Musketry (.303 and .22 cartridges): Elementary training, visual training, judging distance, fire discipline, range practices, field practices
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Musketry (.303 and .22 cartridges): Elementary training, visual training, judging distance, fire discipline, range practices, field practices
Grenades; Rifles; Shooting, Military
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| | | Distance | | Position
No.| Practice. | Target. | in Yards. | Rounds. |
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1 | Grouping | 2nd Class Elementary | 100 | 5 | Lying.
| | (Bull’s-eye) | | |
2 | Application | 2nd Class Figure | 200 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover behind
| | | | | stones or sandbags
| | | | | and firing round them
| | | | | with side of rifle only
| | | | | rested.
3 | ” | 2nd Class Figure | 300 | 5 | Sitting or kneeling.
4 | ” | 1st Class Figure | 400 | 5 | Lying.
5 | Rapid | ” ” | 400 | 5 | Lying. 40 seconds allowed.
6 | Application | ” ” | 500 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover behind
| | | | | stones or sandbags
| | | | | representing a parapet
| | | | | and firing over them.
7 | Snapshooting| 2nd Class Figure | 200 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover as
| | | | | in 2. 5 seconds’ exposure.
8 | Observation | Iron falling | 300 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover as
| | | | | in 6. Firing in pairs.
| | | +---------+
| | Total rounds | | 40 |
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NOTE.--Three points will be allowed for every direct hit in Practice 8.
In Practices 5 and 8 there will be no signalling until the firer has
completed his practice.
In Practice 8 there will be separate targets for each firer, and the
firers in each pair will fire alternately, assisting each other by
observation.
Classification:--
Those who obtain 95 points or more 1st Class shots.
Those who obtain 60 points and less than 95 2nd Class shots.
Those who obtain less than 60 points 3rd Class shots.
Section =65=.--General Rules for Field Practices.
=1. Special Instructions.=--(i) (_a_) Not more than twenty rounds
should be fired in field practices in one day.
(_b_) The dress for individual field practices will be drill order, and
for collective field practices marching order.
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