1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

SHOOTING.GENERAL REGULATIONS.1. The competitions will be held under the management of the Olympic Sub-Committee for Shooting.The Committee itself will appoint judges and officials etc., and its decisionin all matters concerning the competition shall be final.2. The competitions are exclusively confined to amateurs according to the followingdefinition.An amateur is one who has never: —a) shot in public, or been specially occupied with instruction in shooting withthe intention of thereby earning his living;b) taken part in an open competition for professional shooters;c) sold, pawned, hired but, or exhibited for payment any prize won in a competition;d) been engaged at a gunsmith’s and there been specially occupied with sightingand adjusting weapons.3. Shooters can be disqualified on the ground of insufficient knowledge of, or oftransgression against, the conditions of the programme, or on account of late arrival.4. In Team Shooting, after the shooting has begun, reserves shall not be permittedto replace those competing.SPECIAL RULES.I. Shooting with Army Rifle.The national military arm of any country according to adopted model withoutany alteration or addition. Before the competition, the captain of the shootingcontingent of each country shall certify that this condition is observed.Rifles of private manufacture may be used, but they must be of officially prescribedmilitary pattern; in the case of the rifles of countries having an officialview mark, the rifle used must bear such mark.The fore- and back-sights must be regulation, and not telescopic or magnifying.No other colour than black may be employed for sighting.Ordinary spectacles may be worn, if desired.Ammunition of any kind may be used, but it must not be of a dangerously explosivecharacter. In all cases of accident arising from defective ammunition, theuser only shall be held responsible.The pull of the trigger must under no circumstances be under 4 pounds (1.8kg.); the triggers will be tested immediately before firing at each distance.Rifle-slings may be used as a support for one arm, but in such a case theyshall be of regulation military pattern.The centre of the shot-hole will determine the value of the shot.A ricochet will be counted as a miss.a) Team Shooting. (The International.)1. Open to one team from each nation. Each team to consist of six men, withmaximum 3 reserves.2. The distances are 200, 400, 500, and 600 metres.3. All targets ares coloured white with black bull’s-eyes (see fig. I and 2).4. Any position may be taken, but without artifical rest.1055