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" ... under the rifle, and the right elbow nearly square with and well to the front of the right shoulder, to form a bed for the butt, without moving the body, head, or eye, placing the forefinger round the trigger like a hook, but without pressing it. "
A catechism adapted to the latest edition of the Regulations, for conducting ... - Page 39
by Aubrey William O. Saunders - 1861
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The Rudiments of Rifle Practice; Or, A System of Catechetical Instruction in ...

Charles Hamilton Fenton - Shooting - 1861 - 96 pages
...into the hollow of the right shoulder, pressing it thereto with the left hand, and at the same time bring the left elbow well under the rifle, and the...square with the right shoulder and to the front of it, so as to form a bed for the butt, but without moving the body, head, hand, or eye, still keeping the...
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Answers to questions on the instruction of musketry and the Hythe papers

Elphinstone Waters Begbie - Shooting, Military - 1862 - 96 pages
...inclined downwards." 4. " Bring the rifle smartly in to the hollow of the right shoulder, pressing it thereto with the left hand, and, at the same instant,...square with the right shoulder, and to the front of it, so as to form a bed for the butt, but without moving the body, head, eye, or hand, still keeping the...
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Illustrated Musketry Vade Mecum

Richard George Coles - Shooting, Military - 1865 - 186 pages
...subsequent motions of practice. Bring the rifle smartly into the hollow of the right shoulder, pressing it thereto with the left hand, and at the same instant...square with the right shoulder and to the front of it, so as to form a bed for the butt, but without moving the body, head, QUESTIONS. ANSWERS. What is the...
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The P.S.:356 questions and answers, comprising the full course of ...

John W. Whitcomb - 1872 - 94 pages
...the rifle smartly into the hollow of right shoulder (which must not be allowed to give way) pressing it thereto with the left hand, .and at the same instant bring the left elbow under the rifle, and the right elbow nearly square with, and well to the front of the right shoulder,...
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How to obtain the P.S.

Henry R W. Lumsden - 1874 - 74 pages
...the rifle smartly into the hollow of right shoulder (which must not be allowed to give way), pressing it thereto with the left hand and at the sa,me instant bring the left elbow under the rifle, and the right elbow nearly square with and well to the front of the right shoulder,...
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Manual of field artillary exercises 1875,77

War office - 1875 - 524 pages
...give way (carrying it to the front, so as to clear the body, in doing so), pressing it to the shoulder with the left hand ; and at the same instant bring the left elbow under the carbine, and the right elbow nearly square with, and well to the front of the right shoulder...
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Cavalry Drill Manual

New Zealand. Army - 1887 - 248 pages
...carbine smartly into the hollow of the right shoulder (which must not bo allowed to give way), pressing it thereto with the left hand, and at the same instant bring the left elbow nearly under the carbine and the right elbow nearly square with and well to the front of the right...
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General orders by His Royal Highness the field marshal commanding ..., Volume 4

Great Britain. War Office - 1886 - 428 pages
...front to clear the body in doing so, and press it to the shoulder with the left hand; at the same time bring the left elbow well under the rifle, and the right elbow a little lower than, and well to the front of the right shoulder to form a bed for the butt, without...
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