FIRING WITH RESTS:  In order that the shooting may be uniform the piece should always be rested at the same point.

SECTION 11.  THE COURSE IN SMALL-ARMS FIRING.

The course in small-arms firing consists of—­

(a) Nomenclature and care of rifle. (b) Sighting drills. (c) Position and aiming drills. (d) Deflection and elevation correction drills. (e) Gallery practice. (f) Estimating distance drill. (g) Individual known-distance firing, instruction practice. (h) Individual known-distance firing, record practice. (i) Long-distance practice. (j) Practice with telescopic sights. (k) Instruction combat practice. (l) Combat practice. (m) Proficiency test.

The regulations governing these are found in Small Arms Firing Manual, 1913.  There should be several copies of this manual in every company.

SECTION 12.  TARGETS.

The accompanying plates show the details and size of the targets: 

[Illustration:  TARGET A.]

[Illustration:  TARGET B.]

[Illustration:  TARGET C.]

[Illustration:  TARGET D.]

SECTION 13.  PISTOL AND REVOLVER PRACTICE.[8]

[Footnote 8:  Whenever in these regulations the word “pistol” appears the regulation applies with equal force to the revolver, if applicable to that weapon.]

135.[9] NOMENCLATURE AND CARE OF THE WEAPON; HANDLING AND PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ACCIDENTS.—­The soldier will first be taught the nomenclature of those parts of the weapon necessary to an understanding of its action and use and the proper measures for its care and preservation.  Ordnance pamphlets Nos. 1866 (description of the Colt’s automatic pistol), 1919, and 1927 (description of the Colt’s revolver, calibers .38 and .45, respectively) contain full information on this subject, and are furnished to organizations armed with these weapons.

[Footnote 9:  The number refer to paragraphs in the Small Arms Firing Manual, 1918.]

Careless handling of the pistol or revolver is the cause of many accidents and results in broken parts of the mechanism.  The following rules will, if followed, prevent much trouble of this character: 

(a) On taking the PISTOL from the armrack or holster, take out the magazine and see that it is empty before replacing it; then draw back the slide and make sure that the piece is unloaded.  Observe the same precaution after practice on the target range, and again before replacing the pistol in the holster or in the armrack.  When taking the REVOLVER from the armrack or holster and before returning it to the same, open the cylinder and eject empty shells and cartridges.  Before beginning a drill and upon arriving on the range observe the same precaution.

(b) Neither load nor cock the weapon until the moment of firing, nor until a run in the mounted course is started.