Two weeks later Mr. F. E. Bennett, with a .44-calibre Russian-model Smith & Wesson revolver, shot over about the same distances, with the following results:—
2d class target.—150 yards.
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | = | 30 |
200 yards.
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | = | 20 |
250 yards.
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | = | 19 |
300 yards.
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 8 |
If the revolver is properly sighted, there is little doubt that good shooting with this arm can be done up to about 300 yards, under favorable weather conditions. With a single-shot pistol it has been shown that good work can be done at 400 yards. The revolver being a more practical weapon than the pistol, it is likely that the single-shot pistol will in future be confined almost wholly to indoor target practice, and the revolver will be used exclusively in many clubs who shoot their matches out of doors. It has been proven that the revolver is a powerful and accurate weapon from 10 to 250 yards. The results of experiments which have been recorded in this chapter were made with the object of showing that a marksman, or soldier with ordinary skill, ought to hit every time, with a shot from an army revolver, a standing object the size of a mounted cavalryman, from 50 to 250 yards off. As stated, the results given in this chapter were the first attempts with no previous knowledge of the range of the weapon, and if practice is carried on it will not surprise the writer to hear that perfect six-shot scores have been made on the second-class target at distances from 100 to 250 yards. With the sights used on a Smith & Wesson .44-calibre Russian-model revolver at 30 and 50 yards one can shoot up to 250 yards without aiming off the target.