REVOLVERS USED AT REDCLIFFS RANGE TO-DAY
Fourteen officers of the First and Fourth Battalions of the Canterbury Regiment and twenty-two n.c.o.’s of the First Battalion took part in revolver and rifle practices at the Redcliffs range today as part cf their voluntary training. The officers fired five revolver practices, using both right and left hands. This was the first occasion in recent years that revolver practices had been fired and a great deal of interest was taken in the event. The best revolver scores were, the possible being 170:
lieutenant I 7 *. J. Tempero i 156 Lieutenant IV. Hughes . ' 129 Captain G. Burns 124 Lieutenant A. J?. M’Duff . . 102 Captain J. W. Crampton 100 Five rifle practices were fired by the non-commissioned officers and some good scores were put up. The best were, the possible being 150: — Sergeant L. R. Green 105 Sergeant K. Miller 3 01 Sergeant A. 33. Sluce 101 Lance-Corporal J. L. Balch ...... 100 C.S.M. R. N. Crampton 96 Corporal D. Lightfoot 96
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19240, 29 November 1930, Page 10
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