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	Rule 4.05 - Legal targets - trap a. Targets, to be legal, shall be thrown a maximum of 46 metres (+/- 2 metres) in still air, with a flight of 4.5 metres ((+/- 0.5 metres)above the centre lane at a point 18 metres from the trap or 3 metres (+/- 0.5 metre) above the centre lane at a point 10 metres from the trap. Except in double rise shooting, the flight of the targets shall be at unknown angles, thrown within an area subtending an angle at the trap of 22 degrees right and left of the centre line.
	b. As an aid to determining the legality of targets, where possible three pegs at least 1 metre high are placed on the arc of a circle (known as the "Distance Circle") of radius 46 metres and whose centre is the trap; one on the centre line - "The Central Peg" - and two others each 22 degrees to the right and left of centre respectively. These two pegs will be known as the "Lateral Limit Pegs". Concrete blocks and measuring sticks for measuring target height are to be standard equipment at all clubs.
	Rule 4.06 - Legal targets - Double Each pair of double rise targets shall be thrown as right and left quarterer respectively at an angle of 22 degrees (+/- 5 degrees) right and left of the centre line. Targets, to be legal, shall be thrown a maximum of 40 metres (+/- 2 metres) in still air with a flight of 4.5 metres (+/- 0.5 metre) above the centre lane at a point 18 metres from the trap or 3 metres (+/- 0.5 metre) above the centre line at a point 10 metres from the trap.
	Rule 4.08 - Targets Targets shall measure not more than 11 centimetres in diameter, not more than 2.85 centimetres in height nor more than 110 grams in weight.