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Show Novel Shooting Feat. An interesting experiment in freak rifle shooting was described recently by an English officer. "I have fired an ordinary wax candle through four deal boards placed a foot apart," he said. "I used six inches of wax candle and thirty-three grains of powder with the usual wads. The shot was removed by cutting off the top half-Inch of the case, and a candle weighing one and a quarter ounces was inserted. I fired at a range of about five yards. Each plank was perforated. There were plenty of pieces of dry wax on all the boards, but the first. When fired against planks placed immediately back to back, the candle went through the first anil was brought up by the solid weight of wood of the other three." Major Ilardcastle addeil that a certain gamekeeper won many bets by shooting shoot-ing candles through a spade. I |