Firing Positions
Being at the position of Ready
AIM.
One time and one motion.
SS 181. Raise the piece with both hands, and support the butt against the right shoulder; the left, elbow down, the right as high as the shoulder - incline the head upon the butt, so that the right eye may perceive quickly the notch of the hausse the front sight, and the object aimed at, the left eye closed, the right thumb extended along the stock, the fore-finger on the trigger.
SS 182. When recruits are formed in two ranks to execute the firings, the front rank men will raise it, little less the right elbow, in order to facilitate the aim of the rear rank men.
SS 183. The rear rank men, in aiming, will each carry the right foot about eight inches to the right, and towards the left heel of the man next on the right, inclining the upper part of the body forward.
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