Inanimate Single Target Shooting 1890 American Shooting Association Rules
https://archive.org/stream/fieldcove...e/468/mode/2up
Single target - One shell
Double targets - Two shells.
Double targets were part of the “E.C.” Inanimate Target Championship Cup held in May, 1896, but the first GAH Doubles Competition (non-exhibition) was in 1908
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL5117024.pdf
Won by H.E. Buckwalter (Lefever) of Royersford, Pa. with 18x20.
Live Bird Rules allowed 2 shots
The Art of Wing Shooting: A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Shotgun
William Bruce Leffingwell. 1895
http://books.google.com/books?id=e34EmE3tkfkC
“Rules for Inanimate Targets”
http://books.google.com/books?id=e34...kC&pg=PA167&vq
“Rules for Live Bird Shooting”
http://books.google.com/books?id=e34...kC&pg=PA177&vq
An interesting exception was the 1901 Anglo-American Match during which the U.S. Team (mostly using Parkers) used ONE 1 1/4 oz. shell and the British could use 2 1 1/8 oz. shells. The U.S. still won.
https://docs.google.com/document/pub...jEdR4j_E9l4HLw
Eldon: get thee to the pattern plate, for both POI and pattern % at the distance at which you usually break targets, on those rare occasions
