The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-02

get. At first the tendency seemed to
be to throw high, Whereupon the right
hand being brought more under the
butt and as far back as possible so
that it would be impossible for the re-
coil to drive the butt down, it was
found that the ball would drop low in
the two ring. or be thrown below the
target so that at WILL with the cart
ridge exploding while the sights were
trained on the bu1lseye by simply hold
ing the hands differently on the rifle,
it could be made by the recoil to over
shoot or understood the target.
To obviate this and eliminate every
element occurring to the mind of the
experimenter, it was deemed best to
approximate as nearly as possible the
conditions of rigidity which would be
found to exist were a gun fired gripped
by Two vices, one at the small of tho
stock and the other at about the bal
ance. The gun was therefore firmly
held with the sling and with the left
hand. and the thumb and last three
fingers of the right hand, and placed
against the shoulder, the first finger
OF the right hand being well through
the trigger guard so that the middle of
the second joint would engage the trig
ger. The sights were then trained on
the bullseye, the pressure being increaS
: ed in the grip of each hand as equally
as possible, so that almost the entire
strength Of each hand was employed in
the squeeze, the strength of the first
finger of the right hand being taken in
to the squeeze just before it reached its
maximum strength. 1t was found that
when the recoil of the gun came it was
taken up into the arms about as much
as into the shoulder of the shooter, and
that the constant endeavor of the shoot
err being to squeeze tighter all tendency
to finch or jerk the trigger spasmod-
icaIly was eliminated and shots could be
called with greater accuracy. 1t was
further found that even this grip could
be destroyed in its accuracy of hold
ing by any attempt to increase the
pressure against the shoulder.
After the gun is once placed snugly
against the shoulder all further
thought of its being there should cease
and the entire attention given to sight
ing and the equal squeeze with both
hands up to the time of the discharge
of the piece Care should always be
taken that the pressure or squeezes
with both hands is increased equally
and that there is no pulling with the
trigger finger. but that its strength is
taken up III and becomes a part of the
squeeze.
It will be noticed that while holding
the gun in this way by gripping SO
strongly with the hands. that there
can be no movement of the gun in the
hand itself caused by the recoil of the
gun against a soft cushion of flesh,
but that the muscles being set the
hand is hard and the whole hand must
move. if at all. with the gun. 1t Will
be further noticed that there appears
to be a slight tremor of the sights
caused by the intensity of the mus
cular force employed, but that despite
such tremor the sights always appear
to rest we'll on the subject it is sought
to hold them on.
This brings me to the second sub
-souIle eQl 'sEIBUu7L HUu 10 uo!sEA!p
pheric conditions and their effect.
Given a shooter who holds steadily
and has good eyesight. the causes for
misses and for high and low shots.
other than a~ sno7-en % aF0'-A D-ar- -"