Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-25
MAKING GUNS
TOFIT SHOOTER
Great American Handicap
Will Feature This at Chi
cago Carnival, Aug. 5

All lnQlcatlOnS are tnat the Grand
American Handicap Trapshooting
Tournament which is to take place
over the ten traps OF the South
Shore County Club. Chicago, August
So, will be the biggest event ever
held since trapshooting became
popular. In telling about the ar
rangements Peter P. Carney calls
attention to the new scheme of hav-
urgency was we'll illustrated recent
ly in a dispatch from Pershing's
Army relating the hard luck of a
Yankee sharpshooter who could have
notched German high officer had
the gun he was provided with been
familiar to him.
Carney says that "try-guns." while
new in this country, have been used
for years in England in the shooting
schools.
The great influx of. men and even
the fair sex, into the trapshooting
army, has brought guns of all sizes
and styles into play. John Brown
has a gun which seems to suit him;
Bill Jones likes it and buys the
same kind. Such purchasing has
caused the "misfits."
The Gun Should Fit
Star baseball players have their
hats and gloves made for their in
dividual use. This is especially true
of bats. Players have their grip,
manner of swing and individualities
noted or measured and the bat made
accordingly. So IL is with clothes
a 1b0-pound man couldn't wear the
suit 230-pound man could. and yet
at the trapshooting club they use the
same size and style gun.
At the Grand American Handicap
shooter statesmen will be present, IN
cluding the try-gun expert, Jack
Tanning. Jack" has made thor
ough study of the try-gun, and
shooters visiting the G. A. H. should
have a talk with him and learn Just
where they fall down" in the shoot
ing game. He, or the other sales
men, will be pleased to explain the
try-gun in detail and measure all
shooters. Having your measurement
taken does not necessarily mean
that you have to buy new gun-it
just assures you of the cause of your
shooting difficulties and their rem
edy.
Measuring With a Gun
A synopsis of how a shooter is
measured with a try-gun is as fol-
lows:
First. the adjustability of the try
gun as to length of stock. cast off end
drop of comb and heel is explained.
Ater advising that the breadth,
1. II, aRr1
of the shooter governs his measure
ly the different parts of a gun tha.
should fit the shooter.
Second. re measures the length of
stock required by resting the butt OF
the gun in the bend of the arm, find
ing at what length the forefinger
comfortably reaches the trigger.
Then the expert has the shooter take
the gun in his natural shooting posi-
ton; studies carefully the position CT
the butt and the comb; makes the
necessary adjustments until the butt
finally fits the shooters shoulder and
the heel has the correct drop.
The comb is a harder proposition.
The shooters eye has to be sighted,
and attention paid to the way he
cheeks the gun" The expert tnen
adjusts the comb several times until
1t fits snugly to the shooters cheek.
making sure that il is impossible for
the shooter to hide his sighting eye
behind the breech of the gun. To
note these points, he stands in front
of the shooter, making proper ad-
justments. He also observes wheth-
er or not the stock must be cast-off;
If so ha turns the stock to one
side. ana makes a slight alteration
in the setting of the comb.
After satisfying himself that the
gun is a correct fit for the shooter,
the stock is locked. This completes
the task, and the shooter has rhe
measurements for a gun that fits
properly and enables him to shoot
better at the traps or afield.