Read the book "How I became a Crack Shot" by W Milton Farrow.
Mr Farrow was one of the best shooters in the world, the copy right date of the book is 1882.
Mr Farrow held a 200 yard shooting competition in Glendive Montana, still in the wild and wooly west, for the locals, with, according to him “
a sprinkling of Officers from Fort Keogh”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendive,_Montana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Keogh
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The target was of the regular Creedmoor pattern for 200 yards, four feet wide and six feet tall, with eight inch bullseye. After a few preparatory shots the practice was begun, and in many cases did the hunters and scouts astonish the celebrated shot (Mr Farrow) and themselves, at the ease and frequency with which they could miss , not only the bullseye, but the entire target.
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