Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
HONOR ROLL OMISSIONS
Alvin Huey
John Welch
RIFLE CLUB NEWS

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The Milford High School Rife
Club is affiliated with the National
Rife Association. Therefore, it's
members become eligible for the
N. r. A. Workmanship program.
The members have been shooting
to qualify for the different stages
in this craftsmanship program
since January when the club was
first organized. The members have
been making rapid progress with
their qualifications. The following
list is the Workmanship program
which consists of the requirement
for winning diplomas and brassard:
Pro Marksman Requirements:
Ten targets, each with five shots.
fired from any position. Each tar
get scoring twenty points or better.
Marksman Requirements: Ten
targets, each with five shots, fired
from any position. Each target
scoring twenty-five points or bet
ter. The shooter must already hold
the PrO-Marksman rating.
Marksman First Glass Require
ments: Ten targets, each with five
shots, fired from any position.
Each target scoring thirty points
or better. The shooter must already
hold the Marksman rating.
SharpshOOter Requirements: Ten
targets, each with five shots, fired
from any position. Each target scor-
ing thirty-tive points or better. The
shooter must already hold the
Marksman First Class rating.
SharpshOOter Bar Stages-After
a shooter has earned his Sharp
shooter rating he then progresses
through a series of SharpshOOter
Bar stages, working up through
specified firing positions and in
creased score requirements, leading
to the Expert Rifleman rating. The
Bar must be completed in order
according to the following require
ments:
First Bar: Ten targets, each
with five shots, fired from the prone
position. Each scoring forty points
or better.
Second Bar: Ten targets, each
with five shots, fired from the sit
ting position. Each scoring thirty
points or better.
d Third Bar: Ten targets, each
with five shots, five from the sit
tlng position. Each scoring thirty
five points or better.
Fourth Bar: Ten targets, each
with five shots, fired from the sit
ting position. Each scoring forty
points or better.
Fifth Bar: Ten targets, each with
five shots, fired from the kneeling
position. Each scoring thirty points
or better.
Sixth Bar: Ten targets, each with
five shots, fired from the kneeling
position. Each scoring thirty-fve
points or better.
Seventh Bar: Ten targets, each
with five shots, fired from the
kneeling position. Each scoring
forty points or better.
Eighth Bar: Ten targets, each
with five shots, fired from the
standing position. Each scoring
thirty points or better.
Ninth Bar: Ten targets, each
with five shots, fired from the
standing position. Each scoring
thirty-fve points or better.
Expert Rifleman Requirements: !:
After having. completed all the
SharpshoOter Bar stages, the shoot
er fires ten additional targets. each
with five shots, standing position.
Each target must score forty points
or better.
Distinguished Rifeman Require
ments: Forty qualifying targets
must be submitted. Only official
five bullseye targets to be used !:
two shots being fired at each bulls
eye, total of ten shots per target.
Ten or the forty targets are fired
from the prone position, ten tar
gets from the sitting position, ten
kneeling, and ten standing. The
ten shots at each target must be
fired consecutively, although the
targets themselves need not be
made consecutively.
Scoring is by bullseyes rather
than by the total score on each tar
get. On those targets fired. from
the prone and sitting positions
each of the five bullseyes on a tar
get must score eighteen points OF
better for the target to qualify. On
kneeling and standing targets each
Duliseye must score sixteen or bet
ter. Only complete sets of forty
qualifying targets should be sent
to N. r. A. Headquarters.
The following are the people who
have reached certain stages of the
Workmanship program:
PrO-Marksman: John Burton
Deputy, Reginald L. Evans, Marvel
Pierce.
Marksman: Ted Drummond.
Marksman LIST Class: William
Ryder, Robert Staiger.
SharpshOOter: Jack Webb, Rich
ard Wilson, James Abbott, Eleanor
Prettyman.
SharpshOOter 1st Bar: Patricia
Argo, Kenneth Wilson.
SharpshOOter End Bar: William
| Chandler. James YOung