Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1917 — Use of Camera in Training Marksmen Saves Ammunition [ARTICLE]

Use of Camera in Training Marksmen Saves Ammunition

A saving of ammunition in the train-, lng of a marksman has been made possible by a remarkable Apparatus recently patented by an English inventor. The Invention can be easily attached ■to a rifle, and consists of a small cylindrical camera whicli fastens tp the under side of the barrel, and is fitted with a telescopic focusing device, so positioned that Its line of focus is parallel to the gun barrel. Immediately in front Of the trigger of the weapon a second trigger is placed, which is connected with the camera-shutter by a wire. When a marksman has aimed his gun and pulls the trigger, the camera trigger is operated Just an instant before the guh trigger, and consequently, a snapshot Is secured of the target that the gun was pointed at. Tpe position of the target as It appears on the developed” or film will Indicate the accuracy of the shot If the

bull’seye is exactly In the center it shows that the gun was correctly aimed. —--