Kammala wannan jumla: Paine ya shiga cikin wasanni uku na bindiga a wasannin 1896, amma a zahiri ya yi gasa a daya kawai. Shi, tare da ɗan'uwansa Sumner Paine, an cire shi daga gasar bindiga mai sauri saboda ba shi da bindiga mai dacewa. Dukansu Paines sun yi amfani da bindigogi na Colt, bindigogi waɗanda suka fi kyau fiye da waɗanda abokan hamayyarsu suka yi amfani da su a cikin
25 mita soja bindiga taron, John ya lashe taron sauƙi, scoring 442 maki a kan 25 hits daga 30 Shots, Sumner ba nisa a baya, a 380 maki a kan 23 hits; na uku wuri finisher, da Girkanci Nikolaos Morakis, ya ci kawai 205 maki.