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Popular science monthly . n onthe stock until the righteye looks along the rib at aheight of two silver dollarslaid Hat on the barrel. .Atno time must the breechor the barrel obscure the 424 Popular Science Mont/il/j vision; the eye must be above ilic line ofthe rib or barrel. At no lime must theleft eye be closed. There is at times, the fatal presenceof a master left eye. One eye or theother does the guiding, the other or non-aiming eye merely aiding in the estimateof the distance and angle of the bird. Ifthe left eye is the master eye then theremedies are four. One is to learn toshoot from tiic left shoulder: the second, shot, fought this trouble for years withthe shotgun and finally had to take toclosing one eye with this weapon. Some of the finest shots with firearms, rifle, pistol and shotgun, practice assidu-oush at home with the empt> weapon.h- should the tro feel that he canlearn all there is to learn by actuallyfiring? Let him ]iraciice pointing the emptygun a little below horizontal as he would. A Night Scene at the Chicago Gun Club Where Some Famous Shoots Have Been Held to make the right eye the master bypersistent practice at the right shoulderwith both eyes open; the third, to havethe stock made to fire the gun from theright shoulder but crooked so as to bringthe barrels before the left eye, and thefourth, to close the left eye at the instantof aiming, which is done by some trap-shots but should not be done unless it isimperative through the left master eye. The quick and infallible test is to holdup a finger-ring at arms length and togaze through it with both eyes open atsome distant object. Without moingit, close the left eye and see if the right isstill gazing through it. Reverse this, still without moving the ring. Repeatseveral times. The master eye will befound looking through the ring everytime, and the other eye will see the ringoff to one side apparently several inches. If the gun is shot with lioth ees openfrom the right shoulder, with