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TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The distance for gallery practice is always 15 meters. The 

 targets are like those used when firing with loaded ammuni- 

 tion, but are reduced in proportion to the distance (fig. 1). 



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Fig. 1. 



The 300-meter sight generally is used for gallery shooting. 



For the drills in the use of the sight at long distances the 

 aim is taken at a low point of direction, and the hits are 

 caught on a higher target. 



SCHOOL SHOOTING. 



The school shooting includes precision drills and applica- 

 tion drills, singly and in squads. 



The object of precision drills is to acquire accuracy in firing 

 at an ordinary target and to lay the foundations of fire 

 discipline. 



The object of the application drills is to give practice in 

 shooting, against field targets, to develop fire discipline, and 

 the knowledge of the results which can be expected from 

 firing. 



Ordinary targets are used for precision drills (fig. 2). 



