Shooting

Rain showers spoilt conditions for shooting when practices for the Haslam Shield mulches were continued last week, targets at 600 yards being hard to see. The wind, too, was troublesome, and at one time the riflemen had to aim on the outside edge of the target. Some good scores, however, were registered three men scoring 30 out of 35.

Too much importance can be attached to application shooting in the match. Most members agree that a competitor's score is good or bad in the match according to whether he does well or badly at snap and rapid firing, since the possible for these two combined is 100 points compared with the possible for application of 75 points.

The Club will have spent four days on the range before the Tournament team is picked on 2nd April. In that time members should be able to show just what they are worth.