Mr. Frazier. Yes; you could take an aiming point low and to the left and have the shots strike a predetermined point. But it would be no different from taking these targets and putting an aiming point in the center of the bullet-impact area. Here that would be the situation you would have—an aiming point off to the side and an impact area at the high right corner.
Mr. Eisenberg. If you had been shooting to score bulls-eyes, in a bulls-eye pattern, what would you have—what action, if any, would you have taken, to improve your score?
Mr. Frazier. I would have aimed low and to the left—after finding how high the bullets were landing; you would compensate by aiming low left, or adjusting the mount of the scope in a manner which would cause the hairlines to coincide with the point of impact.
Mr. Eisenberg. How much practice had you had with the rifle before the last series of four targets were shot by you?
Mr. Frazier. I had fired it possibly 20 rounds, 15 to 20 rounds, and in addition had operated the bolt repeatedly.
Mr. Eisenberg. Does practice with this weapon—or would practice with this weapon—materially shorten the time in which three shots could be accurately fired?
Mr. Frazier. Yes, sir; very definitely.
Mr. Eisenberg. Would practice without actually firing the weapon be helpful—that is, a dry-run practice?
Mr. Frazier. That would be most helpful, particularly in a bolt-action weapon, where it is necessary to shift your hand from the trigger area to the bolt, operate the bolt, and go back to the trigger after closing the bolt.
Mr. Eisenberg. Based on your experience with the weapon, do you think three shots could be fired accurately within 5½ seconds if no rest was utilized?