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The Belgian National Rifle Association at Brussels: the firing-point, 1865. Creator: Unknown.

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The Belgian National Rifle Association at Brussels: the firing-point, 1865. Annual meeting '...to which English volunteers were also specially invited...[Illustration showing] the kind of boxes or stalls from which the marksmen had to fire...all the shooting is done under cover of a large brick building, which is generally known as "Le Tir"...On one side are thirty-six little "pens" or boxes for the shooters, each box opposite a window looking on a target...Every box or "pen" is fitted with a rack for the rifles, and shelves...The range is 225 metres or 246 yards'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A26_378

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42,2Mo (3,5Mo) / 32,7cm x 32,3cm / 3859 x 3820 (300dpi)

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