Apparatus for Training Troop in the Pointing of Guns

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Patent for improvements to apparatus to train troops in pointing and aiming various firearms. An electric lamp shines light through a tube to point at the target, with a shutter that can operate simultaneously with the trigger or remain open.

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[1], 4 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Place, Olney April 26, 1921.

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  • Place, Olney Olney Place, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Infantry, stationed at Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas

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Patent for improvements to apparatus to train troops in pointing and aiming various firearms. An electric lamp shines light through a tube to point at the target, with a shutter that can operate simultaneously with the trigger or remain open.

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[1], 4 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"Application filed October 9, 1919. Serial No. 329,554."

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  • April 26, 1921

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  • April 26, 1921

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  • October 9, 1919

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Place, Olney. Apparatus for Training Troop in the Pointing of Guns, patent, April 26, 1921; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1257407/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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