402 pages, about 5 1/2" x 8", glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice copy. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Illustrated. This is the first edition with the revised portions of the second edition and a modern commentary by historian Paul Milligan.

(A portion of the proceeds from sale of this book will be donated to autism research as arranged with Mr. Milligan.)

Contents - Index:

• Pages: 402

• A Course of Instruction in Rifle Firing 1879
  Col. T.T.S. Laidley Ordnance Department U.S. Army
  Prepared by Command of Brig. Gen'l S. V. Benet
  Chief of Ordnance U.S. Army
• ILLUSTRATED
• Why we should teach proficiency
• The Rifle, its construction and care
• Dismounting and assembly of the Rifle
• How to rebrown portions of the Barrel
• Cartridges how they work
• Franklin Cases
• Bridgeport Cases
• Lowell Cases
• Priming, Powder and the Bullet
• Reloading
• The Motion of Bullets and gravity
• Projectile angles and estimating Distances
• Variations in Rifles
• How to Practice and General Rules
• Order of Exercises - Pointing, Arms, Kneel, Aiming
• Colonel Laidley's Stand and how to use it
• Laidley's practice musket and how to use it
• Targets and Iron Targets and Canvas Targets
• Colonel Laidley's target
• Markers Shelters
• Swiss Targets and Wimbledon Targets
• French targets and Vanishing Targets
• Practicing at Rifle Ranges
• Using Sporting Sights
• The Wind and Atmospheric Conditions
• Dress and Diet and Training
• The Firing School at Spandau
• Regulations of the National Rifle Association
• Rifle Sights Model 1879
• Weights and Dimensions of Muskets of Different Nations
• Dangerous Spaces for Foot Soldiers with Muskets
• A Soldier's target record
• Modern Commentary by Paul Milligan
• Pages from the Revised Course in Rifle Firing of 1880