PISTOL AND REVOLVER SHOOTING
Pistol and Revolver
Shooting
BY
A. L. A. HIMMELWRIGHT
Illustrated
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
PREFACE
Interest in pistol and revolver shooting has increased very rapidly inrecent years and particularly since smokeless powder has been introduced.
The revolver and the magazine pistol now constitute part of the regularequipment of army and navy officers and cavalry troops. Regulationsgoverning practice shooting with these arms have been issued and adoptedby both branches of the service and by the National Guard of the variousStates. In the National Rifle Association and in the various State rifleassociations that have recently been organized, pistol and revolvershooting has an important place, and the matches provided are largelypatronized. In the numerous civilian shooting clubs scattered throughoutthe country pistol and revolver shooting has become extremely popular, andin many cases the majority of the members practice more frequently withthe smaller arms than with the rifle.
Practice with the pistol and revolver affords training in sighting, steadyholding, and pulling the trigger, which are the essential features ofrifle shooting also.[Pg 6] On account of this relation, and the fact that skillwith these arms can be instantly utilized in rifle shooting, thedevelopment of marksmanship with the pistol and revolver assumes nationalimportance.
While numerous standard works have been written on the subject of rifleshooting, there is comparatively little information available on pistoland revolver shooting. The object of this volume is to supply practicalinformation on this subject. The author has attempted to treat the subjectin a clear and concise manner, keeping the size of the volume as small aspracticable and so as to be conveniently carried in the pocket. Particularpains have been taken to give sound advice and elementary instruction tobeginners.
The author extends his grateful acknowledgments to Baron Speck vonSternburg, 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 manufacturersreferred to herein, for valuable assistance, suggestions, information anddata in preparing this volume.
A. L. A. Himmelwright.
Stockholm, N. J.
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