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Captain W.E Fairbairn’s book “Get Tough” has been published under several other titles. The version entitled“All~In Fighting 1942” Had a section on Rifle use written by Captain P. N. Walbridge.Walbridge was a Weapon Training Officer at theSpecial Weapon Centre, member of the Army VIIIShooting Team 1935-39 and won the 1935 ElkingtonGrand Aggregate, 1937 and 1938 Army 100 Cup and HisMajesty the King’s Medal and Championship of theRegular Army.Of particular note in Walbridge’s text is hisdescription of how to use a bolt-action rifle at close rangeand for rapid fire. He claims a rate of five rounds in four seconds with reasonable accuracy can be exceeded withreasonable practice.Since most versions of Get Tough available on-linelack Walbridge’s Section and it will be of interest to manyshooters I’ve scanned the pages below.
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7.THERIFLEINCLOSECOMBAT
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CaptainW.E.Fairbairnyouwillhaveobtainedsomewonderfulmethodsofattackanddefence.Hewillhavein-stilledintoyouarealfightingspiritandawillingnessforclosecombat.Iwriteonly
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theuseoftherifleandbayonet-aweaponregardedbyfartoomanypeopleasalmostobsolete.Manymanualshavebeenwrittenonthemethodsoffiring,mostofthemsuitedonlytopeace-timeconditionsandtoslowshooting,Itis,therefore,theintentionofthesepages(inasfewwordsandasfewlessonsaspossible)tohelptobringbacktherifletoitsrightfulpositionandrealuse,andtoenableanymantoreachastandardofefficiencyinhandlingthatwillsurpriseeventheexpert.Thereaderwillappreciatethatitisnecessarytoexplainafewpointsaboutelementaryworkbeforeadvancingtorapidfiring.Therifleisafarmoreefficientweaponthanisgenerallyrecognized,andcanbeusedwithdeadlyeffectatshortrangesinthemannerofasub-machinegun,besidesbeingthebestfriendatlongerdistances.TheuseoftheShortMagazineLeeEnfield(S.M.L.E.)willbeassumed,butthesamemethodsmaybeappliedtothePattern14
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14)orthe.300Americanrifle.Itmustbeborneinmindthattheriflemustshoot'straight'.Errorsinelevationcanbecorrectedbybacksightadjustmentorbyaimingupordown.Theriflemustneverhavealateralerr?r.Testitatashortrange,either25or100yards,andifitisshootmgtotheleftorright,theforesightmustbemoved.Thisadjust~entisveryeasilycarriedoutprovidedyourememberthattht}foresIghtmustbemovedinthesamedirectionastheerror,i.e.if,theshot~aretotheright,theforesightmustbemovedtothenght;anVIceversa.112
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THERIFLEINCLOSECOMBATPreparationoftheRifle
Removethebolt,magazine,andmagazineplatform.Withtheaidofapull-throughandflannelette,dry-cleanthebarreluntilalltraceofoilisremoved.Withastickofsuitablesize(Fig.143)andapieceofflannelette,cleanoutthechamber.Thisisamostim-portantpartinpreparation,asthepresenceofdirtoroilinthechamberwillpreventthecartridgefrombeingeasilywithdrawn,andcauseunnecessarydelayinre-loading.Removealltraceofoilanddirtfromthebodyoftherifleandtheinsideofthemagazine.Cleantheoutside,ensuringthattheforesightandbacksightarefreefromoil.Thoroughlydry-cleantheholt.Lightlyoiltheboltandalongtheinsideofthebodyoftherifle.Keepthefaceoftheboltdry.Therifleisnowreadyforuse.Note.-Careshouldbetakeninthecleaningof'browned'metalparts.Rublightlytoavoidthebrowningbeingremoved.Fig.143
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