Now that's what I call Benchrest shooting!!
Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2016
The first meeting of the N.R.A. was held at Wimbledon in 1860. The first shot was fired by Queen Victorial from a Whitworth rifle on a machine rest, at 400 yds., and struck the bull's-eye. The Whitworth muzzle-loading rifle won many of the important prizes at this and subsequent meetings prior to 1871. Its most important features, arrived at after exhaustive experiments, were a smaller bore of -450 in., with a twist of rifiing of one turn in 20 in., and an elongated mechanically fitting projectile. Long-range rifle construction is also largely indebted to Whitworth for the highly accurate and superior tools and processes introduced by him in this branch of manufacture
The Whitworth rifle, fired by The Queen at Wimbledon 2 Jul 1860
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The Whitworth rifle, fired by The Queen at Wimbledon 2 Jul 1860
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What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.