Pistol and Revolver Shooting Has Increased Very Rapidly in Recent Years and Par Ticularly Since Smokeless Powder Has Been Intro D Uced
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Pisto l a nd Revo lver Sh o o tin g ' A: I II M M EL WRIGHT ; I llustr a ted M ACM IL L AN CO M PANY cu. “ P RI NTE D I N THE UNI TED STATES OF AKEEICA ' C 1 8 B opmsht, 90 . y A L A I M M E WRIG . H L HT i 1 1 1 Copyr ght, 90 4 and 9 5 , B O ANY y THE M ACM I LLAN C M P . ri r w All ghts ene ed. PREFACE NTEREST in pistol and revolver shooting has increased very rapidly in recent years and par ticularly since smokeless powder has been intro d uced . The revolver and the magaz ine pistol now consti tute part of the regular equipment of army and navy oflicers and ca alr tr e ulations o ernin v y 0 0 ps. R g g v g practice shootingf with these arms have been issued and adopted by both branches of the service and by the National G uar of the var ou States In the Na d i s . tional Rifle Association and in the var ious State rifle associations tha ha e r ntl been or aniz e istol t v ece y g d , p and re ol er shootin has an im ortant lace and the v v g p p , matche ro i e e l el r niz e I n the nu s p v d d ar arg y pat o d. merous civilian shooting clubs scattered throughout the country pistol and revolver shooting has become ex tremel o ular and in man cases the ma orit of y p p , y j y the members practice more frequently with the smaller ms than wi ar th the rifle. Practice with the pistol and revolver aflords training in si htin stea hol in and ullin the tri er g g, dy d g, p g gg , which are the essential features of rifle shooting also. 6 PRE FACE On account of this relation and the fact th t s ill , a k with these arms can be instantly utiliz ed in rifle shootin the evelo ment of mar s manshi with the g, d p k p istol an re ol er t on i ortance p d v v assumes na i al mp . While numerous standard works have been written on the sub ect of rifle shootin there is com arati el j g, p v y little information available on pistol and revolver shootin he c r g. T obje t of this volume is to supply p ac tical informat n on b he thor h s io this su ject. T au a attempted to treat the subject in a clear and concise manner ee in the siz e of the lume as small as , k p g vo practicable and so as to be conveniently ca rried in the c Parti o i e n po ket. cular pains have been taken t g v sou d a ice and elementar instruction to be inne dv y g rs. The author extends his grateful acknowledgments on S ec von tern ur r . ra to Bar S b M essrs . B. C b p k g, J tr e oh H hr illia E arlin has. e n T . um e W m . C C , J p y, , S. Axtell Walter W inans W alter G . Hu son Ed . , , d , a l r E lli a Ha and the arious arm T o . Si m n M . s s y , J , y , v and ammunition manufacturers referre to ein d her , for aluable assistance su estions information and v , gg , d ata re ari th ol in p p ng is v ume. A. L . A. HIM M Bm oHr . Stockholm, N . J . CONTENTS CH APTER PAGE . N RODU ORY ND I I T CT A HIsTORICAI. ARM s II . M M III . A U NITION I H V. SIG TS V SR OO P S . TING O ITION I TARGE - SH N V . T OOTI G VI I . TARGETs AR E RA T VIII . T G T P C ICE I EVOL VER P T E R TH E P L E X . R RAC IC FO O IC X PIsTOI. H T G F R L AD ES . S OO IN O I X I . CL U Es AN D RAN GES X II H N S To BEGIN N ERs . I T REL OAD G AM M U O X III . IN NITI N AP P ENDIX IL L USTRATIONS Smit ess n - i h W o .38 Ca l ber Revolver o t rm S C l A y pecial Revolver . FACI NG PAGE aa Smi th Wesson 4 4- Ca liber Revolver r R r Colt New Se vice evolve . Smith Wesson Russian M odel Revolver Colt Single Action Revolver ” We e M e R e S o . o e o r bl y c tt W S. d l v lv Webley Fosbury Automatic Revolver o i i C lt Automat c P stol . o Parabellum or L uger Automatic Pist l . Webley Scott Automatic Pistol M auser Automatic Pistol Smith 8: Wesson Pistol Remington Pistol Ste ens isto Gou M o e . v P l, ld d l Ado lph Weber Pistol Gastinne- Renette Pistol Colt Automatic Target Pistol Co lt Police Positive Revolver Smith 8: Wesson Hand Ej ector Revolver Smith Wesson Double Action Per fect R r ed evolve . Smith Wesson Sa fety Hammerless Re volver Smith Wesson Pocket Revolver Colt Police Positive Target Revolver Stevens Diamond M odel Pistol Colt Automatic Pocket Pisto l Colt Automatic Pocket Pistol Savage Automatic Pocket Pistol Smith Wesson Automatic Pocket Pistol . I L LUS TRATI ONS Paine Sights o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Patridge Sights L yman Sights “ cm“PAGE 64 The es i Sear i i W p chl ght S ght . a ter inans . S. xte omas W l W , C A ll, Th Anderton hn . Di o etz E. E. atri er t . J A , P dge, S g . W E. Petty rm R Go an . r . E. Sa e . a ne . J , H y , A P . L . H. Snoo Geor e rmstron J k, g A g, P. J. B oli eu Standard American Target RAGE U. S R . om inati n ar et . A C b o T g The I nternational Union Target r rm Ta get L . (U. S. A y) om ination Set : Re o er isto tensi s nd C b v lv , P l, U l , a Case D tai f ltern i r e ls o A at ng Ta gets, Pit, etc , for 50 ard Ran e y g ” Detai s of Booths at i rin L ine Tro e s and l F g , ll y , Butts for Gallery Ranges Shooting Gallery of the Crescent Athletic u Brook n N. Y . J AGI NG PAGE I z o Cl b, ly , Correct M anner of Holding the Revolver Correct Position o f the Sights in Aiming at the PAGE 1 28 Showing the Travel of the L ine of the Sights About the Bullseye in Aiming M oulding Bullets . PISTOL AND REVOL VER SHOOTING CHAPTER I I NTRODUCTORY AND HISTORI CAL I STOL shooting has been practiced ever since grained gunpowder came i nto n n n ge eral use . It is o ly rece tly, how t i n ever, hat t has developed i to a popular pas time and has been recognized as a legitimate ! sport . The useful and practical qualities of the pistol and revolver have been developed al n - most wholly duri g the last half century. Before this period the small arms designed to be fired with one ha nd were crude and inaccu and n en e n rate , were i t d d to be used o ly at short ra nge as Weapons of defense The n - e - n si gle barrel d muzzle loadi g pistol has , n h ss n nd n evert ele , bee part of the army a avy ’ O flicer s n n x n en equipme t si ce the si tee th c tury. T hese pistols were of large caliber, smooth The fi rst pistols of which there is any authentic in formation wer e made about 1 5 40 by one Cami nelleo Vitelli t i toia I ta rom w ic ace the arm too its name. a P s , ly, f h h pl k 1 4 PI S TOL AND RE VOL VE R an n Th bored, heavy, d u wieldy. e load was a l and spherical bul et a large charge of powder. Enough accuracy was Obtained to hit a man 2 0 ffi n at I 5 to paces , which was deemed su cie t . The usefulness of these arms in action was fi n n an limited to the ri g of a si gle shot, d then n usi g them as missiles or clubs . The pistol in early days was considered a ’ n — th ge tleman s arm a luxury . It was e arm generally selected for duelling when that code in n n n n 1 0 was vogue , the co testa ts sta di g to 2 0 paces apart and firi ng at the word of com n ma d .