Post by Cat Man on Apr 30th, 2017 at 4:30pm
I purchased a vintage post card to add to my rifle range photo collect some years ago.
In reading the back I was excited to see that it was addressed to A L Woodworth in Springfield. From his shooting friend GA Woody. Woody was at the 1909 national championships at Camp Perry and wrote of his frustration that near perfect shooting failed to win anything.
A "50 at 800" would mean a perfect score on the old military 5V targets at 800 yards. Can't tell from the photo if they were shooting Krags or M1903 Springfields. Interesting history.
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In reading the back I was excited to see that it was addressed to A L Woodworth in Springfield. From his shooting friend GA Woody. Woody was at the 1909 national championships at Camp Perry and wrote of his frustration that near perfect shooting failed to win anything.
A "50 at 800" would mean a perfect score on the old military 5V targets at 800 yards. Can't tell from the photo if they were shooting Krags or M1903 Springfields. Interesting history.
Postcard.jpg ( 56 KB | 2
Downloads )