RIFLE SHOOTING.
MASTERTON VOLUNTEERS. The "Saturday mßn" of the Masterton Rifle Volunteers began their trophy shooting on Saturday, in very unfavourable weather for shooting. The wind was blowing half a gale, the windage during toe afternoon veering from 15 degrees right to 4 degrees left; the strength of the wind bei»g variable, a difference of wind, almost imperceptible to the man shooting, was sufficient to cause the snores in the majority of cases to below. The conditions were :—Seven shots at eaoh of 200, SGO and 600 yards. The following scujcs wore registered : A CLASS.
200 500 600 Yds. VdB. Yde. H. T. Oapt. Charters 28 33 25 3--89 Lieut. Jtfrigbtiug 32 26 28 scr--86 Ool.-Sgt. Morton 23 26 23 5--82 Sergt. Ayson 31 23 21 2--77 Pvt. Pickering 28 30 13 4--75 Pvt. Rooks 28 25 15 6--74 'Hergt. Perry 23 24 39 2--68
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8273, 29 October 1906, Page 6
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145RIFLE SHOOTING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8273, 29 October 1906, Page 6
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