Correction: Sergeant Snoxall, Royal Army Skill-at-arms instructor, hit a 12" target 38 times in one minute, at a range of 300 yards. Firing was from the prone position.KBCraig wrote:I believe the record is 37 rounds on target in one minute. The target was a 20" circle at 200 yards, shooting offhand.
The "Lord Roberts Match", as it's called, is still fired when bolt action shooters congregate.
I've seen one reference to the record being called the "Hythe trophy".
Kevin