Small Arms Instructors Manual: An Intensive Course, Including Official "C Special Course" ; U.S. Rifle, Model 1917 ; U.S. Rifle, Model 1903 (Springfield) ; U.S. Rifle, Model 1898 (Kraag) ; Automatic Pistol, Model 1911 Revolvers, Cal's. .45 and .38 ; Official Firing Courses ; Designation of Targets ; Fire Direction and Control ; Use of Cover |
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Common terms and phrases
aim is true Aiming Bull AIMING DRILL ammunition barrel Battle Sight bolt handle BOLT MECHANISM bull's-eye bullet butt Caliber chamber clean clip cocking piece cut-off DISMOUNT distance drawing the bolt ejected ejector elevation extractor F Standing Leaf finger firing line firing pin Firing-pin floor plate forefinger forward front sight Gallery Practice grasp grip safety hammer 23 hold holster inches insert kneeling left hand line of sight link 11 loaded magazine MAGAZINE MECHANISM mark Mils Model move muzzle notch paster peep point of aim POSITION AND AIMING position of Ready Prone push Raise Pistol range Rapid Fire rear sight release revolver rifle right hand right thumb safety lock score SCREW sear shooting shots shoulder sleeve slide stop Slow Fire soldier squad squeezing the trigger striker target TELESCOPIC SIGHTS THIRD SIGHTING tion top cartridge tridge trigger squeeze turned windage yards zine ΙΟ
Popular passages
Page 147 - The evil of remaining too long in one place, however good the concealment, should be explained. He should be taught to advance from cover to cover, selecting cover in advance before leaving his concealment. It should be impressed upon him that a man running rapidly toward an enemy furnishes a poor target.
Page 116 - Suspend firing. Raise and hold the forearm steadily in a horizontal position in front of the forehead, palm of the hand to the front. Cease firing. Raise the forearm as in suspend firing and swing it up and down several times in front of the face.
Page 50 - ... at the same time raise the rifle with both hands and press it against the hollow of the shoulder. (Three.) Direct the rifle upon the mark and carry out the further details of aiming and squeezing the trigger as prescribed in paragraph 44.
Page 153 - ... lug on the cocking piece projecting, through the slot in the sleeve, into its groove in the receiver. As the sleeve remains longitudinally stationary with reference...
Page 156 - The bolt can not be drawn fully back, and its front end projecting over the rear end of the upper cartridge holds it down in the magazine below the action of the bolt. The magazine mechanism then remains inoperative, and the arm can be used as a single loader, the cartridges in the magazine being held in reserve.
Page 40 - ... the lungs in a state of rest, slowly raise the rifle with the left hand, being careful not to incline the sight to either side, until the line of sight is directly on the mark; hold the rifle steadily directed on the mark for a moment; then, without command and just before the power to hold the rifle steadily is lost, drop the rifle to the position of "Ready" and resume the breathing Remarks.
Page 46 - In raising the rifle to the mark in the second and third exercises, the position of the left hand should not be changed, but the left forearm should be brought toward the body and at the same time the body bent slightly to the rear. When aiming kneeling there is, from the nature of the position, a tendency to press the butt of the rifle against the upper arm instead of against the hollow of the shoulder; this will necessitate inclining the head considerably to the right to get the line of sight,...
Page 80 - The trigger should be pulled with the forefinger. If the trigger is pulled with the second finger, the forefinger extending along the side of the receiver is apt to press against the projecting pin of the slide stop and cause a jam when the slide recoils.
Page 35 - ... piece and tips resting on the magazine floor plate ; forces the cartridges into the magazine by pressing down with the thumb ; without removing the clip, thrusts the bolt home, turning down the handle; turns the safety lock to the " safe " and carries the hand to the small of the stock.
Page 41 - The rifle must be raised slowly, without jerk, and its motion stopped gradually. In retaining it directed at the mark care must be taken not to continue the aim after steadiness is lost; this period will probably be found to be short at first, but will quickly lengthen with practice. No effort should be made to prolong it beyond the time that breathing can easily be restrained.