Musketry (.303 and .22 cartridges) / Elementary training, visual training, judging distance, fire discipline, range practices, field practices

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They will be classified on the same standard as laid down for the forty rounds fired in Table B, p. 169.

Part I.—Qualifying Practices.
No.	Practice.	Target.	Distance in Yards.	Rounds.	Instructions for Conduct of Practice.
1	Grouping	2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye)	100	5	Lying, with arm or rifle rested.
2	Application	2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye)	200	5	As in 1.
3	Application	2nd Class Figure	300	5	Kneeling, with arm or rifle rested.
4	Grouping	2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye)	100	5	Lying.
5	Application	1st Class Figure	400	5	Lying.
6	Application	1st Class Figure	500	5	Lying, with side of rifle only rested.
		Total Rounds		30
Part II.—Instructional Practices (Timed).
7	Snapshooting	2nd Class Figure	200	5	Lying. Taking cover behind stones or sandbags representing a parapet and firing over them. Exposure, 6 seconds for each shot.
8	Snapshooting	2nd Class Figure	200	5	Sitting or kneeling. Bayonet fixed. Exposure, 6 seconds for each shot.
9	Rapid	2nd Class Figure.	200	5	Lying. Bayonets fixed. 30 seconds allowed.
10	Deliberate	2nd Class Figure.	300	5	Lying.
11	Rapid	2nd Class Figure.	300	10	Lying. Rife unloaded and magazine empty until the target appears. Loading from the pouch or bandolier by 5 rounds afterwards. One minute allowed.
12	Deliberate	1st Class Figure	500	5	Lying.
13	Rapid	1st Class Figure	500	5	Lying. Taking cover as in 7. 45 seconds allowed.
14	Deliberate	1st Class Figure	600	5	Lying. Taking cover behind stones or sandbags and firing round them, with side of rifle only rested.
15	Snapshooting	Figure No. 3 (silhouette)	200	5	Lying. Taking cover as in 14. Exposure, 4 seconds for each shot.
16	Snapshooting	Figure No. 3 (silhouette)	200	5	Kneeling. Taking cover in a trench or behind a screen representing a wall and firing over the parapet. Exposure, 5 seconds for each shot.
17	Crossing shot	Figure No. 6 (silhouette)	200	5	Lying. One shot at each run of 30 feet. Pace of target—quick time.
		Total rounds		60
Part III.—Classification Practices.
18	Grouping	2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye)	100	5	Lying.
19	Snapshooting	Figure No. 3 (silhouette)	200	5	Lying. Taking cover as in 7. Bayonet fixed. Exposure, 4 seconds for each shot.
20	Deliberate	2nd Class Figure	400	5	Lying. Taking cover as in 14.
21	Deliberate	2nd Class Figure	300	5	Kneeling. Taking cover as in 16.
22	Rapid	2nd Class Figure	300	15	Lying. Rifle to be loaded and 4 rounds in the magazine before the target appears. Loading from the pouch or bandolier by 5 rounds afterwards. One minute allowed.
23	Deliberate	1st Class Figure	500	5	Lying.
24	Rapid	1st Class Figure	500	5	Lying. 30 seconds allowed.
25	Deliberate	1st Class Figure	600	5	Taking cover as in 7.
		Total rounds		50

Note.—No instruction or assistance of any kind will be given to any man during the firing of Part III., Table B (Cavalry, R.E., and Infantry).

The use of the wind-gauge or of the fine adjustment will not be permitted in any classification practice or standard test classification practice.

Part IV.—Individual Field Practices.

Total rounds

35

For the conditions of Individual Field Practices on Classification Ranges see [pp. 185]-188.

Part V.—Fire Direction Practices.

Short series of shots will be fired at distances beyond 600 yards by officers and non-commissioned officers for practice in observation of fire, estimating atmospheric influences, and verifying sighting by trial shots. Screens, or any visible objects such as might serve as range marks on service, will be used as targets. About 300 rounds, drawn from the surplus, should suffice. Special fire-direction exercises should be substituted for these practices if range accommodation does not extend beyond 600 yards.

Part VI.—Collective Field Practices.