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Title: Hints on the Use and Handling of Firearms Generally, and the Revolver in Particular

Author: Lieut. H. Onslow Curling

Release Date: July 29, 2010 [EBook #33287]

Language: English

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HINTS ON THE USE AND HANDLING OF FIREARMS GENERALLY, AND THE REVOLVER IN
PARTICULAR.

BY LIEUT. H. ONSLOW CURLING, C. L. A. B.

_'Nunquam non paratus.'_

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1885.

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HINTS ON THE USE AND HANDLING OF FIREARMS, _&c._ _&c._

'He, that rides at high speed, and with
His pistol kills a sparrow flying.'
SHAKESPEARE: _Henry IV._

THE National Rifle Association may fairly claim the honour of
introducing, at their meeting in July 1885, the subject of Military
Revolver practice in this country. For years past the want of such a
movement has been felt, but the many obstacles to be overcome have been
so vast that no one seems to have cared to venture upon the matter, and
so it has slept.

The great drawback has been, and is now, to find suitable ranges
anywhere near London. Such ranges, the use of which is enjoyed by our
Citizen Army, are insufficient, and the expense of keeping them up is
considerable, falling heavily upon the corps to whom they belong.

The National Rifle Association, although they offered some 40_l._ in
prizes, and provided not only revolvers but ammunition, for a small
consideration, or entrance fee, met with but poor support; but it should
be borne in mind that this was the first year of such