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quicker with the hind-sight twelve inches 

 from the breech, and the eye is better 

 pleased, as it looks better. Where the 

 notch is made, the sight should be made 

 thin, by cutting out a piece. It should 

 be fitted too tight to be moved with the 

 fingers, requiring a smart blow with a 

 small hammer to move it. 



Now, should you find after repeated 

 trials, at diff*erent distances, with a rest, 

 that your gun shoots too low, you must, 

 with a dull file, cut the fore-sight down a 

 little, being extremely cautious to cut 

 scarcely a hair's breadth, till you make 

 other trials. Should the fore-sight be so 

 low as not to bear cutting sufficiently, 

 you must have another hind-sight made 

 a little higher. 



It is inconceivable to a person igno- 

 rant of rifle shooting what a slight 

 diff'erence in the height of the sights will 

 make a considerable difference in the 



