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From: bashiti%kira.UVM.EDU@griffin.UVM.EDU (Abbas J Bashiti)
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Subject: Re: Target shooting discussion group?
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Date: 13 Jun 91 01:59:49 GMT
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#From article <35419@mimsy.umd.edu>, by hes@ccvr1.cc.ncsu.edu (Henry E. Schaffer):
# 

#   Perhaps someone could start out by explaining scoring, and
# how the "plugs" are used, and why.  (Personally I think that
# all target shooting should be done with wadcutters because it
# would make scoring easier. :-)
# 
     Well, wadcutters are very nice for hangun shooting, but the plugs
really come in in smallbore, and highpower.  The fact that the bullets
are shaped the way they are, at least in highpower, is due to efficiency.
Now, since we basically have to have the bullets we use, the plugs are
handy.  They are used by inserting in the bullet hole.  Most plugs have
a small magnifying disc, with a bullet diameter disk in it.  If the now
magnified line of the target is cut by the bullet diameter disc, the 
higher score is given.  In highpower they are used mostly for challanges.
Never figured why though, since the spotter will expand the hole anyway...
     In smallbore, they can be used directly for questionable shots
when scoring the target I believe.  There may be some rules about how
many times a shot may be plugged, this may mean if the shot is challenged
then it is plugged for verification so as to not expand the hole.  
 
later,
AJ