Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-07
to the darting animal, even If he
has made no p~erceptible effort to put it

close to the darting animal, even If he
has made no p~erceptible effort to put it
there.
Contrary to general opinion the weight
of the trigger pull Is not of great i'm
portance. as a man will become accus-
toned to almost any ordinary trigger.
almost obsolete and the best opinion is
The hair trigger, in fact, has become
now agreed that a trigger pull of two
pounds is not excessive n should never
disturb the accuracy of any man fit to
own a gun.
No man can make ever a reasonable
til he has used it for fully three months.
Guns are made at a certain calibre and
weight, it is true. but the theory tina
these guns ought to carry the same
charge Is far from correct. Every gun
a it's popularity, and every gun is
more or less affected by climatic condi-
lions. showing wide variations between
hot and cold weather. or wet weather
and dry. Some rifles will show a nearer
approach to accuracy with the heavy
powder charge behind the lead, while
others requireAass powder and more ball.
h only way to overcome this difficulty,
therefore, is to become acquain.~4 with
your gum, and in doing this the average
man will waste enough ammunition to
Kill two or three regiments of men.
THE TRUE POSITION.
While it is true that the positions taken
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their c~ravats, there is but one correct
off-hand position that can be taken. The
mans left side should be turned s~uarely
to the mark, the left foot we'll forward,
the weight on the left leg. The left arm
should be extended nearly to it's full
reach. The gun should lie across the
body. The right elbow should be on a
level with the edge of the ear. the
right cheek against the stock, cuddling
it. The rileman should go against his
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should lean forward slightly. If the left
arm is far exten. | it does much to pre-
vent the wabble.
When shooting in the field at such
game as deer, bear, turkeys, rabbits or
other more or less uncertain targets the
rifleman requires an open rear sight, one
whose cleft is coarse, the object being
to get a view of the front sight quickly
as possible.
OF late there have been countless in
ven.fors IN the signt line, but all the
complicated sighting mechanism will not
help a man to shoot straight in the
woods. Telescope lenses and wind
gauges are well enough on the range, but
nothing has vet been invented which is
any improvement upon the old-fashioned
open sight which cannot be raised or
lowered. The man who cannot learn to
be his own wind gauge is not entitled to
be admitted to the blood-brotherhood of
hunters.
ne VIII learn 10 COWn a stationary
deer within 20 feet OF his standing place,
at 200. two out of three times. He will
learn to knock rabbits over with almost
perfect ease at so yards, or will bring
down a squirrel that shows his mead at
the Top of me highest tree. He may not
learn TO drop the r filed grouse on the
wing, or the prairie chicken on the wild,
because those are God-given gifts. but
he will certainly learn that the sports of
the woods are delightful, and will come
to look down upon range shooting as a
of play that grOwn-up children in
dulge in Wien there is a key of beer at