Constitutional Law

Musket drill, circa 1791

According to this page, the American 1791 drill manual was almost a literal translation of the French manual of the same year. Count on governments to make a complicated process even more complicated. In place of taking aim, the manual instructs:

"Let the muzzle be below the level of the eye a little, and the right elbow kept lowered, without being pressed against the body; shut the left eye; look along the barrel with the right eye; sink forward the head towards the butt in order to level; and place the fore finger on the trigger.

83. Apply, with force, the first finger on the trigger, without lowering or turning the head more, and remain in that position.?

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on April 03, 2010 (boomark / email).