November, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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company of poor shots can not be redeemed 
by good leadership, and a company of good 
riflemen under a good officer are practic¬ 
ally useless until they are thoroughly con¬ 
versant with team work. Musketry is the 
happy combination of these three elements, 
and while the skill of the individual shot is 
the foundation upon which the structure 
rests, it is only through leadership and 
team work.that this skill can be used ef¬ 
fectively. There can be no discussion as 
to the relative value of individual and 
collective training, as one is absolutely de¬ 
pendent upon the other. While a soldier is 
being taught to shoot he must also receive 
instruction and training to fit him intelli¬ 
gently to play his part in the team, be that 
part a leader or a follower. Many sports¬ 
men infer that individual training in marks¬ 
manship is all they will ever require, but 
in that they are wrong. Co-operation be¬ 
tween hunters is necessary to success. 
In teaching a man to shoot the first nec¬ 
essary step is carefully to explain the basic 
principles involved, then vindicate those 
principles by actual demonstration; thus is 
the Tyro made to understand the why. 
Then by actually doing it himself he learns 
the how. This how is the important con¬ 
sideration. Also never forget the opening 
clause of the Small Arms Firing Manual, 
“The Brown Bible”: “The sole purpose of 
rifle training for the soldier is to make him 
a good shot under war conditions, and a 
scheme of. instruction will be effective in so 
far as it tends to produce that result.” The 
force of this statement will be readily ap¬ 
preciated by any old hunter who has wit¬ 
nessed a famous target shot go completely 
to pieces during a deer hunt. “Buck fever” 
is also present on the battle line, only there 
it takes on a most malignant and fatal 
form. While hunting this malady merely 
results in the loss of the game and the ridi¬ 
cule of your companions; “over there” 
where the game shoots back, it all too fre¬ 
quently marks the termination of a prom¬ 
ising military career. 
Ballistics —The science of the motion of 
projectiles. Exterior Ballistics concern the 
projectile in flight, from the time the bullet 
leaves the muzzle of the rifle until it comes 
to rest. Interior Ballistics has to do with 
the action of the powder gases while the 
bullet is passing through the bore of the 
gun. 
Tyro —a novice, a beginner, a rookie; a 
man who has not yet qualified as a Marks¬ 
man and has never competed in a match. 
Bug, also known as a Crank —An expe¬ 
rienced rifleman who follows the game for" 
a pure love of the sport. A keen student 
of firearms and their performances, and a 
thorough sportsman always glad to help 
others. 
I Veteran. —A Bug of many years’ stand¬ 
ing, an old timer who has graduated from 
the school of experience who begins to ap¬ 
preciate how little he really knows and is 
still studying the game from every possible 
angle. The sort of man who makes an 
ideal coach or instructor and who I hope 
will help me make this series of articles 
valuable and interesting. Every such man 
in this country should be immediately 
drafted for active service on the army and 
navy rifle ranges. 
(to be continued next month) 
Crimp 
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T HE paper of which Peters Shells are made, the 
method of waterproofing and the design of the 
crimp have for many years rendered these goods 
impervious to water. 
Many instances are of record, in which Peters Shells 
have actually been under water and then shot with no 
apparent loss of “pep”, thus demonstrating that Peters 
Waterproofing, as used foi years past, is right. 
Did you ever compare the firm, tapering bevel in 
the crimp of ® Shells with the old style rounded or 
square straight crimp in other brands? In this differ¬ 
ence lies one vital reason for the continued shooting 
successes achieved with ® ammunition. The perfect 
crimp must not be too hard or too soft. In ® Shells 
the ideal crimp is found, offering the proper resistance 
to the load, but no more. 
Shooters use ® Shells feeling sure that the crimp 
will not become loosened or soft in wet pockets while 
in the field. It insures perfect functioning in the maga¬ 
zine of a repeater or automatic gun. There is no balk¬ 
ing at critical moments caused by an unreliable crimp 
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