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On November 4 Mr. F. E Bennett fired 100 shots at 50 yards with a Smith & Wesson Russian-model, .44-calibre army revolver, with factory ammunition, with the declared object of breaking the 100-shot record. He scored the following result:--

1 7 8 10 10 9 7 10 7 9 10 = 87 2 8 9 8 9 7 10 8 6 9 9 = 83 3 6 10 9 8 10 10 9 8 10 7 = 87 4 8 9 10 9 6 10 7 10 8 8 = 85 5 7 9 8 8 9 5 6 9 10 7 = 78 6 9 10 8 7 10 10 8 10 6 9 = 87 7 10 9 9 8 10 10 10 7 7 9 = 89 8 10 9 9 7 9 9 7 10 8 7 = 85 9 9 10 7 9 10 7 8 9 7 10 = 86 10 10 8 9 10 8 8 10 9 9 9 = 90 --- Total 857

This score was 16 points higher than any previous record.

On November 14 a second match was shot by him, under similar conditions as the first, resulting as follows:--

1 7 9 10 10 9 8 10 8 8 6 = 85 2 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 10 9 7 = 92 3 10 9 10 10 8 9 10 9 9 7 = 91 4 7 10 9 8 10 8 8 8 10 7 = 85 5 7 9 9 10 8 10 10 10 9 9 = 91 6 10 8 10 8 10 7 9 10 7 9 = 88 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 7 10 8 7 = 81 8 7 9 10 5 9 8 8 9 9 9 = 83 9 9 9 10 10 7 10 10 10 9 8 = 92 10 7 10 9 9 7 10 9 10 8 10 = 89 --- Total 877

This aggregate being 20 points higher than any previous record.

On Nov. 25, 1887, Mr. F. E. Bennett fired 100 shots, under similar conditions, the 10-shot aggregate being:--

85 89 87 86 88 81 95 89 = 852

He fell short of the 100-shot record, but broke the 10-shot record by the following score:--

10 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 9 9 = 95

[Ill.u.s.tration: Six shots with a Smith & Wesson .44-calibre Russian-model revolver, reduced charge, made in Conlin's Gallery, New York, Feb. 12, 1887, by Mr. J. T. B. COLLINS.]

A diagram of this target is shown on page 100, in an ill.u.s.tration reduced one-quarter.

[Ill.u.s.tration: 95 out of a possible 100, on Standard American target, in 10 consecutive shots, at 50 yards, with a Smith & Wesson .44-calibre Russian-model revolver, with Union Metallic Cartridge Co. ammunition, made at Walnut Hill, Ma.s.s., Nov. 25, 1887, by Mr. F. E. BENNETT. Reduced one-quarter.]

In November, 1887, a wager was made that Mr. F. E. Bennett would equal or surpa.s.s 841 points or better for six consecutive days, firing 100 shots a day, at 50 yards, on the Standard American target, using factory ammunition. He commenced his task December 5, and following is the score in detail:--

_December 5._

1 6 10 8 10 7 10 10 10 10 10 = 91 2 8 10 9 10 7 9 9 9 10 8 = 89 3 9 10 10 6 9 10 9 10 10 10 = 93 4 10 9 9 6 10 10 10 8 9 9 = 90 5 8 10 7 6 9 8 9 9 10 9 = 85 6 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 = 94 7 7 9 10 10 6 9 10 8 7 6 = 82 8 10 10 9 10 7 9 8 9 7 9 = 88 9 10 10 8 8 10 9 10 10 7 8 = 90 10 9 7 7 10 10 8 8 9 9 7 = 84 --- Total 886

_December 6._

1 5 7 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 8 = 87 2 8 9 10 7 6 9 10 10 10 10 = 89 3 8 9 10 8 10 7 8 10 10 9 = 89 4 8 9 10 7 7 8 9 9 8 10 = 85 5 9 10 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 = 94 6 9 9 10 10 0 7 10 9 9 10 = 83 7 6 7 9 10 9 9 10 9 9 6 = 84 8 8 9 10 9 9 10 10 8 6 8 = 87 9 10 10 8 9 10 10 10 9 8 8 = 92 10 8 6 7 8 7 9 10 8 6 8 = 77 --- Total 867

_December 7._

1 10 8 9 0 10 6 6 9 6 7 = 71 2 7 8 10 8 7 8 9 8 8 10 = 83 3 7 9 6 7 10 7 8 8 9 7 = 78 4 7 9 10 7 9 10 7 9 10 6 = 84 5 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 10 9 9 = 86 6 10 7 8 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 = 94 7 7 9 8 10 9 8 10 6 9 10 = 86 8 8 7 8 7 7 10 9 9 8 7 = 80 9 9 9 9 9 10 8 8 10 9 9 = 90 10 8 10 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 = 80 --- Total 832

_December 8._

1 8 7 10 9 8 9 7 7 10 8 = 83 2 8 7 7 9 9 8 7 10 9 8 = 82 3 10 5 9 8 5 10 8 9 8 6 = 78 4 10 6 9 10 8 9 9 9 10 10 = 90 5 8 10 10 8 10 7 10 9 9 10 = 91 6 7 6 9 9 6 10 10 10 7 10 = 84 7 7 8 7 9 8 8 8 8 7 10 = 80 8 9 7 8 10 10 10 10 6 10 10 = 90 9 9 8 9 9 7 8 9 6 9 10 = 84 10 5 6 8 10 7 6 9 10 10 10 = 81 --- Total 843

_December 9._

1 10 7 9 9 7 10 10 8 7 8 = 85 2 7 9 8 10 7 9 10 7 9 8 = 84 3 8 8 10 9 9 10 9 8 9 10 = 90 4 7 8 10 9 9 10 10 7 10 10 = 90 5 7 8 10 8 9 9 10 9 9 8 = 87 6 10 8 9 9 9 8 8 9 10 6 = 86 7 9 10 7 9 8 10 10 9 8 8 = 88 8 10 7 10 8 9 8 8 10 8 7 = 85 9 9 8 9 9 7 9 8 8 10 10 = 87 10 7 7 9 8 10 7 10 8 10 10 = 86 --- Total 868

_December 10._

1 9 8 8 9 10 10 9 9 10 8 = 90 2 7 10 7 10 8 10 10 7 9 9 = 87 3 10 8 9 6 9 8 7 8 8 10 = 83 4 10 9 10 10 9 8 10 7 10 9 = 92 5 9 9 7 10 9 9 8 10 8 8 = 87 6 10 8 10 10 10 9 7 9 9 8 = 90 7 9 10 9 10 10 7 6 9 9 8 = 87 8 9 7 10 6 10 8 10 9 8 8 = 85 9 9 10 6 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 = 93 10 6 7 9 9 9 5 8 10 10 9 = 82 --- Total 876