114 SHOOTING THE PARTRIDGE 
against it. I have seen very fine shots who raised the 
right elbow much too high, but they were very strong 
with the left wrist as well, and, at any rate, the lifting 
of the right arm could be of no possible help to them. 
Years ago I designed a sight especially to 
counteract this fault, primarily in rifle-shooting, and 
had it made by what was then the firm of, Gye & 
Moncrieffe, to be fixed on my deer-stalking rifle. But 
when made in an experimental manner out of wood, 
and fitted on over the rib of a shot gun, it is an 
admirable lesson to show the result of twisting the 
barrels. 
Fic. 8 
AA, ebony or ebonised wood ; 8, rectangular nick; c, platinum or ivory 
vertical bar; p, foresight as it appears over nick ; G, breech of gun. 
If you aim at an object, then close the left eye and 
look along the ‘barrels, you will find that the very 
slightest twist throws the foresight off its proper place, 
