Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-07
TRIANGULAR = RIFLE MATCH
 OF NATIONS
sngiand, Australia and Am erica Will Engage in indoor Target Shoot in April for Worlds Championship

WASHINGTON. T. C.. March G. sire1t interest is being attracted throughout the country by the three sso-rred match between England, Australia and America for the indoor championship of the world with min iature rifes
 This match was the result of an in yitaiion from the Society of M8nia- turer Rife Clubs Of Great Britain to tfle National Rife Association Of Amecica and 8 similar association in Australia.
 The competition will be held during ste week beginning Aprt 1s and eaea sontesting country will be repre- seated by ffthy Of its best marks cen. The wurk cf selecting the An sri1an team is ROW in progress, ana curing the Nee;- CT darcn 22 the try nucs will cake riace on the lccai r3nges
 aoSt indooe shooting in tais couR tr-y is at fftI feet. and as the inter srational matc-l is tC bc at e feet con srabie pr..cIi-;e $ EcirE on among Eu2-ksmsn who hope to make the 1saz. The ta '-sts Co be used are cir euIar. with a counting bull one-hali inel. copntiuy en, sighing bull one Ies';. coupCJs ,luc and eight con .atyfc circieS. enc quarter of an inch 2girt. counting from eight doNn to -r5lr.
 The katonal Rifle Associaticn IS Iurnishine dur5icate targets For practice G al clubs wishing 10 enter -zadidates for tfze team. When the -youts are he'd g. representative or me Naticaoi Rife Association will oe resent le certify to the scores made sr tae esatestants and the Hseh aking the Efty highest scores Nill -cprcxyeaS Che United States. In the latch the shcotinE N-in take place or .fe local ranges. Targets have been seut to the N. .E. A. from England, pruperIy countersigned. They will 5e, distributed to the contestants, and ghcu returned will be verified and =eat to Englane. The ryout targets must be in the hands of the secretaEs T the N. l. 4. not later than noon uu April 5th.
 In this match there will be thirty shots per man in strings of i've. The coalitions are very liberal admltriiIE s,F any position. any rife of not over 2SO cSliber and any sights not con aiming glass. The Americans Wlo moot principally off-hand at this distance would have preferred Jlsl zt least a portion of the shots should s,ave been fired from the shoulder, but 7T course tbe conditions suggested +trA Agreeable- The Society Of Mlhle- fure Rife Clubs has obtained hand --lYe trophy for the match, which s-i,i be aeld for u-e year by the Win- aiHg country, and then competed Tor again, as this will now be an annual event
 Ammunition Test
 Some time after April l5t3 there xilI take y.iace the most extensive and -impu-fant test of ammunition ever held in this country. For Jnis purpose the Winchester Repeaune arms Company. the Union Metallic Esartrldge Company and Che United States Cartridge Company are en gazed in manufacturing million s-,unds of ammunition for the Unitet States rife A similar quantity IS be fFv manufactured by the ordnance separtmeut of the United State' 1rny. and when the test is made ce~aju quantity will be taken iron each lot and tested to determlh' .rhlcb is the best TlIg ammunition rdich is gwen the palm Will then p 1aLs subicct to requisitiOn from Lh sfafa au.itoritias and from the arm. navy and marine corpS. and VIII o a-ed fo- practice for the leans "nlC -su .take part iu the great htt.oua matches ai Camp Perry ohi'. ii' N' sust ueNi. ,, r-, out IOu eco rCunds of the cno1eesI a-' muuitioH eg- the matcnes tiieL.ls' eve and no other alnmutiI0n VIII pc i7 mitted to be used in them. ms v ,tricticn applies GGly tc Lhe ih'..'' i' sladeT the superFisioH ol tLe NaS-ol-