The Annual General Meeting of the above Association was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Colonel Watson, Vice-President, the chair and there was a large attendance of members.
After the minutes of the last meeting had been _read by the Secretary and confirmed the Chairman said that the Report and Accounts had been in the menibers' hands for some days, and he proposed they be passed.—Mr. W. Brand asked for an explanation regarding the small sum expended on Interport Ammunition in 1907 against the larger amounts in previous years.—Colonel Watson said that this was due tothe Rifle Meeting having taken place a week before the Match, thus obviating the necessity for a great deal of practice—The Accounts were then passed.
The next business was the election of the Committee. Several nants were proposed and a ballot was taken by whic the following were elected for ensuring years: Messrs. A. W. Stud L.A. Chill, @. Kingsmill, A. Hi R. W. Davis, C. Richard, and Lockyer.
Major W. D. Little addressed the meeting on the subject of the Bisley targets now used. He thought that firing at these targets though very interesting, as o pastime was not the highest form of rifle shooting. He would recommend the incoming Committee to encourage something of a more practical nature than Bisley target shooting; and quick-firing competitions should be encour-In support of his suggestion he read the following extract issued by the British Army Council "Balls-eye shooting should as a role be used in elementary competition: only, or in such rifle competitions designed to test the powers of rifles and ammunition, rather than the mil- L. itary skill of the firer, as the application of & group of shots to. bulls-eye when sighting shots are allowed, is little more than a test of trigger pressing, while the estimate of the effect of small changes of wind by such unpractical methods as the observation of flags has no military value... Steady accurate shooting should be kept in view as the foundation of skill with the rifle, The paramount importance of time, in military shooting, must not be overlooked in forming the conditions for a championship; the honours of the latter should be awarded to the vidual who is most successful in snapshooting at service targets, Known distances: 2—sighting com petitions, targets, unknown distances 3—rapid fire targets, unknown distances.
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