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Set your sights higher
Mar 13th, 2016 at 9:09pm
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With the assistance of three men more knowledgeable than yours truly, I have been writing about Willard Milton Farrow, the elder.  One of the other men just sent me some photos of the pages of Shooting and Fishing magazine.  This one is from the fall of 1903.
Farrow was 55 years old when he shot a score of 48 out of 50 with a Krag, using issue GI ammunition, winning the 1,000 yard match at a DC range.  His son, WMF, Jr., finished in 2nd place with a 41.
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Reply #1 - Mar 22nd, 2016 at 7:05pm
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Reading the fine print, that 1,000 yard range was near DC.  Can you imagine that today?  The inner circle was 36" in diameter.  The squares are 12" x 12".  That is putting 8 out of 10 in a 36" circle, and 10 out of 10 in a box that is 36" wide and 24" high.  All with an issue (?) Krag and issue FA ammunition.  Can you do that?
  
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