Hints on the Use and Handling of Firearms Generally, and the Revolver in Particular
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Hints on the Use and Handling of Firearms Generally, and the Revolver in Particular is by Lieut. H. Onslow Curling. The text says the National Rifle Association may fairly claim the honour of introducing, at their meeting in July 1885, the subject of Military Revolver practice in this country. The text says the great drawback has been, and is now, to find suitable ranges anywhere near London.
The text says the difficulty in using even an ordinary pistol with accuracy is, and always has been, an acknowledged fact, as it requires great practice to enable a man to make his mark as a crack shot. A passage says that at ball practice men should refrain from talking, joking, and that ungentlemanly pastime known as horse-play. The writer sets out a theory: up to 100 yards the range is point-blank, that is, aim direct on the bull's eye, and for 200 yards, raise the muzzle, say one foot above the bull's eye.
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- H. Onslow Curling
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