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H. Fulton is the one shooting the Rolling Block below, like the one that he used to score as the highest individual shooter
of all the American and Irish competitors of Creedmoor 1874. Sorry Sharps guys.

"Two further contemporary views of shooters adopting similar positions as above are top, G.W. Yale (USA) and bottom H. Fulton (USA). Both illustrations are from the 1870s. Yale has a Sharps and Fulton a Remington breech loading rifle."



Irishman J. K. Mllner blew it by scoring a miss (0) by shooting a bullseye on the wrong target at 1000 yards with his Rigby muzzleloader.
American General Dakin blew it for his team by toasting the Irish with too much champagne just before the final round at 1000 yards,
in which his performance dropped off dismally ... with a Sharps.
Old man John Bodine cut his trigger hand on a newfangled soda pop bottle just before his last shot of the day.
Bodine wrapped his bloody hand with a hanky and saved the day with a bullseye from the prone position, belly down.
It was the last shot of the day, at 1000 yards, with a Remington Rolling Block.
They called him "Old Reliable" ever after.
Sorry Sharps guys.

Considering all that, the Americans truly did deserve the win that day, with 3 Sharps and 3 Remingtons.

American score: 934, Top Shooter's score: H. Fulton, 171
Irish score: 931, Top Shooter's score: J. Rigby, 163