A rifle range that everyone can build
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A rifle range that everyone can build
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A rifle range that any boy can build
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WHERE to shoot—
is that the prob-
lem that has
kept you from joining the
Winchester Junior Rifle
Corps and learning_the
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so, a few practical hints are all you
need to rig up a rifle range of your
own, where shooting can be made
safe. The most important thing is
to select a backstop that will catch
and hold the bullets. Every shot
must be safe.
The side of a hill (as in the picture)
makes the best backstop for a range.
Digit out square and face it with light
boards to Fold your paper targets.
If there’s no hill available, you can
build a backstop in your yard. A
large packing case filled with sand
or earth will be safe, but any back-
stop should be at least 4 feet high
and 4 feet wide.
1f your cellar or basement will give
you a clear range of 5 feet, it will
make a fine place for shooting all the
year ’round, and in all kinds of
weather. Here you can make a plain
backstop as suggested above.
Start a W. J. R. C. Unit with
your friends
The job of finding a place to shoot,
sigsing up a range and getting your
rifles is always easier and Ea
when you have a bunch of your chums
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the actual shooting when there are
other fellows to compete with.
So why not get together with half a
dozen of your chums, join the Win-
chester Junior Rifle Corps and or-
ganize a regular Unit which will be
officially recognized by National
Headquarters? Any boy who starts
a Unit receives a Special Service Pin.
The W.J.R.C. will help you from
start to finish in rigging up an indoor
or outdoor range.
The W.J.R.C. gives you all the in-
struction necessary to id a real
expert in the use of a rifle. It pro-
vides for officers, supervisors and
adult instructors to Rs your shoot-
ing safe.
It costs ou nothing to join the
yra here are no dues and no
military obligations. The W.J.R.C.
oii a to encourage bet
ter marksmanship and better sports-
manship among boys and girls of
America. It is intended to develop
the qualities of fair play and manli-
ness which are essential to success in
afterlife. Any boy or girl not over 18,
who is in good standing in his or her
community, is eligible.
Membership in the VIRC
covers the entire United States.
There is hardly a town now that has
not at least a small Unit of the big
National Organization where boys
are competing for the famous Win-
chester Marksman, Sharpshooter and
Expert Rifleman Medals. You, too,
can carn these trophies of marksman-
ship if you join the W.J.R.C. and
start shooting now.
Get the official plan and rule
book
Write today for the Winchester
Junior Rifle Corps “Plan for organiz-
ing a wirs Unit,” and for the
official rule book “How to handle a
rifle safely.” This booklet tells you
all about the W.J.R.C. and describes
in detail the fine points of shooting—
alignment of sights, the three correct
positions, rules for gun safety, the
care of rifles, and the proper rifle
for you to use.
if you are a boy scout or a member of any
other boys’ organization, state what organi-
zation and give the name of the official in
charge.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1919-09
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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85
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Davide Donà
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 95, n. 3, 1919
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