“ The use of the bull’s-eye to-day is to teach the soldier to shoot uniformly, that is, to “group” his shots closely. The position of his shot group with reference to the bull’s-eye docs not matter; if his group is comprised within a 6 or 12-inch ring (at 100 yards range) he is passed on to more advanced practices at service targets. ”

“ The target as a mark to shoot at is, for archery, a circular canvas-covered frame stuffed with straw and marked with concentric rings surrounding the centre or bull’s-eye. For shooting with the rifle the target is usually square. ”

“ The target was white with a black bull’s-eye (counting 5 points) and two rings, invisible to the firer, called the “inner” and the “magpie,” and scoring 4 and 3; the rest of the target was called the “outer” and counted 2 points. This system was the basis of all match shooting, whether with match or service rifles, and (with the trifling difference that the bull counted 4, the inner 3 and the magpie and outer alike 2) it was followed in military range practice. For collective fire regular rows of black silhouettes on white screens were employed. ”