Outing . e the slightest sound counts, there is no camp wherethe pistol does not pay for its keep. Inthe hands of the expert, it will knockgrouse off the limbs as neatly as a rifle,stop rabbits, and put snakes into thestages of that last wriggle that lastsuntil sundown. The tyro, once he—or she—haslearned that it is not good medicine tofire the gun by giving the trigger aconvulsive yank gets on splendidly. Ittakes but a few days to get to the pointwhere further proficiency is a matter ofmuscular training. The great stum-bling point, like learning how to swim,is the very first step. Once you ha
Outing . e the slightest sound counts, there is no camp wherethe pistol does not pay for its keep. Inthe hands of the expert, it will knockgrouse off the limbs as neatly as a rifle,stop rabbits, and put snakes into thestages of that last wriggle that lastsuntil sundown. The tyro, once he—or she—haslearned that it is not good medicine tofire the gun by giving the trigger aconvulsive yank gets on splendidly. Ittakes but a few days to get to the pointwhere further proficiency is a matter ofmuscular training. The great stum-bling point, like learning how to swim,is the very first step. Once you havelearned how to keep yourself afloat, pro-ficiency in swimming comes withoutmuch more discouragement. Once youhave learned how to release the triggerof the pistol and have learned why youhit the ground half way to your mark,then your pistol-shooting improves morerapidly than you in your most conceitedmoments believed was possible. I would divide proficiency with thepistol into three great stages: The. A DE LUXE PISTOL WITH SINGLE SET TRIGGER [736] PISTOL PASTIME 737 first, mastery of how tosquec/.e off the trigger with-out disturbing the aim; thesecond, the control of thearm muscles, gained only bypractice, that enables you tohold the gun nearly motion-less; the third, such controlof the trigger finger that youcan hit flying objects. The average man wouldnot believe possible such ex-traordinary skill as can beattained by practice with thepistol at flying objects. Ihave seen humble amateursdo work with the hand-gunthat only a Topperwein or aRazee could equal with arifle, hitting marbles, coins,and such small objects,thrown into the air. Happily .22 ammunitionis quite inexpensive. Youcan fire a thousand shots ofshorts at the cost of a coupleof dollars, and the more
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