140 TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



the work of which consists in raising the rifle to the firing 

 position and keeping it there as steadily as possible. No 

 regular time is assigned for these drills, but usually about 

 five or ten minutes at the beginning and end of each hour of 

 shooting drill. In gallery shooting and school shooting these 

 drills are, however, practiced only at the end of the exercise, 

 so that the men may not be tired during the shooting. 



First the gun is brought slowly from the position of order 

 arms to that of aiming, as, it is said, "The strength of the 

 movement is increased by the time taken to make the move- 

 ment, not by the number of times the movement is made. 

 All the movements are to be made slowly. The left arm to 

 be exercised as much as the right." 



The drill is also to be practiced with a gun in each hand, 

 the guns are lifted by command. 



With the object of increasing the i)ower of the left arm to 

 support the gun and of strengthening the right wrist, the gun 

 is brought up to the firing position at the command "With- 

 out aim. Point," and is kept there for a period which is 

 gradually increased to one minute ; the gun is also held up 

 with one hand. 



When the right wrist is so well drilled that the gun can be 

 kept in pointing position without the assistance of the left, 

 the strength can be increased by repeatedly extending and 

 bending the right arm. 



Aiming. — The instruction begins by explaining the prin- 

 ciples for aiming. 



The aiming drills begin by teaching the men to correct the 

 line of sight. This is done by placing a gun provided with a 

 diopter in correct position of aim. Each man must observe 

 this and afterwards regulate the diopter himself. 



When the man has learned to get the correct line of sight, 

 he is instructed in directing the piece at a target. 



The same drills are then repeated without the diopter. 



The men's skill in aiming is then tested by a so-called mov- 

 ing point of direction. At a distance of 15 meters a sheet of 

 paper is fixed on the wall, and the gun is directed against 

 some part of the paper. On the paper is held a small target 

 for gallery practice. The target is then moved horizontally 

 and vertically, and each man in succession without touching 

 the gun says when he finds that the target is in the line of 



