Posted by Joe Pfeiffer on 10/06/03 11:48

credmond@admmail.uwaterloo.ca (Chris Redmond) writes:

> In article <44731f3b.80791140@news-server.houston.rr.com>,
> Bob <spam@uce.gov> wrote:
>
> >Doyle and Rudyard Kipling were active together in establishing a
> >network of firearms marksmanship ranges all over England.
>
> You can, of course, give us some documentation for
> this most interesting assertion?

The phrasing was probably a bit misleading; I don't know that they
worked closely together. However, both Kipling and Doyle were active
in promoting civilian marksmanship, and both founded rifle clubs in
1900.

http://www.rifleman.org.uk/index-29.html
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