The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 643
in trap-shooting. Trap-shooting is said to have beenthe means of greatly improvingmodern shot-guns, as it has shownmarksmen that the old guns werenot fit for firing at such swiftly-moving small objects. Rifle Shooting. The rifle is de-scribed in C. C. T. As the rangeof this weapon is so great,… … firing a rifle from an upright posi-tion the left shoulder is thrown forward, and the right foot placeda step behind the left. The righthand holds the stock with thethumb uppermost, and the forefingerhooked around the trigger. Theleft arm, with bent elbow, holds therifle barrel. The marksman…
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