A system of target practice. For the use of troops when armed with the musket, rifle-musket, rifle, or carbine
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A system of target practice. For the use of troops when armed with the musket, rifle-musket, rifle, or carbine
- Publication date
- 1858
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : H.C. Baird
- Collection
- libraryofthemarinecorps; fedlink; americana
- Contributor
- Library of the Marine Corps
- Language
- English
"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
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
A later issue, 1862, published at the Government Printing Office, Washington
Reprinted edition, 1998, published by J.W. Henry Pub., Ind
48 p. : 19 cm
"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
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
A later issue, 1862, published at the Government Printing Office, Washington
Reprinted edition, 1998, published by J.W. Henry Pub., Ind
48 p. : 19 cm
- Addeddate
- 2013-06-25 12:21:38
- Associated-names
- Heth, Henry, 1825-1899
- Bib_util_no
- b12348843
- Boxid
- UD330 .U5 1858
- Call number
- UD330 .U5 1858
- Camera
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1085604308
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- systemoftargetpr00henr
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t6rz0x93k
- Identifier_bib
- UD330 .U5 1858
- Ocr_converted
- abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.37
- Ocr_module_version
- 0.0.21
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL33217262M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL24988067W
- Page-progression
- lr
- Page_number_confidence
- 35
- Page_number_module_version
- 1.0.3
- Pages
- 70
- Possible copyright status
- The Library is unaware of any copyright restrictions for this item.
- Ppi
- 600
- Republisher_date
- 20130702165814
- Republisher_operator
- associate-veronica-romero@archive.org
- Scandate
- 20130701140704
- Scanner
- scribe5.capitolhill.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- capitolhill
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 6643449
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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