✨ Military Firing Regulations
Number of Rounds, Targets, and Score.
| Value in points of hits at each distance. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Outer | 2 | ||
| Centre | 3 | ||
| Bull’s Eye | 5 |
| Size of | | Bulls Eye. | Centre | 2 feet diameter. |
| Targets | | 8 inches. | |
| to be used at the | | | 3 feet. |
| several distances. | | | |
| No. of rounds | 5 Rounds of |
| to be fired at | each range. |
| each distance. | |
| Distance at which | 100, 200, and 300 yards |
| to fire. | |
Wooden Targets when required to be ordered by the Officer Commanding, to be made at the different Stations, 6 feet by 2 feet, painted as shown at the end.
Ties.
- Ties to fire five rounds at four hundred yards at one Target. In this case, shots to be measured from the centre of the Bull’s eye. Ties to be fired for and decided previous to forwarding the lists, and names to be placed on the lists in their proper order according to the number of points made.
Ring Shots.
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Competitors to have the benefit of any shot on the Ring. Ricochets.
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Any shots which touch the ground before hitting the Target (ricochets) to be noted, to be 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 the Corps at the Station, before any returns of the firing are finally made up.
Commanding Officers.
- Officers Commanding Corps 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 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 appointed, a Medical Practitioner to be employed.
Returns of Firing.
- A return of the names of all competitors with the number of points scored by each, to be forwarded by the Officer Commanding at each Station, to the Deputy Adjutant General at Auckland, according to the accompanying Form, as soon as possible after the firing has ceased.
Caution against accidents.
- The attention of Commanding Officers 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, 1862.
[Target the same as preceding Regulations.]
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1862, No 4
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Regulations for Firing for Rifles
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🛡️ Defence & Military1 January 1862
Volunteers, Firing Competition, Rifles, Regulations, Safety
- H. C. Balneavis, Deputy Adjutant General of Militia and Volunteers