TABLE A.
RECRUITS’ COURSE—ROYAL ARTILLERY, DRIVERS ROYAL ENGINEERS (REGULARS), ARMY SERVICE CORPS (REGULARS AND SPECIAL RESERVE), AND ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS.
| Grouping Practice for those Recruits or Trained Menwho fail in the Preliminary Test. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Practice. | Target. | Distance in Yards. | Rounds. | Position and Grouping Standard. |
| 1 | Grouping | 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) | 100 | 5 | Lying, with rest. |
| 2 | Grouping | 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) | 100 | 5 | Lying. |
| Total rounds | 10 | ||||
| Elementary Course for First-Year Men and Third-ClassShots. | |||||
| 1 | Grouping | 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) | 100 | 5 | Lying. All shots in 12-inch ring. |
| 2 | Application | 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) | 200 | 5 | Lying, with rest. Five hits including four within Inner (24-inch) ring. |
| 3 | Application | 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) | 200 | 5 | Lying. Five hits, including four within Inner (24-inch) ring. |
| 4 | Application | 1st Class Figure | 300 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover behind stones or sandbars representing a parapet and firing over them. Four hits. |
| 5 | Application | 1st Class Figure | 400 | 5 | Lying. |
| 6 | Application | 1st Class Figure | 500 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover as in 4. |
| Total rounds | 30 | ||||
Note.—The course should be fired in five days as follows:—
Practices 1 and 2, first day. Repetition, second day. Practices 3 and 4, third day. Repetition, fourth day. Practices 5 and 6, fifth day.
Practices 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be repeated once each if the grouping standard is not attained, but not on the same day. Should the firer have attained the grouping standard in any of the first four practices without repetition, he may on conclusion of all the practices be given the option of repeating No. 6 with a view to increasing his score for qualification.
In all cases of repetition the second score only will count for classification.
As a rule five days should be devoted to firing the course, of which the second and fourth would be reserved for repetition and careful instruction of indifferent shots.
Surplus rounds will be used as the officer commanding the battery or company may direct on preliminary or further training, testing rifles, occasional shots, or marksmen’s firing in Part III., Table B, for cavalry and infantry.
Points required for 2nd Class=65. Grouping standards have no effect on classification; they govern repetition only.