154 TAKING AIM. 



"target practice" when his efficiency will be 

 tested. 



The following hints may prove useful to the 

 novice : 



At the moment of pressing the trigger, the act 

 of respiration should be suspended, to ensure 

 greater steadiness of aim. 



When once the aim is clearly taken, all delay 

 in pressing the trigger is prejudicial to good 

 shooting ; as, if the rifle is held at the " present " 

 too long, a " wavering " of the muzzle takes place, 

 and an uncertain shot is the consequence. 



In taking aim at a target, fix the eye 

 Taking Aim. 



steadfastly on the bull's eye, grasping 

 he ii&e firmly with the left hand " well forward " 

 (according to its balance), the butt being pressed 

 home into the hollow of the shoulder ; the right 

 hand, with the exception of the forefinger, lightly 

 clasping the small of the stock behind the trigger- 

 guard, so as to steady and preserve the butt in a 

 vertical position ; then, holding the breath, place 

 the fore finger well round the trigger, feeling it 



