The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22

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A Searchlight Pistol, a German In
ing in Time of Urgent Peril. The
Light Throwing Barrel and Shooting
Barrel Are So Adjusted. the Inventor
Claim, That the Bullet Will Invariably
Strike on the Black Spot Shown in the
Picture, Which is Produced by Black
the Light Streams. Champion Lane
Thinks Any One Can Lean to Shoot
Well Enough with an Ordinary Pistol
In the Dark an Ordinary Flash At
iached to Pistol Would Reveal to the
Intruder the Position of the House
holder. This Arrangement of Light.
However, Enabl the Latter to Cover"
the Target While Exposing Little of
His Own Body to Return Fire.
by many people that 1t is possible 10
sight a gun by instinct Just as a man
points his finger. This is not entirely
delusion for it can be done quite eff
fectvely for short distances. At ten
feet, say. man who is familiar with
gun can point it more or less accurately
but as the distance increases his accuracy
decreases. The reason for this is that
the sun. 10 hit man. doesn't have to be
aimed directly at a certain spot when the
distance is short. The aim may vary
several inches and still hit an effective
aim must be more accurate and this Is
possible only by sighting and careful
shooting.
Hitting man while chasing him
merely by finger aiming is faulty
method and more or less of a delusiou.
II a policeman is chasing a burglar and
wants TO hit him the safest method is to
stop dead still and take a good aim.
Shooting while the shooter is running is
dangerous TO bystanders, not to the bur-
glar
Many people. because OF the stray bull
lets that are fired, believe a revolver or
Il pistol TO be a dangerous thing; they say
it kicks up when it is fired and they be-
lieve that marksman is merely a good
guesser in that he can guess how much
the gun is going to kick and aims his
shot at correspondingly low point. This
is delusion No. 1881 002. 4 gun kicks
it is true. but the marksman doesn't have
to do any guessing. When the sights are
fixed, allowance is made for the upward
kick due to the recol and if the sighting
Of the shooter is accurate the shot will
be accurate now have gun which
! ordered sighted too low; | am gradually
filing the front sight off so that when
have it where want il the gun will be
very near absolute dependability.
IL is we'll to explain a little about au-
tomatoes; that is the comparatively new
type OF gun in which the magazine, or
showed Up into the bottom OF the grip or
handle. 1t is commonly believed that
with one OF these guns the shooter pulls
the trigger and holds 1t back until the
ten shots are fired. II this were the case
the gun would kick up a little With every
shot and the shooter would shoot him
self in the face in fraction OF a sec
ond. These guns shoot easily, with a
very slight trigger pull, and are rapid in
aCllOn. ne weapon reloaded each
time by the recoil. but the ten shots do
not fly out on one pull OF the trigger as
IS the case in a machine gun
me misunderstanding on his point
is doubtless due TO two thinss-to the
Iapidity and ease of firing and to the
fact that when the guns were first
brought out there was a tendency for
more than one bullet TO come out OH one
pull OF the trigger. This however. as
stated. is serious disadvantage and has
been overcome. The natural tendency in
the automatic weapon is for this TO hap
pen, and III the machine gun a pneuna-
tic device is attached to lessen the ra-
idity with which the shots are fred.
az III Is, the reports are Il sort OF buzz
they are SO close together.
The great advantage to the man who
taxes up shooting as Il pastme is that
III gives him something with which TO
occupy his mind outside his work 1t is
recreative in the extreme and isn't tir-
ing. As sport II is different. there is
no training, no strain. Ii develops and
sieadies mans nerves: if he can stand
up to target and hit ii ten times i'm sue.
cesslon II gives him a feeling Of mastery
and or self-confidence. He Is better able
to look another man in the eye as man
should no. There are several shooting
clubs and ranges in town where IL man
can find facilities for practise, and it is
not expensive. Twenty-Five cents worth
OF ammunition will furnish an evenings
sport. Not very costly. is it? Not much
more than two wet pool games would
cost.
And by the way. all that the Sullivan
Ia" does Is 10 make good citizens de-
lenseless, while the crooks carry guns