Manual of Gunnery Instructions for the Navy of the United States
Manual of Gunnery Instructions for the Navy of the United States
United States Naval Academy
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Hook the gurnet and haul it taut, so as to raise the breech of the gun as much as the port sill will pefmit; hook or toggle the gun- purchase and sway away. As soon as the trunnions are clear of the carriage haul it from under the gun, ease away the gurnet, and let the gun go out the port. As soon as the gun is perpendicular to the purchase, unhook the gurnet and lower the gun into the lighter, or on the wharf, as the case may be. If the gun is to be taken oat over all, the stay-tackle is to be... substituted for the gurnet, only it is to be hooked to the same end of the slings as the gun-purchase, and the lashing on the slings is to be passed around the chase of the gun, as near the trunnions as possible, with- out being in the way of the brackets. Manner of Using the Griolet Purchase for Dis- mounting or Mounting Guns on Covered Decks. 29§. The gun is to be run in, in the direction re- quired to bring the muzzle under the housing bolt, and the breech under the hole bored in the deck to receive the screw bolt of the upper block of the breech-purchase.
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