Although it is, as a rule, best to finish your shooting at one class of competition, either moving or stationary, the change from one to the other gives a rest if you find yourself getting tired or discouraged. Moreover, as above explained, you secure a better “aggregate” by shifting from one series to another, though such changing would easily confuse a beginner. For the beginner, therefore, it may be as well to study one particular competition and compete in it only at Bisley the first year. This will probably place him high in the prize-list, and encourage further perseverance another year.
CHAPTER XI
STATIONARY FIFTY-YARDS TARGET
Now we come to the fifty-yards target.
To shoot in this series (known as “The Long Range”) you require the smallest and finest sights which you can see clearly without trying your eyes. There is no advantage in having them smaller than you can see properly.
Also, it is well to have several pistols with sights of different sizes, and differently sighted: some high, some low, some to the right, and some to the left, so as to suit varying light.
By the Bisley rules, you are not allowed to adjust your sights.
I have experimented with peep-sights; but one cannot hold a pistol steadily enough to get the full advantage of a peep-sight.