SPEED IN FIRING WITH GARRISON GUNS. 
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Time Narrative of Practice from ) 6" B.L. a 
Hiniesta Battery. j 6" B.L. (C 
October 14 th, 1896. 
Time. 
Narrative. 
Remarks. 
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10 
15 
Load. 
3 
f 
15 
45 
A loaded. 
4 
16 
5 
C loaded. 
Delayed in closing breech. 
18 
20 
Sit easy. 
Attention. Target about entering 
arc. Flag is up on launch. 
Might have been given 
earlier. 
36-ft. Target. 
22 
Target reported in arc. 
22 
30 
On dial 3200 x 25L slowly decreas¬ 
ing. Flag up on Battery. 
22 
50 
A Case 11. Lay. Dial 3150 x 
23 
5 
A Commence firing. 
23 
38 
| A Fired | (Guess)—100. Line 
with rear of target. Detach¬ 
ment did not move to reload 
directly. 
Slow. 
24 
40 
([ Lay. 2950 x 25L. 
Nearly a minute in 
making a correction. 
24 
58 
A loaded. 
Very slow ; wasted time. 
26 
([ Commence firing. 
Why this delay ? 
26 
10 
| C Fired | (Guess) —30 slightly 
ahead. Detachment load im¬ 
mediately gun was fired. Tar¬ 
get moving (guess) 5 knots. 
Smartly fired. 
Smart. 
27 
£ loaded. 
Good work, no delay. 
27 
5 
A Commence firing. 2950 x 
27 
30 
| a Fired | — 30 (guess). Line 
rear of target. 
Slow, probably long 
prediction. 
28 
28 
29 
25 
35 
([ Commence firing. 2950 x dial. 
| ([ Fired | —10 x Line centre. 
Detachments rear, relieved by other 
detachments. 
3 minus rounds ; B.C. 
slow again. 
Fairly smart work at 
this gun. 
Another —. B.C. pro¬ 
bably creeping up. 
Since Battery Flag up 
to 4th round 6' 5"— 
average over 2' per 
gun. Too slow. 
