[Illustration: =Fig. 17.=--SHOWING GRIP OF RIGHT HAND, AND TRIGGER FINGER.]
[Illustration: =Fig. 18.=--INSTRUCTOR ILLUSTRATING CORRECT METHOD OF PRESSING THE TRIGGER.]
[Illustration: =Fig. 19=--CORRECT METHOD OF USING AIMING-DISC.
(_See Appendix, Sec. IV., “Aiming-Disc.”_)]
[Illustration: =Fig. 20.=--STANDING POSITION--SIDE VIEW.
1. Body well balanced. 2. Left elbow well under rifle. 3. Good bed for the butt. 4. Firm grip with both hands. 5. Eye well back from the cocking-piece. 6. Sights perfectly upright.]
[Illustration: =Fig. 21.=--STANDING POSITION--FRONT VIEW.
1. Body well balanced. 2. Left elbow well under rifle. 3. Good bed for the butt. 4. Firm grip with both hands. 5. Eye well back from the cocking-piece. 6. Sights perfectly upright.]
=2. Need for Avoiding Unnecessary Movement.=--Recruits will be trained to assume the various firing positions rapidly, and to perform the loading and aiming motions with as little movement as possible. All unnecessary movement in performing these motions must be avoided, especially in the open, as movement attracts the eye and tends to betray the position of targets which, when stationary, would be invisible or extremely difficult to discern.
=3. Standing Position= (Figs. 20 and 21).--(i) The standing position will, as a rule, be used on service to fire from breastworks, high walls, and cover, such as long grass or standing corn, or to take a snap-shot when advancing, so that the pace of the advance is not materially checked. For the height over which a man can fire standing see Sec. 31, para. 2.
(ii) =Rules for the Standing Position.=--Body turned half right, left foot carried to the left and slightly forward, so that the body is erect and well-balanced, left elbow well under the rifle, the butt well into the hollow of the shoulder, rifle gripped firmly with both hands, eye well back from the cocking-piece, sights perfectly upright.
=4. Lying Position= (Fig. 22).--(i) The lying position will generally be adopted by troops on open ground, or when firing from continuous low cover, or from behind small rocks, trees, etc. Preliminary instruction in firing and firing exercises will, as a rule, be carried out in the lying position as being the most convenient.