The Republican journal., 1918-12-19
Rifle and Pistol Club.
|u..J.-,on Acts up Again, but Prom
d, TAX, "a tive Coon-Hunt.
Ietie- No 36)

s 70 Taxi "a ire e0oh-i i'''''
detle- No 36)
Sis,5 aa ,uprise of my young
[,.Iurote rod. You know | was
n'-.a .use Doc Henderson and
E,,i,tba dasl shoot of the season,
..r5 m4ial winning out by one
,s-r t6e, had thought he had it by
l-f / H,s Told you how Tom
~ ut president, put us on a
Me- ragstac5 t5 work for the Unit
Wa-E Campaign. l said that,
| ny surprise. the old Doc was
mt Inc and he and | were pull
as.ar team in the drive for
'5sno> But now listen to this:
{sa6er dav be casually brought up
1.-THE match, and after a bit
n lind of o!thand, that | used my
|t,FrG;1- nai5 fire at 200.
| Case Shave for the Secretary.
fgt sue made me hot. | was
|wolyst him hut at myself. l did
|v,be peep -tt, as you are not al
\ b. 54, did have it up Immediate
III. because had been doping my
fa while The rest Of them were fir
|H strings. I having to shoot last,
|A1 }al
ai the leaf uQ when | stood up to
Eug string. and it was still up when
down because ] was so intent on
ll. taasIh5 not noticed it. Well,
EIlosei 'or the sights l noticed
Ind ,spped tha leaf down, naturally,
l4t nHua saving that | got ratified
Ei8rd Iwre Turing the firing | did
p1, Die boil. back far enough, so
Vi5! closed II there was no car
a1 DE chamber and | got a misflre.
lGmoI3 I kupN blame well why l
lass 90 my string; it was because in
IT ant lo1fJson | must have fired
N shot with he front sight touch
be lsrh instead of fifteen inches
N where II should have been, and
biol tlC target
dt, says Say, if l did, how
lmu5 tina. This is the first l heard
-g'T d!dn somebody tell me at
ae md keep NE from breaking the
aaleory hea5d it, but I'd bet my
be a8 mf SIT down with the sight
" Se2, mum, and was now going to
e0a5nt It, after which he would
: enter bus protest, and they would
nu the medal
ls ea''~nent Of shooting my string
minute and half allowed me, and
lNll Immediately afterward about
u Us WIS The winner, and then
ag aone an hour late for dinner, l
yAea MENTIONING to them that had
~. zeal Up after the target came up
70 Saoot Mt, but that l used the
A2Ai tor all shots. So the only
n, , gouIe do was to take the Doc
W. w. 4qiae aud get out my score book
,. nm how my rapid fire record
4 s'1 al the time it was shot. That
' 10y ! lod HIM must have convinced
\ :. .lr backed down mighty quick.
l. =, al 4ll TO Tom and showed him my
, .o'A LOO, and he said he didn't
:, s'sOVay but the Doc had noticed /
j /. sgll leaf up when l stood up to
Inv ',D a. IN rapid fire everybody is
"A lOF the TARGET to come up, and
N 0g iaany If the clubs Secretary
~, a. watched for fear he was going
Says he.
,,, g's - OIL but you can bet your
,r,i u caulked boots that will
b ~ touch my sight leaf while
e a ~ Iapid fire AS to what | was
VIZ, N H. tins Is The answer:
'Oplhg Dat Point of Aim.
M ' 81 ION, thought I'd look at
e,, VI my rtls. found the slide
5I5 ' l.lng leaf set with the peep at
Ter ,ia aus Getting out my mi
Ms NJ NJ eleVater, | found it set at.
4 2Oo W." That meant | had set the
nv ! s1 because the elevation
Low VIA Springfield is a good ITS
e. Tbn ,ns TO thinking back to re-
Out a,L.l was so darned busy dop-
BE- b "nl'e the other fellows were
>~ WI strings. Well, 7 was sim
sn5 f'leS with their attached ware
large number of widely