Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-30

By Peter P. Carney Editor National Sports Syndicate. Every man who shoots would like | to shoot better
 95 per cent. at the traps, under fa- vorable conditions, finds his scores
 suffer when conditions are unfavor- able. The man who can average but 60 per cent. under favorable condi- tions, finds less satisfaction in the scores he makes when conditions are Unfavorab1e.
 And so It is that every man who shoots would like to shoot better and be sure of his average. no matter what the conditions.
 Can this be accomplished ?" many will ask. The experience of all of us who remember our first visit to the traps will bear witness that most shooters improve to a certain degree of proficiency with practice. When
 they reach their levei' they find that
 score better than their. average. Many men have improved their scores to an appreciable degree by practicing with a hand trap. Trap
 shooting at targets thrown from a hand trap is not ordinary shooting. It is snap shooting, sighting and every other kind of shooting included. It gives one the best kind of practice for the trapshooting club. In addition, it is more real, genuine fun. and sport in 10 minutes thar any other kind of shooting is in half a day.
 Just listen to this. Five men line up as at the traps. The hand trap operator takes the centre position. Shooter No. l gets ready to fire. He gets a target that goes 100 feet in the air. and. the chances are: misses it.
 No. gets a left angle that goes with the speed of a rifle bullet, and curves or takes English" like bill Hard ball.
 No. gets a dub" that goes straight away about 30 yards. Everybody gives him the laugh when he overshoots it.
 No. 4 don't know what to expect, and gets g. skinner that sails about two feet above the ground for. 40 yards or more, like a jack rabbit.
 No. gets one Ion edge" which pre- sents a surface to shoot at that looks as thin as paper. and he waits too long and misses. And it goes. in endless variety.
 operator throws the targets Upside down." at high elevations, and right angles that also take English" and are puzzlers to even the most expert.
 That's real shooting, you'll hear the game shooters say. and it is even more difficult than game shooting. At the same time the use of the hand trap will improve ones scores in the feld wonderfully. A prominent shooter re- gently remarked that. he found his shooting for quail in close cover inn proved 100 per cent, by the use of the hand trap. and he was always considered a good shot. Expert trap shooters who have difficulty in breaking an average of 90 per cent. of their targets. will experience a new sensation when they shoot over the hand trap. It's the Spice of a shoot CTS life" The novelty and monotony never wear off. and the targets never become "too easy" as in ordinary shooting.
 Every shooter knows about the Joker Trap" A hand trap is a joker trap" with frills on. Every gun club should have one for staging novelty events, and the shooters will vote it a barrel of fun after the first trial Tho hand trap can be used. also, for in structing new shooters without inter fering with the events being run over the regular traps.
 The shooters who would like to shoot better can accomplish their de- sire by practicing with a hand trap Those who are ''fair weather shoot CTS can learn to break them when tho wind is blowing 8 gale or the rain is falling.