TRENTHAM MEETING

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 68, 21 March 1931, Page 11

TRENTHAM MEETING

NEW AMMUNITION IN USE

PINE PEEFOBMANOES1

(By "The Post's" Spocial Reporter.) TKENTHAM, This Day. Trcntham' records for Mark s VII. am- , munition were eclipsed • yesterday after-.; noon, when competitors at the National .little Association meeting fired over short ranges in tho first oE the more serious matches of the meeting. ' In tho King and Henry match, seven shots at each 300 yards, 500 yards, and 800 . yards', .where the possible score was 105, ■ twenty-one competitors out ot' 140 scored 100 or over. A. E. Barker (Eong.i, Marlborough), and W. H. Ballinger (Petone) finished the shoot with 103 each, but as ■they both had possibles at, 600 yards, and . Barker had the better score at COO yards, he won the match. The riflemen returned the following cards:— Barker—3ooyds: (44)4555:155 33 ■ 500 yds: (54)5555555 «'O >» 600 yds: (44)5555555 - So . -BaHingor—3ooyds: (3)5554555 34 500 yds: (44)5555155 34 600 yds: (3)5555555 35 ■The figures- iv parentheses ore sighters. They need not necessarily be taken by the ". marksmen in his score, .but i£ the first .is taken he must take the second. The quality of the shooting may be., judged from the fact that at 500 yards , ■'.Barker, discarded a 5 aud a. 4, and then , finished with a possible. , '. "W. N. Masofieid (Marlboroiigh), A. C. Edmonds (Alfredton), and H. E. I'east , ■'(Greytown)' each scored 102. There were ; nine scores of 101, and seven of 100.' (The , full prize list appears on 'page 13)._ 1 The lowest score to be included -in the ;'A grade'prize list was OS, which is an- ' other indication of the quality ■of the i shooting. / ■ ' > THE NEW. AMMUNITION. , 1 Three factors contributed to the success - of yesterday's "performance, which must be regarded as one. of the finest ever .put up at Trentham. In the first place, the : quality of the marksmen; the second, the .weather; and last,, but by no means least,--tho ammunition. In fact the: ammunition played the biggest part. This year a new - brand of ammunition is being used at S Trenthom, 1930 make, and it is necessary ■ only to refer- to yesterday's performance 4 to realise that it is meeting with high ] : fuyour among riflemen. Ammunition has ] been a burning question with rifle clubs throughout the Dominion for some time past, and there have been many complaints as to the quality issued. This has i not been of an up-to-date make, and 1 generally it has not been very satisfactory, i The use of the 1930 make has already had j a" marked effect, 'and if conditions .ire i suitable,1 there is no reason why further 1 good performances should not be register- ' cd at this meeting. The weather at Trentham yesterday wus i perfect, being nn ideal day for rifle shoot- ; ing. The light was good, and there was .i just sufficient breeze to encourage cau- ' tion. To-day was overcast when a. start .was made, but the weather cleared, and clouds gave place to bright sunshine with a light wind.