Historic SMLE “Mad Minute” at 300 yard target

This is Papercartridges.com’s take on the so-called Mad Minute rapid fire demonstration shot by instructors at the British Army’s School of Musketry at Hythe prior to the First World War. These instructors were just playing around: there never was a “Mad Minute” trained or taught at Hythe (or anywhere else). But it’s still a fun shoot to do! Using the 4-foot square target at 300 yards that the original so-called “Mad Minute” was shot at,, I don’t come close to breaking Sergeant-Major Wallingford’s 1908 record, but it was still a lot of fun!