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PISTOL AND REVOLVER SHOOTING

Pistol and Revolver
Shooting

BY
A. L. A. HIMMELWRIGHT

Illustrated

OUTING HANDBOOKS Number 34

NEW YORK
OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
MCMXVI

Copyright, 1904, by
The Macmillan Co.
Copyright, 1908, by
A. L. A. Himmelwright

Copyright, 1915, by
OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
All rights reserved

Fully Revised

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PREFACE

Interest in pistol and revolver shooting has increased very rapidly in recent years and particularly since smokeless powder has been introduced.

The revolver and the magazine pistol now constitute part of the regular equipment of army and navy officers and cavalry troops. Regulations governing practice shooting with these arms have been issued and adopted by both branches of the service and by the National Guard of the various States. In the National Rifle Association and in the various State rifle associations that have recently been organized, pistol and revolver shooting has an important place, and the matches provided are largely patronized. In the numerous civilian shooting clubs scattered throughout the country pistol and revolver shooting has become extremely popular, and in many cases the majority of the members practice more frequently with the smaller arms than with the rifle.

Practice with the pistol and revolver affords training in sighting, steady holding, and pulling the trigger, which are the essential features of rifle shooting also. On account of this relation, and the fact that skill with these arms can be instantly utilized in rifle shooting, the development of marksmanship with the pistol and revolver assumes national importance.

While numerous standard works have been written on the subject of rifle shooting, there is comparatively little information available on pistol and revolver shooting. The object of this volume is to supply practical information on this subject. The author has attempted to treat the subject in a clear and concise manner, keeping the size of the volume as small as practicable and so as to be conveniently carried in the pocket. Particular pains have been taken to give sound advice and elementary instruction to beginners.

The author extends his grateful acknowledgments to Baron Speck von Sternburg, Messrsr. J. B. Crabtree, John T. Humphrey, William E. Carlin, Chas. S. Axtell, Walter Winans, Walter G. Hudson, Ed. Taylor, J. E. Silliman, M. Hays, and the various arms and ammunition manufacturers referred to herein, for valuable assistance, suggestions, information and data in preparing this volume.

A. L. A. Himmelwright.

Stockholm, N. J.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER	PAGE
Introductory and Historical
Arms
Ammunition
Sights
Shooting Position
Target-Shooting
Targets
Target Practice
Revolver Practice for the Police
Pistol Shooting for Ladies
Clubs and Ranges
Hints to Beginners
Reloading Ammunition
Appendix

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Smith & Wesson .38-Caliber Revolver Colt Army Special Revolver Smith & Wesson .44-Caliber Revolver	}	FACING	PAGE
Colt New Service Revolver Smith & Wesson Russian Model Revolver Colt Single Action Revolver	}	"	"
Webley & Scott W. S. Model Revolver Webley & Fosbury Automatic Revolver Colt Automatic Pistol	}	"	"
Parabellum or Luger Automatic Pistol Webley & Scott Automatic Pistol Mauser Automatic Pistol	}	"	"
Smith & Wesson Pistol Remington Pistol Stevens Pistol, Gould Model	}	"	"
Adolph Weber Pistol Gastinne-Renette Pistol Colt Automatic Target Pistol Colt Police Positive Revolver	}	"	"
Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector Revolver Smith & Wesson Double Action Perfected Revolver Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless Revolver Smith & Wesson Pocket Revolver	}	"	"
Colt Police Positive Target Revolver Stevens Diamond Model Pistol Colt Automatic Pocket Pistol	}	"	"
Colt Automatic Pocket Pistol Savage Automatic Pocket Pistol Smith & Wesson Automatic Pocket Pistol	}	"	"
Military Sights	PAGE
Paine Sights Patridge Sights	}	"
Lyman Sights The Wespi Searchlight Sight	}	FACING	PAGE
Walter Winans, C. S. Axtell, Thomas Anderton	"	"
John A. Dietz, E. E. Patridge, Sergt. W. E. Petty	"	"
J. E. Gorman, R. H. Sayre, A. P. Lane	"	"
J. H. Snook, George Armstrong, P. J. Dolfen	"	"
Standard American Target	PAGE
U. S. R. A. Combination Target	"
The International Union Target	"
Target L. (U. S. Army)	"
Combination Set: Revolver, Pistol, Utensils, and Case	"
Details of Alternating Targets, Pit, etc., for 50-yard Range	"
Details of Booths at Firing Line, Trolleys, and Butts for Gallery Ranges	"
Shooting Gallery of the Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, N. Y.	FACING	PAGE
Correct Manner of Holding the Revolver	"	"
Correct Position of the Sights in Aiming at the Target	PAGE
Showing the Travel of the Line of the Sights About the Bullseye in Aiming	"
Moulding Bullets	"

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PISTOL AND REVOLVER SHOOTING

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL

Pistol shooting has been practiced ever since grained gunpowder came into general use. It is only recently, however, that it has developed into a popular pastime and has been recognized as a legitimate sport.

The useful and practical qualities of the pistol and revolver have been developed almost wholly during the last half-century. Before this period the small arms designed to be fired with one hand were crude and inaccurate, and were intended to be used only at short range as weapons of defense. The single-barreled muzzle-loading pistol has, nevertheless, been part of the army and navy officers equipment since the sixteenth century. These pistols were of large caliber, smooth-bored, heavy, and unwieldy. The load was a spherical bullet and a large charge of powder. Enough accuracy was obtained to hit a man at 15 to 20 paces, which was deemed sufficient. The usefulness of these arms in action was limited to the firing of a single shot, and then using them as missiles or clubs.

The pistol in early days was considered a gentlemans arma luxury. It was the arm generally selected for duelling when that code was in vogue, the contestants standing 10 to 20 paces apart and firing at the word of command.

The development of the pistol has been contemporaneous and closely identified with that of the rifle. With the grooving or rifling of the barrel, the accuracy was greatly improved and the arm adapted to conical bullets. Although numerous attempts were made to devise a multishot arm with flint, wheel, and match locks, it was not until the percussion cap was invented that a practicable arm of this character was produced. This was a revolver invented by Colonel Colt of Hartford, Conn., in 1835, and consisted of a single barrel with a revolving cylinder at the breech containing the charges, the mechanism being such that the cocking of the piece after each discharge revolved the cylinder sufficiently to bring a loaded chamber in line with the barrel.

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