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Page 17 - ... apply a strong pressure on the trigger and release the slide to see if the hammer will remain up. I also pull the slide fully -back until it is held in place by the slide stop ; then I grip the stock, apply a strong pressure on the trigger, and release the slide by pressing down the slide stop with my left hand. The hammer should remain up after the slide moves forward into place. Q. If the hammer does not remain up after the slide moves forward into place, what does it indicate? — A. That...
Page 8 - No. i stands fast, with arms extended sideward ; Nos. 2, 3, and 4 turn to the left and, taking up the double time, run forward to the original left, Nos. 2 taking 2 paces. Nos. 3 taking 4 paces, and Nos. 4 taking 6 paces, all facing to the front after taking the required distance, with arms extended sideward, the distance between the finger tips of adjacent files to be about 12 inches.
Page 14 - ... man who holds the sights of the pistol as nearly on the bull's-eye as possible and continues to press on the trigger with a uniformly increasing pressure until the pistol goes off is a good shot. Any man who has learned to increase the pressure on the trigger only when the sights are in alignment with the bull's-eye, who holds the pressure when the muzzle swerves, and who continues with the pressure when the sights are again in line with the bull's-eye is an excellent shot. Any man who tries...
Page 14 - The recruit can readily learn to aim and hold the aim, either on the bull'seye or very close to it, for at least 10 seconds. When he has learned to press the trigger in such a manner as not to spoil his hold he becomes a good shot. All men flinch in firing the pistol if they know the exact instant at which the discharge is to take place. This is an involuntary action which can not be controlled. A sudden pressure of the trigger may derange the aim slightly, but the extreme inaccuracy of a shot fired...
Page 25 - As conductors they convey the heat of the atmosphere to the earth when the earth is cooler than the air, and transmit it in the contrary direction when the temperature of the earth is higher than that of the atmosphere. Of course, then, as conductors, they tend to equalize the temperature of the earth and air.
Page 15 - To stimulate the self-loading action of the automatic pistol take a strong cord about 4 feet long and tie one end to the thumb piece of the hammer, the knot on top. Take a few turns of the other end of the cord around the thumb or fingers of the left hand. The cord should be long enough to permit the left hand to hang naturally at the side while aiming the pistol with the right hand, right arm fully extended.
Page 18 - A. He usually thrusts his hand forward as if trying to meet the shock by suddenly stiffening all his muscles. Q. Must the trigger always be squeezed slowly in order to do it correctly'.' — A. No. I squeeze it the same way in rapid fire and quick fire. The time is shorter but the process is the same. Q. What is meant by calling the shot? — A. To say where you think the bullet will hit as soon as you shoot and before the shot is marked. Q. How can you do this? — A. By noticing exactly where the...
Page 9 - At the command Uncover each rear rank man stride jumps sideward to the right, squarely in the middle of the interval. In doing this he swings his right leg sideward and jumps from his left foot and lights on his right foot, smartly bringing the left into position against the right d.
Page 12 - Conversely, if the increase of pressure is steady the man can not know when the pistol will be discharged. Hence, he is instructed to squeeze the trigger in such a way as not to know just when the hammer will fall. This does not mean that the process is necessarily a slow one and that it will take a comparatively long time to fire a shot. A man, through training, can reduce the time used in pressing the trigger to as brief a period as one second and still press it in such a manner that he does not...
Page 16 - Required for this exercise: A line of E targets that can be operated as bobbing targets from a pit or screen, or a line of E targets so arranged on pivots that the edge can be turned toward the firer when the target is not exposed.