RIFLE-SHOOTING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2064, 16 December 1907, Page 3

RIFLE-SHOOTING.

GISBORNE RIFLES. Sixteen members of the Gisborne Rifles competed in a handicap match fired on Saturday for a set of carvers presented by ex-Sergeant Cave. The conditions were 7 shots, with optional sightcr, at 500, 600, and 700 yards. The atmosphere was very smoky, and made good shooting impossible, tho targets at times being almost out of sight. Corporal Lyford and Private Whitlock fired from scratch, it being a condition that those entering late, should not be handicapped, bet they would certainly have get handicaps if their entries had been in time. Difficulty was experienced in fixing the handicaps, as many of the competitors have never previously shot over the ranges, and therefore there was no past form to reckon on. Fcfllowing are the scores (the handicap being given in parentheses):— ' 500 600 700

On Saturday next a match will he fired for the Company Handicap Cup, 7 shots at 300, 400, and 600 yards. Entries close at the parade of the cor;;., on Friday next.

To-day No. 3 company of the Gisborne High School Cadets will indulge in class-firing on the Kaiti range, and to-nn rrow No. 1 company wiiroceupy the range. Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 15. The programme of the New Zealand Riflo Association meeting at Treutham in March has been issued There will be the same number of matches as at last meeting. Tho chamiiioiiship prize has been increased from £3O to £SO. The pull oi a trigger will be 51b instead of 61b. A match for rifle, clubs .has been introduced. It will be fired simultaneously with the volunteer match, and tin- ranges will bo 200, 600 and 800 yards There will also bo ill connection with this match a teams ina tcli, 20 men aside, between volunteers and rifle club men for. a prize of £2O, presented by tho Hon. H. Gilmer. The size of the target at OOOvds has been altered, in accordance with the new Bisley rule, viz., the bull’s eye will be 6 inches, inner ■tc ; lir .lis magpie 24 inches, outer, tho remainder of the target. The executive has decided to allow tho use of the new wind gauge slide as authorised by tho War Office. No other gaugo will bo allowed. The <OO yards range has been abolished.

S; r ,t. Taylor (scr) ... vds yds yds 30 25 26 Ttl 81 C'orp. Iiait (scr) ... 31 29 21 81 Tvt. Somervell (scr) 30 25 25 80 Pvt- McLouglilin (12) 27 22 16 77 \j[. Coleman (22) ... 28 14 12 76 Sgt. Somervell (12) 22 24 14 72 Pvt. Barney (2G) ... 1G 17 13 72 Cory. Lyforcl (scr) 25 23 20 68 S;;t. Hay (15) 21 18 11 65 Pvt. Allen (2) 02 23 16 • 63 Pvt. Sclieib (12) ... 24 4 22 62 Cnpt. Beere (scr) 27 14 16 57 Pvt. Higham (12) ... 29 2 14 57 Pvt. Thompson (15) 23 12 2 52 Sgt. Seotfc (21) 12 8 0 41 Pvt. Whitlock (ter) 23 G 4 33