 line with the mouth, the wrist on the trigger guard, the left elbow close to the butt, the right elbow and butt close to the body. Bring the rifle down with a quick motion as low as the right hand will admit without constraint, and grasp it with the left...  Field exercise and evolutions of infantry - Page 324by War office - 1859Full view - About this book
 | John Russell - 1804 - 350 pages
...lock to the front, and the firelock entirely fupported in the right hand. 3d. Bring down the firelock with a quick motion, as low as the right hand will admit without conftraint, drawing back the right foot at the fame inftant, fo that the hollow of it may touch the... | |
 | Thomas O'Neil (count.) - 1805 - 178 pages
...opposite to the left eye; the piece to be kept perpendicular in this position. 3d. Bring down the firelock with a quick motion, as low as the right hand will admit without constraint, drawing back the right foot at the same instant, so that the hollow of it may touch the left heel.... | |
 | Thomas O'Neil (count.) - 1805 - 176 pages
...opposite to the left eye; the piece to be kept perpendicular in this position. 3d. Bring down the firelock with a quick motion, as low as the right hand will admit without constraint, drawing back the right foot at the same instant, so that the hollow of it may touch the left heel.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 462 pages
...guard, and the point of the left thumb of equal height with the eyes ; third, Bring down the firelock with a quick motion, as low as the right hand will admit without constraint, drawing back the right foot at the same instant, so that the hollow of it may touch the left heel.—The... | |
 | sir Daniel Lysons - 1859 - 98 pages
...smartly on the stock with the fingers pointing upwards, the thumb close to the forefinger, the point in line with the mouth, the wrist on the trigger guard,...low as the right hand will admit without constraint, guard to the front, and grasp it with the left hand, the little finger touching the projection above... | |
 | Sir Daniel LYSONS - 1859 - 90 pages
...smartly on the »lock with the fingers pointing upwards, the thumb close to the forefinger, the point in line with the mouth, the wrist on the trigger guard,...low as the right hand will admit without constraint, guard to the front, and grasp it with the left hand, the little finger touching the projection above... | |
 | sir Daniel Lysons - 1859 - 100 pages
...smartly on the stock with the fingers pointing upwards, the thumb close to the forefinger, the point in line with the mouth, the wrist on the trigger guard,...low as the right hand will admit without constraint, guard to the front, and grasp it with the left hand, the little finger touching the projection above... | |
 | War office - 1859 - 118 pages
...briskly on the stock with the fingers pointing upwards, the thumb close to the forefinger, the point in line with the mouth, the wrist on the trigger guard, the left elbow close to the butt, the elbow and butt close to the body. Then bring the rifle down with a rapid motion as low as the right... | |
 | sir Daniel Lysons - 1860 - 108 pages
...smartly on the stock with the fingers pointing upwards, the thumb close to the forefinger, the point in line with the mouth, the wrist on the trigger guard,...low as the right hand will admit without constraint, guard to the front, and grasp it with the left hand, the little finger touching the projection above... | |
 | sir Daniel Lysons - 1860 - 104 pages
...smartly on the stock with the fingers pointing upwards, the thumb close to the forefinger, the point in line with the mouth, the wrist on the trigger guard,...low as the right hand will admit without constraint, guard to the front, and grasp it with the left hand, the little finger touching the projection above... | |
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