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Thomas W. Messenger correspondence, June-December 1918

1918-06-29 Thomas Messenger to Mr. N.H. Messenger Page 4

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show from the waist up. Fired five shots - one shot every three seconds from both the fifteen and 25 yd range. There's a whole lot more to shooting one of those automatics than one would imagine. You mustnt hold them too tight - for that would make it unsteady - nor loose enough that it would kick out of your hand. Then the trigger must be "squeezed" not pulled for when you "pull" the trigger you naturally pull down on the muzzle of the gun and that makes you shoot low. Guess we dont do enuf drilling in the day time to suit the officers for last night we had orders to fall in at 6:00 pm. That is just the model company
 
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