✨ Rifle Competition Detailed Rules
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 367
Wooden Targets, (when required,) to be
ordered by the Officer Commanding or Adjutant
to be made at the different Stations, 6 feet by
2 feet, painted as shown at the end.
Ties at Stations.
- Ties to fire five rounds at five hundred
yards at two Targets. In this case, shots to
be measured from the centre of the bull's eye.
Ties to be fired for and decided at each station,
previous to forwarding the lists, and names to
be placed on the lists in their proper order
according to the number of points and hits
made.
Ties.
- Instructions will be forwarded for firing
Ties between Provinces or Stations after all
the lists have been received at the Deputy
Adjutant General's Office in Auckland.
Hits.
- Competitors to have one point added
for each hit, in addition to the value of points
made.
Ring Shots.
- Competitors to have the benefit of any
shot on the Ring.
Ricochets.
- Any shots which touch the ground
before hitting the Target (ricochets) to be
noted-R in the column for misses.
Score.
- All hits to count according to where the
bullet "first" strikes the Target.
Award of Score.
- All differences as to points, &c., to be
decided by the Officer Commanding or Adju-
tant at the Station, before any returns of the
firing are finally made up.
Commanding Officer.
- Officers Commanding Corps, or Adju-
tants, to be on the ground. One Officer to be
appointed to call the names of competitors at
the place of firing, and another to remain
near the Target.
Marker.
- A marker to be appointed by the Officer
Commanding, or Adjutant, at each Station,
who will be under the Officer appointed to
remain near the Target.
Medical Officer.
- The Medical Officer to attend. Where
there are no Surgeons of Militia receiving pay,
a Medical Practitioner to be employed at £1
1s. per diem.
Returns of Firing.
- A return of the names of all competi-
tors, with the number of points and hits scored
by each, to be forwarded by the Officer Com-
manding at each Station to the Deputy Adju-
tant General at Auckland, according to the
accompanying Form, as soon as possible after
the firing has been concluded.
Caution against Accidents.
- The attention of Commanding Officers
and Adjutants is particularly called to the
following rules to prevent accidents:---
No competitor is to cap or cock his rifle
before coming to the spot from which he is to
fire.
No competitor is to let the cock of his rifle
down when an unexploded cap is on the nipple,
but to keep it at half-cock.
Competitors before firing are to take a few
paces in front of all lookers on, and to see that
no objects are in the line of fire.
H. C. BALNEAVIS,
Deputy Adjutant General of
Militia and Volunteers.
Auckland, 1st January, 1863.
4 feet.
6 feet. 8 inches.
8 inches.
2 feet.
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Regulations for New Zealand Government Rifle Prizes for 1863
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🛡️ Defence & Military19 December 1862
Rifle competition, Firing rules, Targets, Scoring, Safety precautions, Militia, Volunteers
- H. C. Balneavis, Deputy Adjutant General of Militia and Volunteers