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In conclusion, I address the following 

 to officers who have served in a rifle corps, 

 on active service ; particularly to that dis- 

 tinguished corps, the Ninety-fifth Regiment, 

 and other rifle regiments, as also the com- 

 panies of rifle marksmen in London, whose 

 precision and execution, at the target, I 

 have witnessed with great satisfaction and 

 pleasure. 



I have already observed that the rifled 

 guns, used on service, are not heavy enough 

 in the barrel, and carry a ball too large, in 

 proportion to the weight of the barrel ; so 

 that thej^ cannot be loaded with a sufficient 

 quantity of powder to do that execution, at 

 great distances, which all rifles, used on 

 service, should be able to perform. The 

 barrels weigh only four pounds ; the balls 

 are twenty to the pound ; and they cannot 

 be charged with more powder than one 

 third of the weight of the ball, without 

 recoiling so much as to make them shoot 

 at random and with no precision. 



In the sporting part of this book, I have 



