The School of Recreation (1696 edition) - Or a Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, - Riding, Racing, Fireworks, Military Discipline, The Science - of Defence by Robert Howlett
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9. =Half bend your Musket.= Fall back with your Right-leg, and let the _Musket_ at once rest, placing the Right-thumb upon the Cock, and the Fingers of that hand behind the Trigger; then closing it to your Thigh, half bend the Cock, and keep it rested with your Fingers extended. 10. =Clean the Pan.= Do this with the ball of your Thumb, pressed into the Pan, keeping your Fingers of the Right-hand behind the Lock. 11. =Handle your Primer.= Take the little end between your Finger and Thumb, turning the other end to the back of your Hand, your Arm bearing backwards. 12. =Prime.= Level your Piece, and strike your bruised Powder into the Pan half full, or some what more, keeping your Left-toe to the Front. 13. =Shut your Pan.= This do by using your two first Fingers, casting back your Primer and bringing up your Right-heel to your Left-instep, your _Musket_ strait up before you, as in the recovery, with the Barrel towards you; do it with a quick Motion with the Thumb of your Right-hand on the top of the Steel, Levelling your Left with your Mouth. |
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