BIG GUN PRACTICE
SOMfe ACCURATE SHOOTING. The big gun practice at the various forts around Wellington will be con> tinued for some dayß yet. Fort Ballanco yesterday fired ten shots from its 6>inck gunß, recording nine hits. Captain' Munro was in charge. Today, tha 12-pounders were fired, and " a good shoot" was reported. Lieut. Fihlay was in command. At Fort Kelburne, on Wed* nesday, the 6«inch guns were fired, with the result that six shells struck the target out of ten fired. Major Bevan was the Fire Commander, and Lieut. Brown the Battery Commander. At Fort Dorset the practice with the 6.7 guns was very satisfactory. ,At Fort Gordon yesterday the Old Naval Volunteers fired four rounds with the B'ineh gunß, and' the shooting _ was reported to be good. Mr. A. S. Bisß was in command. \ Eyewitnesses of the big gun practice at Forts Dorset and Ballance on Wednwday .and yenterday describe the firing as being, in their opinion, remarkably ac» curate. A stop-watch indicated that from the time of the gun'flash to the striking of ithe water between the float*' ing targets was, on an average, about 9i seconds, ths fii'Bt i rieochetting of the shell taking an additional 5 to 6 seconds.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 51, 28 August 1914, Page 8
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