RIFLE SHOOTING
BISLEY BULLSEYE 7 ' SIZES. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, November 7. The National Rifle Association is reducing the size of the bullseye at Bisley for 1935 and is reverting to the 1929 dimensions namely five inches at three hundred, and fifteen inches at 500 to 600 yards, instead of six inches, nine inches and eighteen inches at these respective distances which were introduced in 1935. The changes are due to a record number of bullseyes having been scored at Bisley, largely owing to the “sniper’s rifle.” This type oi rille was used in wartime and thereafter was stored by the War Office whence it was made available cheaply. It has been proving more accurate than the Army rifle with which many of the competitors have been shooting. This also had coincided with the introduction of the larger bullseyes.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1935, Page 7
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141RIFLE SHOOTING Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1935, Page 7
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