(iv) =Faults due to Firing Position, Eyesight, etc.=--Faults may sometimes be remedied at once by correcting the fire positions, by allowing time to elapse between the shots, or by snapping practice. Some men can aim quickly, but lose their power of seeing objects well defined if the eye is strained by dwelling on aim. Thus, the cause of the failure may sometimes be due to the firer’s effort to succeed. By dwelling too long on aim the muscles of the eye become tired, the vision becomes blurred, and the will-power is impaired. It is necessary to take time in overcoming difficulties in such cases. In serious cases the soldier should be examined medically with a view to discharge, or the provision of proper glasses. (v) =Record of Analysis of Faults.=--A complete analysis of the faults of the firer and his rifle should be made before leaving the range, and a note should be made on the register of the steps decided upon for remedying defects. =7. Application Practices.=--(i) When a man has acquired sufficient skill in aiming and trigger-pressing to make a good group with certainty, he will commence application practices. These teach the firers to adjust their sights and point of aim so as to apply the result of their groups to an aiming mark. (ii) Application practices should be fired first at bull’s-eye targets similar to those used for grouping, but when once a man becomes proficient at these easy targets, figure targets should be used. Figure targets have been devised to accustom men gradually to the difficult targets which will be found in war, and also to counteract the following faults: (_a_) Taking too long an aim; (_b_) taking a fine sight; (_c_) focussing the eye on the foresight instead of the target at the moment of firing. _All these are common errors when a bull’s-eye target is used._ (iii) Grouping standards may in some cases be attached to application practices in order to emphasize the importance of care and consistency in shooting. In application practices instruction is given in making allowance for atmospheric influences, chiefly cross-winds; but it is not desirable that trifling changes of wind should be met by minute adjustment of the wind-gauge. The instructor should call upon the soldier to estimate the wind before firing, and tell him the corrected allowance which he is to place on his sights. Subsequent alteration should be unnecessary. _In application, and, in fact, any practice, small adjustments of sights should be discouraged._ The point of aim should be varied as may be found necessary to counteract any error of the rifle. Section =53=.--Snapshooting, Rapid Firing, and Firing at Crossing Targets. =1. Snapshooting.=--(i) Snapshooting means firing an effective shot in the shortest possible time, and necessitates-- (_a_) Watching the front. (_b_) Quickness of aim. (_c_) Observation of the strike of the bullet, when possible. (_d_) Loading immediately after firing.