The Outpost Vol 1 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

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THE OUTPOST.
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photography came to their aid, and solved the
mystery. Photographs of the bullet in the act
of leaving the muzzle showed that the final
vibration of the 25 inch barrel was downward
or negative when without the bayonet. but
upward or positive when the bayonet was in
place. This "throw-up" exactly counterbalanced
the weight of the bayonet, with the
aforesaid result that no alteration in aim was
necessary.
When the stronger Mark VII. cartridge is
used, this" throw-up" or positive vibration is
all the greater, and therefore a lower aim must
be taken when the bayonet is fixed,-with the
backsight leaf in its lowest position the correct
point of aim is only six inches above the
bottom of the target when firing at 200 yards,
and exactly at the bottom when at 300.
Here, in brief form, is the Course to be fired
by the New Army, Parts 1. and n. being mainly
instructional, and Parts lIT. and IV. being for
the classification of soldiers as Marksmen, Firstclass.
Second-class, or Third-class shots.
One clip or charger is loaded into the magazine
and fired in each practice.
PART 1.
Practice No. 1.-100 yards. 2nd Class Elementary
(Bulls-eye) target. Grouping test.
Lying with rest. Standard required-4
shots in 12 inch circle.
Practice No. 2.-100 yards. Same target.
Application of fire. Lying without rest.
Standard required-5 in 12 inch circle.
Practice No. 3.-200 yards. 2nd Class Figure
target (showing head and shoulders).
Application of fire. Lying-slow. Must
have 5 hits on target, or 12 points.
Practice No. 4.-200 yards. Same target.
Snap-shooting. Exposure of 4 seconds for
each shot. Must have 4 hits on target.
Practice No. 5.-200 yards. Same target.
Rapid fire. Lying, firing over cover.
25 seconds allowed. Minimum required
-10 points.
PART Il.
Practice No. 6.-300 yards. 2nd Class Figure
target. Application of fire. Lying. taking
cover.
Practice No. 7.-300 yards. Same target.
Rapid. Firing over cover. 25 seconds
allowed.
(Note.-The shooting at 200 and 300 yards
is done with bayonet fixed).
Practice No. 8.-400 yards. 1St Class Figure
target. Lying-slow fire.
Practice No. 9.-400 yards. Same target.
Rapid 'fire. Lying. 30 seconds allowed.
Practice No. rO.-500 yards. Same target.
Application of fire. Lying-slow.
Practice No. 11.-600 yards. Same target.
Application of fire. Lying-slow.
PART Ill.
The Classification Practices follow almost
exactly according to Table Bin "Musketry
Regulations."
PART IV.
This portion of the Course refers to the
expenditure of surplus ammunition for repetition
practices and extra instruction of
inferior shots. and will be settled by the General
Officer Commanding each Brigade.
Following all this comes training in Individual
and Collective Field-firing at figure, silhouette,
moving, and disappearing targets, at unknown
ranges.
'When a soldier has successfully completed
the foregoing course of Musketry he may
consider himself well qualified to take an
effective part in his country's battles, so far as
the use of his rifle is concerned.
M. DRt:MMOND, Sergt.
t t t
Ship me away to Egypt's shore,
Somewhere across the foam,
Where I have never been before,
Where snakes and lions roam.
Send me to some outlandish hole.
And, oh! let it be soon;
Teenie has ruffled up my soul,
She's jilted me in Troon.
Drawn by)
[PI•• St.wart.
Landlady: ..Good-bye Mr. Pri1)atf1, and we'll be glad
to see you back agoin in OCTOBER."