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Wy PRINCIPLES OF 
fcf RIFLE SHOOTING 
If there is any one sport on earth that 
requires as the first step towards its mas¬ 
tery a fixed determination to succeed, it is 
the sport of rifle shooting. An envious 
wish will not help you, nor a half-hearted 
desire to emulate someone else and not 
even a childish delight in hearing a gun 
say “bang.” The person who wishes to 
become a good shot must make up his mind 
that he is going to become a good shot be¬ 
cause every shot he shoots will give him 
experience which he can use in perfect¬ 
ing the next shot. 
The novice at shooting will always find 
a “glad hand” extended to him by the 
neighboring rifle club, and this he should 
join before he even owns a shooting outfit. 
He will find the members willing to give 
him hours and volumes of their varied ex¬ 
periences and from these talks he will gain 
knowledge gratis which might have cost 
him many shekels at the nearest gun store. 
Too often the gun an embryo marksman 
buys is not the one best suited to his needs 
and the salesman is not always able to set 
him right. Another caution—after buying 
your rifle don’t expend your surplus bank 
account on cartridges and shoot them all 
off in one night. Enthusiasm is a great 
asset in any sport, in fact, it is a necessity, 
but in rifle shooting it should be carefully 
conserved so that you will have some left 
over for the next shooting. Good rifle 
shooting depends upon good brain work; 
if you miss the bull’s-eye don’t be too 
anxious for the next shot; take the time to 
figure out then and there just why you 
missed the last. This is the surest way to 
become a marksman. You can get more 
solid experience out of one poor shot care¬ 
fully studied for errors than from a dozen 
shots fired “for practise.” 
Snapping practise, although unexciting, 
is extremely important. In no other way 
can you determine whether your trigger 
finger is continually pulling your rifle out 
of line, and unless you are sure that the 
gun stays true as you have sighted it while 
the trigger is pressed you can never make 
bets on your shooting. This fault is much 
more common than one would suppose. 
And when you come home after an 
hour’s practise with your rifle, don’t for¬ 
get that if there is anything Seneca would 
rather do than shoot his own gun, it is to 
endeavor to answer some other fellow’s 
question about shooting his. 
THE TRIGGER PULL 
For running shots a set trigger is an 
abomination; equally so is the 3-pound 
pull. It should be so that a moderate jerk 
will fire it without disturbing your sight, 
and without the necessity of beginning a 
moderate pressure as you would with a 
hard trigger at a target. About x /i to \V\ 
pounds is about right, though for a heavy 
rifle 2 pounds would be easy enough. 
B. M., New York: 
Is a “swivel gun” or “punt gun” per¬ 
mitted in this state? 
Ans.—The New York state law permits 
only “guns fired at arm’s length, without 
rest.” 
