An edition of A system of target practice (1858)

A system of target practice

For the use of troops when armed with the musket, rifle-musket, rifle, or carbine

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H.C. Baird
Language
English
Pages
48

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Target practice, United States. Army, United States

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A system of target practice: For the use of troops when armed with the musket, rifle-musket, rifle, or carbine
1858, H.C. Baird
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Table of Contents

First lesson : Exercise preparatory to firing. Aiming ; Position of a skirmisher aiming, standing ; Position of a soldier kneeling and aiming ; Keeping the piece steady when pulling the trigger ; Simulated firing with caps ; Simulated firing with blank cartridges ; Estimating distances
Second lesson : Firing with ball cartridges at different distances, and formation of classes
Third lesson : Firing as skirmishers
Fourth lesson : Firing by file, by company or rank, and by platoon
List of forms : I. Record of company firing, classes, &c ; II. Record of company firing as skirmishers ; III. Record of company firing by file, by company or rank, and by platoon.

Edition Notes

"1 March 1858" -- T.p. verso.

"Published by order of the War Department" -- Cover.

"Chiefly a translation from the French ʻInstruction provisoire sur le tir, à l'usage des bataillons de chasseurs à pied.'." -- Preface.

A later issue, 1862, published at the Government Printing Office, Washington.

Reprinted edition, 1998, published by J.W. Henry Pub., Ind.

Also available online from the Internet Archive. Address as of January 31, 2014: https://archive.org/details/systemoftargetpr00henr.

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48 p.
Number of pages
48

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OL33217262M
Internet Archive
systemoftargetpr00henr
OCLC/WorldCat
6643449

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