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Reloading Rifle Ammunition 
Concluding Chapter 
By GILBERT S. THOMPSON 
HE only thing necessary to do, 
in order to make a perfect score, 
is to press the trigger at the 
right time. Now do not take this state- 
ment too seriously, as its purpose is 
principally to provoke a laugh. But 
you will find there is no joke about it, 
when it comes to performing the stunt, 
and it has always seemed strange to me 
that so few have ever become proficient 
enough to do it. Any one can hold a 
gun so the sight will be on the target 
occasionally, but the hard thing to do, 
is to press the trigger when the sight 
is there. The only reason I can give 
for this is, that the mind, eye, and the 
finger do not all function at the same 
time. Your eye tells you the sight 
is on the target, the mind conveys the 
fact to the finger, and the finger being 
slower than either, there is a fractional 
part of time, before the explosion takes 
place, and the bullet has left the gun. 
Sometimes it is possible to hold the gun 
in perfect alignment with the target, 
during this space of time, but too often 
it happens that the gun has moved, and 
a poor shot is the result. 
I have written the above principally 
as an introduction to the main issue, 
which is to try to show how to over- 
come, as far as possible, this irregular 
working of the shooting system. I have 
always noticed that the careful, slow 
moving men, with the same practice, 
will generally make the most even 
scores, but there will be exceptions to 
this rule, so I think it is best to assume 
that all men have the same chance to 
become experts. If, however, you are 
inclined to be nervous and shaky, I ad- 
vise that you go through the act of 
shooting, 10 or 15 times, without load- 
ing the gun, using the same caution in 
holding, and pressing the trigger. This 
we calm you down, and eventually, help 
to overcome it. To be able to hold a gun 
steady, requires practice, but unless you 
are able to do it, your scores will be 
It will walentify you. 
likely to be up one day, and down the 
next. First adopt the best system of 
holding your gun, and then stick to it at 
all times, making a practice to always 
do your best, and then your best will - 
improve. If you get too tired holding the 
gun, take it down and rest, once, twice, 
or a dozen times, rather than to allow 
yourself to become careless enough to 
make a wild shot. The principle to fol- 
low, is to be careful, systematic, and 
thorough, and always keep your mind 
on the finger pressure, and let your eye 
take care of the sights. 
ND now in speaking of the finger 
pressure, brings us to the vital point 
of this issue. Every man has his own 
individual way of doing things, but this 
does not really prove, that there is more 
than one right way, and I do not be- 
lieve there is but one right way of pull- 
ing the trigger, in target work. I have 
never favored the set trigger, and hav- 
ing had but very little experience, I will 
not discuss it, only to say, that I think 
it too dangerous to use. The other pull 
I will describe as the hard pull, and it 
makes no difference to what degree, the 
rule I give will apply the same. First 
press the trigger into neutral, “using 
the auto term,” which means in this 
case, as near the jumping off point, as 
it is safe to hold it, and do not allow it 
to go back, but hold it to that point, 
with a firm steady pressure, using the 
first joint of the finger. Now, as I 
have previously stated, let the eye take 
care of the sights, but keep your mind 
on this finger pressure, and every time 
the sights come in alignment with the 
target, give the trigger a little extra 
pressure, but not with any certainty of 
tripping it. Always holding the trigger 
to the point you have pressed it, and 
with a little extra pressure every time 
the sights touch the target, you will 
find you will trip it, without a squint or 
a flinch. With practice, you will find 
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