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MINIATURE CALIBRE RIFLE



TARGETRY

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~~~~~LEAGUE TARGETS ~~~~~~~~LANDSCAPE TARGETS ~~~~

~~~~~NOVELTY TRAINING TARGETS ~~~~ SWIFT TRAINING RIFLE TARGETS~~~~~

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEAGUE TARGETS

Below is the Cadets and Schools 15 yard target as used in the Miniature Winter League - Veteran Class. Two shots are put on each diagram.

The 25 yard target is the same layout of five diagrams, but inverted, with two at the top and three at the bottom.

Below are the Tinhat targets used in the Miniature Winter League - Service and Classic Classes.

The 25 yard card has five diagrams, as the Cadets & Schools, and again two shots are put on each diagram.

but the 15 yard TIN HAT target has 10 diagrams

Below is the Skirmisher target as used in the Miniature Winter League - Veteran and Post-Veteran Classes.

The details for its use are on the League information page

The "deliberate" card for the Post-Veteran class is the familiar and current 1989 N.S.R.A. target not shown here.

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Below are the American decimal targets used in the Dorchester Rifle and Pistol Club's 50 yard Summer League

In the HARC Historic Miniature Rifle Winter Standing League, the "Tin Hat" target is used at 25 yards in all three classes.

They are available from the Honorary Secretary of Dorchester R .& P.C.

via their web site at: http://www.w3m.co.uk/rifleclub/club.htm

TIN HAT -used for Summer 50 yard League - Service and Classic classes

and all Winter Standing League classes from October 2001

 

ROUND BULL - used for 50 yard Summer League Veteran class

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SWIFT TRAINING RIFLE TARGETS

There were four main targets used one of which is shown here.

For further detail, view The British SWIFT Trainer

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NOVELTY TRAINING TARGETS

 

Today's PC climate no longer encourages targeting the human form other than for military training, although caricature targets depicting such as the Ayatollah and the Iraqi President have been seen in recent years. War has always seen such considerations as superfluous, as indicated by the large numbers produced in such times.

Such targets provided limited, but valuable, realism for recruits about to go to war. A small selection follows:

Below is a target of The Kaiser and his staff, produced for miniature rifle training.

The scale is set at 400 yards for use at 25 yards. The head and torso scoring lines are just visible.

The sketch represents the headquarters staff at Potsdam after the declaration of what became the First World War

Both the above target , and that of the Kaiser on horseback below, are from the Large Practice series of the "True Life Target Co." produced in 1914.

The scoring system for recruits was as follows:

"DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED OR KILLED, hits within themarked area - -10 points (each)

WOUNDED, hits on the remainder of figures, or within the dotted area - 5 points (each)

(the dotted lines are not visible in these reproductions, but mostly include the upper legs)

NARROW ESCAPE, through top of helmet, on sword, or clothes outside dotted area - 2 points )each

Any marksman making the highest possible on each of the 5 figures in five consecutive shots, adds 10 extra to his total score."

On the target below, an additional 3 points were available for a "Hit on Horse, possible injury to Rider"

This page is waiting the insertion of further targets

 

STANDARD TARGETS for individual training

WAITING INSERTION OF TEXT & IMAGES

 

 

LANDSCAPE TARGETS for fire direction training:

Targets such as this, from a large series, were used both to train the individual soldier in field firing, and to train the N.C.O. or Officer in fire direction.

The system then operated is, in modified form, still in cadet use today.

Early instructions for harmonized firing can be found in the 1914 Musketry Regulations Part II

Below is an extract from the Infantry Training Manual - Part II of 1951

(submitted by Roy with our thanks)

" SECTION 9.--FIRING WITH HARMONIZED SIGHTS
Aim
1. To give NCOs practice at giving fire control orders, and men at
recognizing targets and shooting at them.

Stores

2. Rifles, ammunition, landscape target and screen (Flg 29), small
replica of landscape target, binoculars, measuring rod 27 inches long,
plumb line consisting of a small weight on a piece of string, scoring rec-
tangles 5 inches by 4 inches and 2 inches by 2 inches, patching materials,
blackboard and chalk.

Preparation of the rifles

3. Set the sights for harmonized firing (1,400 for No. 2 Rifles, "H"
for No. 8 Rifles), and get skilled shots to fire at the aiming marks at the
bottom of the sky screen, and go on altering the sights until they put at least
two consecutive shots between the horizontal lines at the top; record the
rifle numbers and sight settings on a board to be kept in the range, and do not
allow any further adjustment of the sights.

4. Harmonized firing is also possible with No. 4, but not No. 5, Rifles
or, a 25 yards range; set the sights at 1,300; have your horizontal lines
23 and 25 inches above the bottom of the aiming mark; and use a measuring
rod 24 inches long.

5. The reason for harmonized firing is to avoid damage to landscape
targets.

Conduct of a shoot

6. Put the section in position, and get the section commander to organize
an arc of fire. With a pin, point out the target to the section commander
on the replica; he goes back to the section, and gives a fire control order;
the section fires (two or three rounds are enough). Cover the sky screen,
and get each man to show you where he aimed.
7. To assess fire effect, hold the measuring rod vertically (check with
the plumb line), with the bottom on the target. Make a mark on the screen
at the top of the rod, and put the centre of the scoring rectangle on the
mark; shots in the small rectangle count two, in the large rectangle one."

A replica landscape target setup has been produced for use on outdoor small-bore ranges. It was first used informally in an open meeting at Basildon in Summer 1999 with two No.7 and two No.8 rifles available for those entered in the main competition to try.

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Below is a miniaturised version of the 1899 Military fullbore targets 
depicted at Bisley. It is designed for modern use on a  fifteen, twenty
 or twenty-five yard range. Copies may be obtained by contacting the editor
The target is simply a representation of the original for use on 
a smallbore range with early training rifles.