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An experienced trapshooter but hitherto unfamed, he started shooting in 1912, gave it up in disgust at his inefficiency in 1917, started to shoot again four years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

James Pilkington, 78, of Manhattan, oldtime policeman, Civil War veteran, contractor, boxer, wrestler, trapshooter, sculler, oarsman, bowler, trackman; of pneumonia; in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

A trapshooter at my gun club explained to me the other day how to hit the wide left and right targets from posts 1 and 5.

From Time Magazine Archive