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Each man is then taught to j)lace the revolver himself, and 

 criticise the position taken by the others. 



They are then taught to aim with support. The man first 

 takes the position of aim and then the support is brought 

 under his hand (fig. 9). He is then told to retain the aim as 

 long as possible and when either his arm or eye is tired, or 

 when so commanded, to take the position of "revolver out." 



The same exercise is then repeated without the rest. 



Fig. 7. 



The instructor must not allow the pistol to be pointed at 

 his own eye, in order to test accuracy of the aim, but it may 

 be pointed against the image of his eye in a mirror. 



Pulling the Trigger. — So much depends upon skill in 

 pulling the trigger without disturbing the aim that these 



