CHAPTER XVII
RUNNING SHOTS (Continued)
It is best to stand with the feet slightly apart and facing rather where the object is going to, than from where it comes, as your shot will go off towards the end of its run.
At first bring up the pistol very slowly, and swing with the object for a moment after your sights get on it. Do not first aim at it and then move in front of it.
Gradually come quicker and try to fire the instant your pistol comes up.
Speed in coming up does not help you. Most men come up in such a hurry that they wobble all over the place. Save time by firing the instant your sights are aligned, not in bringing up your arm.
Start slowly, increasing your speed as you raise your arm, not in abrupt jerky movements like the English Military salute.
Do not raise it with a jerk. It spoils your aim. A good engine driver starts the train so that you do not feel the start. That is the idea for raising the pistol. The faster the object is moving the faster, as a rule, the arm has to be raised.
But if the object is coming from a distance, and will be in sight for some distance as it passes, this rule does not apply.