Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

a bullet weighing from 15o to zoo
grains and having started with a muz-
zie velocity of about 1000 to ?,50O feet
per second would be affected by a
"lhd, blowing one mile an hour at
flght angles about one inch at three
hundred yards. The government
claims that with about so grains
charge, $50 grain bullet and 2,7OO feet
velocity the drift is eight-tenths of AN
men. The hunter can see that. even
win a heavier bullet, say 220 and
l.9oo feet velocity, and say ten-mile
WIND, under such conditions govern
ment says drift is about two feet at
three hundred yards, some expert
menting on a rifle range will not do
any harm
1t is deplorable that so plain ne
cesslty as close accurate long range
and mid-range shooting should be
tossed aside so lightly by our military
higher powers. History Tin this coun-
try as we'll as others) teens with in
stances of the tremendous stopping
power of aimed firing, and yet we find
experiment with telescope and other
sights pursued half heartedly,
breech mechanism that looks like an
iron workers rivet-setter, and a mag
azine reminding one of slipping
change into his change pocket. and
long hikes" to the exclusion of about
ten times the amount of rifle practice
now to be had. (Ihe writer feels bet
ter, now that is over) To revert to
matters pertaining to aiming, bear in
mind the relative Importance of the
threatening dangers, l. e, at extreme
ly long range, elevation must be
watched more closely than at mid or
short range because whereas an err
ror of elevation of 1850 of an inch at
1000 yards defects the bullet ten
inches while at 500 yards the error
would be only five inches, wind
blowing at right angles ten miles an
hour would at 600 yards give a 220
grain bullet with 1000 feet velocity
deviation of but Is feet or at 500
yards cause a deviation of four feet
| One can gauge the wind very closely.
which demonstrates the point of the
argument because your object at long
range in any event would be wider
| than it was high
Hunters ought to get very clearly
! in mind the trajectory and velocity of
the projectile so that they can use
| the same faculty which enables one to
4 throw stone more or less accurately
with the hand or sling shot. Probably
the tendency is to shoot too far ahead
| in most cases
Remember 900 yards is only 900 feet
and most ammunition will carry that
in one-half second, and that the ira
jectory is very fiat, highest point
| eight inches, government load, so that
an error so yards either way is only
a matter of few inches. When find
ing" an object, always aim or rather
set the sight for point less than the
assumed range unless some dry sand
or gray dirt is just beyond or to one
side when by aiming on it you car
gradually come up until you hit. 1t is
impossible in the confines of short
article like this to go into minute de-
tails, and no effort is made to do so
here. My advice to all is to approach
men of the type of Anderton, Doyle,
Casely, Keogh, Tewes, Hudson, Leush-
ner, and many other fine square shots,
and somewhere you will imbibe some
thing that will benefit, and you will
enjCy the good fortune to meet men
of standing in their profession, who
are as generous as they are intelligent
and we'll posted