Directions: Lying. Rifle to be unloaded and breech closed until the command Rapid fire. Target exposed for thirty seconds, reckoned from command Rapid fire.
No. 6.
Object: To teach cadets to combine fire with movement.
Rounds: 5 per cadet.
Target: Solano Instructional Target No. 3.
Directions: Lying. A distance of 25 yards to be run before firing each shot. Fifteen seconds reckoned from the order Commence allowed for running and firing each time. One minute to elapse between the firing of a shot and the commencement of the next run.
APPENDIX
I. NAMES OF THE PARTS OF RIFLES—SHORT M.L.E., MARK III, AND CHARGER-LOADING M.L.E.
(a) Short M.L.E. Mark III (Figs. 59 and 60).
| 1. | Blade foresight. |
| 2. | Foresight block. |
| 3. | Band foresight block. |
| 4. | Key foresight block. |
| 5. | Crosspin foresight block. |
| 5A. | Backsight bed. |
| 6. | Backsight bed crosspin. |
| 6A. | Backsight bed sight spring screw. |
| 7. | Backsight leaf. |
| 8. | Backsight slide. |
| 9. | Backsight slide-catch. |
| 10. | Backsight fine adjustment worm wheel. |
| 10A. | Windgauge. |
| 10B. | Windgauge screw. |
| 11. | Backsight ramps. |
| 12. | Seating for safety-catch. |
| 13. | Safety-catch. |
| 14. | Locking-bolt stem. |
| 15. | Bolt. |
| 16. | Bolt-head. |
| 17. | Striker. |
| 18. | Cocking-piece. |
| 19. | Striker collar with stud. |
| 20. | Bolt-head tenon. |
| 21. | Cocking-piece locking recesses. |
| 22. | Locking bolt. |
| 23. | Locking bolt flat. |
| 24. | Locking bolt thumb-piece. |
| 25. | Locking bolt aperture sight stem. |
| 26. | Locking bolt stop-pin recesses. |
| 27. | Locking bolt safety-catch stem. |
| 28. | Locking bolt safety-catch arm. |
| 29. | Locking bolt screw threads. |
| 30. | Locking bolt seating. |
| 31. | Bolt cam grooves. |
| 32. | Sear. |
| 33. | Sear seating. |
| 34. | Searspring. |
| 35. | Magazine catch. |
| 36. | Full bent of cocking-piece. |
| 37. | Short arm of sear. |
| 38. | Trigger ribs. |
| 39. | |
| 40. | Trigger. |
| 41. | Trigger axis pin. |
| 41A. | Magazine case. |
| 41B. | Magazine platform spring. |
| 41C. | Magazine auxiliary spring. |
| 42. | Guard-trigger. |
| 43. | Stock fore-end. |
| 44. | Spring and stud fore-end. |
| 45. | Protector backsight. |
| 46. | Handguard front and rear. |
| 47. | Spring handguard gear. |
| 48. | Lower band groove. |
| 49. | Lower band. |
| 50. | Nosecap. |
| 51. | Protector foresight. |
| 52. | Sword bar. |
| 53. | Boss for ring of sword-bayonet cross-piece. |
| 54. | Swivel seating. |
| 55. | Swivel piling. |
| 56. | Nosecap barrel opening. |
| 57. | Inner band. |
| 58. | Inner band screw. |
| 59. | Inner band screw spring. |
| 60. | Butt sling swivel. |
| 61. | Sword bayonet, pattern ’07. |
| 62. | Bridge-charger guide. |
| 63. | Cut-off. |