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TARGET PRACTICE BY
TELEPHONE
THE STATE RIFLE
RANGE AT AU­
GUSTA. GEORGIA
In front of each target is a cast-iron buzzer box
with a buzzer and terminal strip, while in the
middle of the pit is a telephone b*ox equipped
with a hell that can be operated from any
of the firing lines. The firing lines are located
at 200, 300, 500, 600, 800, and 1,000 yards, each
line being provided with a cast-iron telephone
box connected with the telephone station in
the pit.
Thus, when a company or squad of men are
on any of the firing lines for practice shooting
or making records, an officer is stationed at the
phone box in the pit. At each of the tarpets,
with its buzzer, a man is put on duty to
answer the buzzer signals for sashing the targets
and noting the position of the shots fired.
Cn the tiring line, particularly in contests, the
marksmen are assigned to positions in line
with a certain target at which they are to fire.
A man is detailed to handle the telephone and,
with everything connected up, stands ready to pass
instructions from the men firing, to sash or mark targets
that they specify. The man at the telephone
pushes the corresponding number of the button
of the target called. In the pit, the man hearing the
buzzer immediately pulls down the sash bearing the
target and locates where the ball has struck.
The hit scored on the target just pulled down is indicated
to the scoring officers and men on the firing
line by holding a disk over a similar position on the
target just pulled up and being shot at.