SMALLER BULLSEYES
CHANGE AT BISLEY. (United Press Assn. —Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 8.15 p.m.) London, November 7. The National Rifle Association is reducing the size of bullseyes at Bisley in 1936 and is reverting to the 1929 dimensions, 5 inches at 200 yards, 71 inches at 300 yards and 15 inches at 500 to 600 yards, instead of 6 inches, 9 inches and 18 inches, the respective distances introduced in 1935. The changes are due to the record number of bullseyes scored at Bisley largely owing to the use of the “sniper’s rifle” used in wartime and thereafter stored. The War Office made it available cheaply and it proved more accurate than the Army rifle, with which many competitors were shooting. This also coincided with the introduction of larger bullseyes.
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Southland Times, Issue 22734, 9 November 1935, Page 5
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129SMALLER BULLSEYES Southland Times, Issue 22734, 9 November 1935, Page 5
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