[17] The Ideal Manufacturing Company (Marlin Firearms Co., successors) of New Haven, Conn., publishes a handbook containing full information in regard to moulding bullets, reloading ammunition, tables, and other useful information relating to shooting.
[18] See Gunsmithing, Repairs, etc., in the Appendix.
[19] In 1900 and 1901 the military target with a 4x5-inch elliptical bull’s-eye was used. The bull’s-eye counted 5 and the possible was 375. Since then the Standard American target with the 8-inch bull’s-eye has been used. Prior to 1904 twenty-five shots were fired at each of three ranges—25, 50, and 75 yards. That year the other ranges were discontinued and the 75 shots have since been fired at 50 yards only.
[20] Penalized best shot in this string for over time.
[21] The tests for revolvers were similar, with suitable slight modifications.
[22] Reproduced from “Small Arms Firing Regulation U. S. Navy, 1917.”