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Show j By C. S. Hutt. I Leading all of its 210 rivals representing repre-senting rifle clubs from all over the i country in the National Rifle Association Associa-tion Indoor championship the Quinni-ipiac Quinni-ipiac Rifle and Revolver club team of New Haven, Conn., recently established estab-lished a remarkable record on the 75-' 75-' foot range which lias never been 'equalled in the history of the national indoor rifle championships. Of ten i members of the team, nine turned in t perfect scores in the sixth of the ten I matches shot during the winter for the championship while the tenth member, who has already had several perfect scores to his credit, dropped two shots for a total of 198 out of 200. It Is a rare feat for a team to turn I in a perfect score for a match which requires perfect scores to be registered regis-tered by the five hlgkest shooters on the team. Yet, the Quinnipiac shooters shoot-ers not only turned in five perfect scores but nine, all but one of the entire team membership. The conditions condi-tions of the Nalional indoor matches allow ten members of a team to shoot, the scores of the five highest being the scores of record. Three times in the first seven matches shot by the Quinnipiac team this winter have perfect team scores of l.OOO- been made, a new record for a team for any one season. Two of the other six matches shot have re-jsutlcd re-jsutlcd in team scores of 999 while in two matches the mark set was 997, a mark which would ordinarily be considered con-sidered an excellent one lo turn in. As a result of the shooting the team has done it is well in the lead of all the teams in the tournament and has an excellent chance of winning the season's championship with but three matches remaining to be shot What Such a Score Means. What this record means is more clearly seen when it is understood that each man must make twenty consecutive con-secutive bullseyes on a half-inch bull at 75 feet. Furthermore five different differ-ent targets aro used and the shooter himself is required to change his targets tar-gets by reaching up and pulling a control con-trol lever after each four shots. In making the phenomenal record of nine 200 scores and one 198 the ten shooters shoot-ers on the Quinnipiac team shot 19S bullets into the bullseye out of 200 bullets bul-lets fired. In two other matches the Quinnipiac Quinni-piac team has made a perfect score of 1,000, there being five shooters each time who achieved perfect scores. But in no other match on the records of the association so far as known have more than five perfect scores been shot in a single match under the championship cham-pionship conditions. Quinnipiac club team has scored a total of 6.y92 out of 7,000. The shooters who have made the remarkable record in Avhich nine per feet scores were turned in are A. A. jClouet, captain; W. O. Breuler, Capl. W. H. Richard, thrice winner of the Leech cup in the National Outdoor Matches. P. E. Littlehale, J. H. J. Adams, H. J. Gussman, Virgil Richard, G. Wilsox and A. Klocker, while F. J. Haas scored 193 in this match but has hung up several perfects him in other matches. An interesting feature of the record which the Quinnipiacs are making this winter is the fact that they are using a new small-bore rifle, the .22 caliber Winchester Box magazine bolt action which was used by twelve of the twenty twen-ty shootors on the American International Interna-tional omall-Bore team which defeated defeat-ed England by 94 points at the National Na-tional Matches at Caldwell last summer. sum-mer. Such a record with a new rifle is all the more remarkable because ol the feeling of so many shooters that they will not be able to make such good scores with a new. rifle as with one they are more familiar with. The Quinnipiac team is being pressed hard by the Denver Rifle Club team of Denver, Col., winner of the championship last year and which recorded re-corded a perfect score for five men in the closing match of last season. But with the shooting which is being done by the New Haven double quintet it is doubtful if any team will be able to overtake them. They have jumped into a strong lead and are sotting a fast pace. |