 | Charles Hamilton Fenton - Shooting - 1861 - 96 pages
...low, and keeping the sight upright ; the top part of the heel plate to be in a line with the top part of the shoulder, the muzzle to be a few inches below...trigger guard, and both elbows to be inclined downwards. 18. He most frequently raises the Rifle grasping it with both hands instead of poising it with the... | |
 | Aubrey William O. Saunders - 1861 - 162 pages
...low, and keeping the sight upright ; the top part of the heel plate to be in a line with the top part of the shoulder, the muzzle to be a few inches below...forefinger to be extended along the outside of the trigger-guard, and both elbows to be inclined downwards. 2W Bring the rifle smartly in to the hollow... | |
 | Elphinstone Waters Begbie - Shooting, Military - 1862 - 96 pages
...little low, and the sight upright ; the top part of the heel-plate to be in a line with the top part of the shoulder, the muzzle to be a few inches below the mark that the eyes are fixed upon, the fore finger to be extended along the outside of the trigger-guard,... | |
 | War office, John Bower (Lieut.-Colonel.) - 1863 - 162 pages
...full extent of the left arm (the arms moving close in to the body) ; he will raise the rifle in so doing, keeping the sight upright; the top part of...right shoulder, as described in the Platoon Exercise, the forefinger remaining extended outside the trigger guard. On the word THREE, he will bring the rifle... | |
 | Richard George Coles - Shooting, Military - 1865 - 186 pages
...(arms moving close to the body), back-sight upright; top part of the heel-plate to be in line with the shoulder, the muzzle to be a few inches below the mark the eyes are fixed upon, forefinger placed outside trigger guard, and elbows inclined downwards. Why is the squad frequently... | |
 | G H. Greaves - 1870 - 96 pages
...body, the back-sight to be upright, the top part of the heel plate to be in a line with the top part of the shoulder, the muzzle to be a few inches below...mark the eyes are fixed upon, the forefinger to be placed inside the trigger guard, and both elbows inclined downwards. Suppose the In- The squad is frequently... | |
 | John W. Whitcomb - 1872 - 94 pages
...top part of the heel plate to be in a line with the top part of the shoulder, — the muzzle to point a few inches below the mark the eyes are fixed upon, — the forefinger placed inside the triggerguard, — and both elbows inclined downwards. NB — The squad is frequently... | |
 | Henry R W. Lumsden - 1874 - 74 pages
...the top part of the heel plate to be in a line with the top part of the shoulder, the muzzle to point a few inches below the mark the eyes are fixed upon, the forefinger placed inside the trigger-guard, and both elbows inclined downwards. NB — The squad is frequently... | |
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... of the shoulder, the muzzle to be a few inches below the mark the eyes are fixed upon, the forefinger to be extended along the outside of the trigger guard, and both elbows to be inclined downwards. 