Does the ability to shoot (accurately) run in the blood?

[UL1700]

Anyone who has had the fortune (or miss there off) to shoot against my wife will know that for someone who hasn't been shooting for long, doesn't get to shoot as often as desired and frankly "doesn't like guns" will know that she can make quite a formidable opponent! Anyway the cup (pictured below) has just come to my attention and was won by her great grandfather for 900 and 1000 yards in Devon in 1913! Sadly I don't know the score!

2019-11-03_06-07-58 by James Elphick, on Flickr

James

[Tim L]

So I'm on night shift and i read this post,,,,,, what else is there to do

Shot on the 12 Jun 1913 Pte Beer shot a 40 and 43 for 83, catching, and beating, Pte Trivett 45 and 35 for 80 and L Corporal Banbury with 41, 38 for 79.

He smashed that 1000
See that? It's always been won or lost at the 1000

See if you can get a copy of the:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Devon, England
13 Jun 1913

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[Tim L]

And in other news
Mr William Hancock was prosecuted and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment, without hard labour, for attempting to commit suicide What would he have got for success?

Edward Ponfield got 15 months hard labour for bigamy. Well he deliberately deceived the poor woman!

3 months hard labour for the recidivist Henry Shoebrook. This time he stole a spirt stand and a bed sheet!

6 months hard labour for the thieving postie! 14s 3d worth of cufflinks and stamps (Don't steal from the postmaster general)

But no 457 visas issued that day

[UL1700]

Nice work! Times were certainly different but a 1000 yards was still a 1000 yards by the looks of it! It was Honitons Baker that took out the top spot and Corporal Banbury was Honitons grocer

[UL1700]

I might have to get Sophie her own 1918 (close enough) 303 and see how she fares

https://www.usedguns.com.au/Product.aspx?p=157023

[lee_enfield223]

My Dad shot in the Navy using 303 Lithgows and SLR 7.62's and said the 303 was much better, he won lots of shoots against the other services and his brother won c grade in TR in the Sydney queens once, anyway I have won three queens shoots so I guess it runs in the family ....I think this is what you wanted to hear.

[lonerider43]

my granddad and dad both shot 303's at the range.
im not saying im any good but my grandad was a pretty good shooter and had lots to show for his efforts.
me dad still shoots at 79 and is the president of newtec smallbore club,
[im trying to get him into range shooting again with a 223 and a bench,]

[UL1700]

I think this is what you wanted to hear.

I was kind of hoping that she had been fluking it for the last couple of years and that I could resume shooting without being publicly humiliated on a regular basis

[lee_enfield223]

well I guess it runs in the family they say bloods thicker than water