A GLIMPSE INTO THE HISTORY
The Black Powder Cartridge News|Spring 2020
Future of the Oldest Shooting Sport
- Lucinda Bryan
A GLIMPSE INTO THE HISTORY

In recorded history, Billy Dixon was known for his incredible shot at Adobe Walls, located in the Texas panhandle. At approximately 1,500 yards, Dixon, in June 1874, with a Sharps rifle, made what was probably the most famous long-range shot ever recorded.

In the late 1800s, before baseball and football were national sports, target rifle matches were the most popular sporting events amongst society. On Sundays, men and women would dress in their best attire to attend these long-range target matches. In 1874, one of the most famous competitions ever held was the first Creedmoor Long Range Match between the team from Ireland and the newly-formed National Rifle Association (NRA) team from America.

The sport of long-range shooting was catching on in Great Britain, Scotland, and Ireland. In England, at the Wimbledon Range, 800, 900, and 1,000-yard matches, called the Elcho Shield, took place. In 1873, the Irish team won the match and they immediately challenged the Americans to a long-range competition to be held in the United States the following year. The Americans accepted the challenge and began the search for a place to build a rifle range for the upcoming match.

On Long Island in New York, there was an old worn-out farm called Creed’s Farm, named after the family who originally owned the place. The land was scraggly and foggy, resembling the moors of England and Scotland. Due to the resemblance, they began referring to the old farm as “Creed’s Moor.” The name stuck, and the newly constructed range, complete with a railroad line out to the range, became known as the “Creedmoor Shooting Range.”

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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

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