
limitations Of that weapon are7 Do you know
that the Workmanship with which the average
Boer is accredited is weil-nigh as Impossible a.
Baron Munchausens boosted performance oil
footing forty leven ducks at a single shot with
a pearl and so gauglng his charge Of powder
that the pearl lodged in the heart Of the last duck
In the line' DO you know that the American
people are reading LOT Of tommy rot'-
This voley Of questions came from man who
has had experience with firearms and has given
mon than casual attention 10 the matter Of marks
manship
He was veSed because an Acquaintance had
called his attention TO published statements that
would lead one TO believe that II was an cosy trck
for Bocr farmer 10 stand on his hack porch. and
with his iristy rir shoe, an snt~lopc--or. II need
be. a man 700 or I 900 yards distant
DO you know that shooting at man LOCO
yards away any marksman has about a. much
chance 10 hit him a. you have to find needle
that has boen thrown into q load Of hay7 II you
don know these things 20 and get some informar
ton Go 10 A. p Ingalls, al 1903 North Fourth
street and re, him 10 teach you tho BIC Of marks
manship He has made lifelong study Of rno
shooting. He was born and bred to IT, and Tor
years he was one Of he oee' hnenen
the West He can explain how and why
No NAV %, .hoo, =. ,b... At,il.nd,r, are said
no u'an "a" sioo' o. N'o'' h'
to shoot"
The other man sought out Mr. ingalls, and
gathered store Of nior nation about rife shoot
ing that In OF interest in these times OF war
This mentor is an elderly man. with red-trown
beard strrased with gray deep-set, Keen eyes, and
eii, Of lneis've, homcly speech
Can an e,pcr, rneman hit an object the sire
Of =. man 1000 yard away'- asked the visitor
"oi course he can was the reply You stand
for a taree, 1000 yards from me and | will kill
''I n s.ameS 10 s.,,ie tie mater and ,e visitor
WAS sorry he had Iistrnel w the man who had
sen, him to Sir Ingalls, but he Tucked up heart
ali condition. '
Certainly not said tho veteran II prao-
"s.t hs guns % do and has TAKEN the proper
10 The Wind
DO you believe these stories about the .yers'
ne, AMI no one else does who knows anything
about shooting IL would take A ton OF lead fired
oni o. r TITS No XII h,, ntTy nn in Val u''H
~ here arc three great difficulties TO bo sur
mounted: Tho hrs, 10 estimating the distance.
absolute INABILITY Of any man 10 hold a gun per.
fec,ly steady uithou, rest-I might alnios, say
iudrs distance nccutsiely but he was a freak
such az these men Who can carry columns and
column. q figures in shsiI heads II, SOs 4,
Son The distance, and he WOULDN'T miss il two
yards ! saw him Kill deer 400 Yards away
Gnss to be- made al a i've target except when
,h, disinnc, wAs Known TO a certainty II
il had Seen any one Su, the man who did il would
-. ,l,1,
do il ngnin-but i knew his wonderful
gift for estimating distances accurately.
10 have iilIed deer 500 or 900 Yards :.
nnt Away ,h nk 200 yards would DO
tunjty and have ,nIen The trouble to measure
he distance / have found ! was light | once
killed a COW with ME $40 yards away That
sounds like bigger lie than ali tho others, bu,
IL is III, truth
Ii MAS when WINS A boy In Maine Nv father
Vas lead cali exactly half way between the fencs
and ths Target II had bcen put there as A hail
for a iox here had been snow and the crows
gSata Viii. he he o,hess %ero GAZING The senT
nei's black feathers made a perfect mark scains,
bigger Than a nnilbesd in wonder vail knew
lie distance and knew what notch TO put The
ssh ss 1ssrs , WAS no .n S'ns sns
and Mr. Crow ieil over dead Now that was
Just q happen shot aimed 10 make 1t all hight
Now Tor Inc wind In A LOoJ.ynrd range A
vinJ blo,yipg thr.e Mills an hour rilI d.
b,iiet sh",t b,,s.n ,est TIA, bas ,o h, allowed
Tor and as The wind force ia rarely IN, same over
,bs snii,s Inpvs II "a nrnr,icaIly impnssSbl. 10
gangs IL r,telv Tor /. chance range
q. 10 tbs innhiIi,v ~ a m An IN mid . pun mar.
fectIv steady nnybody knows that il THE hut
thers arc mnrksmsn who can ddys tnrks with a
Ali. n, ru, a styng uith bullet That 10 tr,,s
hui no, At LONG ,npys =, me illustrate, '"e'
TO Give Won an de, Of IN. care Thai is n.ooss,rv
IN mnk, a credit, bis long distance target / viii
at IN Won knnv whr Long -Iisianc. "A .n,.n u.s
a round h,rIelled gun Instead of tho octaron.
shaved barrel thai most sportsmep ike
NO I thought not You Do know bov.v,,
that steal sInnnds with heat You NAV even
remember the figures AZ TO The e1panSion and con.
traction Of bia 6Iidres According As The weather
IL hot or cold / don't hui | do know thai Tor
every grain al povd.t burned In A ruin thers is a
cotro.ponding rIpansion OF The metal bnrT,i
/ nisn Know Thai II This nxpandon IL moi eouahIn
The gun viii no, shoot me Tn. eSpnnsiop cam
moi he abs"lui.iy IN, same At every n"int of an
octaEon-shsped barrel because some parts arc
Thicker than othera whereas A round barrel il
he same IhicIness ali around. and EXPANDS NJ
one poin, as much A. Il docs at another Tbi,
NAV sound ehimeric,I 10 Won hui aid Won evsI
see A piece Of r,odeTn artillery with any hui a
cylindrical barrel They are made thai WAY In
order to secure equality Of expansion.
IAnotheI thing that taTget-Shootcrs do who
make scores worth noting Is 10 load their own