=4. Correction of Sighting.=--Correction of sighting in individual firing is rarely possible in war. It is therefore all-important to estimate the elevation and deflection for the first shot. When a reasonable standard of skill in trigger-pressing has been shown in grouping practices, and the principle of application is understood, further practice in deliberate fire should aim at successful application of fire from the first shot, and less importance should be attached to correction of sighting, according to the signalling, of a series of shots. =5. Sighting Shots.=--For this reason skilled shots should fire two or three shots at each of several ranges for sighting practice rather than long series of shots at one or two distances. Only a few rounds in all should be devoted in their case to deliberate shooting; a high standard of snapshooting should be developed. Officers and sergeants may fire sighting-shots at ranges beyond 600 yards, but as a rule such training should be reserved for the fire-direction practices. =6. Allowance for Wind.=--It is convenient to memorize the effect of right-angle winds at some one distance, as a guide in estimating deflection allowance for winds of similar strength at other distances. Five hundred yards is a satisfactory range for this purpose, and the approximate effect of right-angle winds blowing ten, twenty, and thirty miles per hour may be studied with advantage. _The use of elaborate wind-tables, and dependence on flags, telescopes, or sighting-shots, is prohibited._ TABLE A. RECRUITS’ COURSE--REGULAR FORCES (CAVALRY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, AND INFANTRY). N.B.--Royal Engineers (Sappers and Pioneers) of the Regular Forces will fire those practices only which are detailed in the Instructions for Royal Engineers (see Sec. 61, para. 6). PART I.--INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES (ELEMENTARY). ---+-------------+----------------------+-----------+---------+-------------------------- | | | Distance | | Instructions for Conduct No.| Practice. | Target. | in Yards. | Rounds. | of Practice. ---+-------------+----------------------+-----------+---------+-------------------------- 1 | Grouping | 2nd Class Elementary | 100 | 5 | Lying, with arm or rifle | | (Bull’s-eye) | | | rested. 2 | Application | 2nd Class Elementary | 200 | 5 | Lying, with arm or rifle | | (Bull’s-eye) | | | rested. 3 | Grouping | 2nd Class Elementary | 100 | 5 | Lying. | | (Bull’s-eye) | | | 4 | Application | 2nd Class Elementary | 200 | 5 | Lying. | | (Bull’s-eye) | | | | | | +---------+ | | Total rounds | | 20 |