RIFLE SHOOTING.
GOOD SHOOTING WITH NEW WEAPONS.
| Some of ths members of tha town and I Waitur i Corps had a practice with the icew rifle at tlw Frankl-sy Bill-) Range 1 yesterday afternoon. Colour-S- rgeant Okey firi»g with this rifl> for ihe first timo m-;do 46 at 500 and 45 at 600ydi-'. 10 shots at each range. Attlv 700 yds • range ha made 31 out of 35 (seven shots) in a failing light. Private Johnson of the Waitara Rifins made 46 . out of 50 at the 500 yds. range. Some of the other members of tuat cjrps also shot very well.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 172, 2 August 1901, Page 2
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102RIFLE SHOOTING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 172, 2 August 1901, Page 2
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