Show i SP S 1 P 0 r t 5 Mirror I By JOHN MOONEY Telegram Sports Editor Theres There's a bunch of ot good scouts keeping prepared every week at South high schools school's basement rifle and pistol range It m makes a k e s B little difference these 30 members of ot the Salt Lake Small Arms club club are arc sighting paper targets moving deer or sneaking Japs they're ready for whatever may occur Under th the guidance ce of G. G r. r Spike Arnspiger J Jim Jimmy I m m y j Wade ade W. W V. V J Patterson Roland Tom Mazas l and Glen Hogan th the arms club dub shooters m In meet 6 0 e t every Friday night throughout the winter to shoot rifles and pistols compare notes teach or learn marksmanship and generally learn to appreciate clat and respect the worlds world's greatest equalizers At the Invitation in of Spike ve we Visited the South high range last Friday and andl by shooting a afew few rounds we we found foun exactly why we ve shot six times at that big buck last year point blank and never neer ruffled a hair It had been several years since we shot on the old college R It ROT O 0 T C rifle range and In that time wed we'd d developed a bad habit of leaning into the gun as we fired no doubt as a protection against the kick of the double barrel and Tommy Cornell's 40 30 deer rifle Well wed we'd shot faithfully every fall cussed and discussed our marksmanship until we were blue blueIn bluein bluein in the face and experts fled tied for coyer upon our appearance and still we were missing easy shot shots Ar Arnspiger quickly y diagnosed our tr trouble ble after scanning our target and finding a nicely grouped pattern on the 5 is o'clock sector fector of the target J He lie e and his fellow sportsmen are arc doing the same am thing every week for tor any hunter interested enough In Improving Improving Improving Im Im- Im- Im proving his ma marksmanship to drop down with the old Betsy and aid a handful of shells In Indoors the boys us 22 caliber caliber caliber cali cali- ber rifles rines but outdoors outdoor in past years ears the club has used the tM 30 O on the Fort Douglas r ran range a a g e where here the DeWar DeVar matches are fired Arnspiger Olmstead Patterson Wade Vade Mazas and Hogan have all fired in t the e national matches at Camp Perry and their experiences have been very useful to the new members of the club The m membership is improved this year Arnspiger reports for two re m young many men feel that thae by by getting arl e-arl early training with sm small ll arms they'll be in better shape for army life when drafted and 2 the generally better cial up set of ot the it possible for more shooters to af- af pleasure of blasting out a box of shells now and then The pistol marksmen are beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning to blast away now u with ith their season coming on very soon Mon This winter the club has been working with beginners with an eye toward future re replacements replacements replacements re- re placements for the old timers who will be dropping out from year to year Arnspiger reports several of of the new men have shown a gre great t deal of promise enough to make the veterans keep blasting the old bullseye for lor their places on th the team South high is suited well well for forthe forthe forthe the clubs club's enterprises there being being being be be- ing nine firing ports dow downstairs away from the school activity here where the continued ban banging ng nga a away alY lY creates little or no disturb b bance nce Normally the gunners gunner fire 40 rounds 10 in each of the required positions in an evening In a regular regular regular regu regu- lar match the marksmen fire standing kneeling prone and sItting sit sit- ting Prone is normally the easiest standing the hardest based on the I logic that the body has the most support for steadying the gun lying flat and the least support when standing In matches a a. 10 man 10 man team shoots with the five high scorers from each team counting in the squad totals Indoor shooters use an iron scope but outdoors a ao o telescope sight is used for foi the OO and yard 1000 shoots A few years ago Arnspiger was Instrumental In conducting a clinic for deer hunters where the shooters could get their sights checked and get get In fn n a little shooting practice before actually going out after game This was discontinued last faU fall because there had been some resentment arising from t the h e clubs club's charging a fee of 10 cents for tor sighting the guns The purpose of the clinic explained was to educate the themen themen themen men In the values alues and qualities of their guns Ignorance causes the greater percentage of ace ace- dents In hunting anyway these mark marksmen men believe i Arnspiger says that just In case caseS S O of invasion such small arms clubs would be invaluable to this country country country coun coun- try for the gunners could be transported to the the- invasion points and wreak a terrific toll as snipers and sharpshooters The winner of l last st years year's big shoot Spike advised shot 95 out of a possible at a thousand yards The eye bulls was three feet across but at that distance t J it isn't very ry big Id I'd hate to have any of pur ou our boys shooting at my head sticking out of a lox fox hole at that range he laug laughed ed S. 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