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just over the nick. This will occur, no doubt, to a 
certain extent with any sight ; but this one, which was 
christened the ‘Wortley’ sight, is designed on the 
principle of vertical and horizontal lines exclusively, 
and any deviation from the level is much more readily 
detected than with a V or a pyramid sight. 
Holding the left hand far back, close to the trigger- 
guard, is long ago obsolete, but there are many people 
who, though they hold it fairly forward, yet do most 
of the work by pushing or pulling with the right arm. 
I have always noticed these to be very bad shots. 
As regards the safety of holding the left hand forward, 
I can only relate my own experience. I was, as a 
boy at a private tutor’s, lent a gun by a country gun- 
maker while he repaired mine. This piece incon- 
tinently burst the first day I took it out. I had 
already acquired the habit of stretching my left hand 
well forward, and it was lucky I had, for a large piece 
was blown clean out of the right barrel close to the 
breech, and whizzed over the heads of my neigh- 
bours, thirty yards off. If I had held the gun in the 
old-fashioned way I must have lost at least three 
fingers of my left hand. The gun was a muzzle- 
loader. 
Never be put off by being told that rifle shooting 
will spoil your game-shooting. This is. absolute 
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