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
ferently. Some riflemen kneel onthe right knee in firing, and rest theleft elbow on the left knee, sittingeither on the heel or side of theright foot. In long-range shootingthe marksmen usually sit or lie on … the ground, and there are manypositions, some of which are curi-ous. Long-range shooting is diffi-cult, for the marksman has to makeallowance for the force of the wind,the attraction of gravity, and thedrift or deviation of the ball causedby the twist of the rifling. To cor-rect the aim for the…
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