RIFLE SHOOTING.
AUSTRALIAN RECORD IN BULL'SEYES. . y (BY IELEGIUPH—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) Sydney, October 13. The meeting of. the National Rifle Association of New South Wales is being favoured by excellent ■ weather, was some remarkable shooting; Hudson (Victoria) scored thirty-two consecutive bull's-eyes in tho 500 yards match, which is an Australasian record. Two others made possibles, and five others one short at the 500 yards. Home papers record that at Bisley, on July '23, Colonel Gibbs, of the Gloucester R.E., established a world's record by scoring 57 successive bull's-eyes at 900 yards.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 327, 14 October 1908, Page 7
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90RIFLE SHOOTING. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 327, 14 October 1908, Page 7
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