00  TiiK  r.LEVATED  RiB  Is  Intended  to  be
a  means  ot  adju.4ting  the  sight,  so  tliat  wlieii
tlie  eye  appears  to  be  dhrecting  the  gun  to  a
given  object,  it  Is  really  aiming  considerably
higher.  It  was  introduced  by  the  late
Joseph  Mantoo,  but  is  now  almost  entirely
dispensed  wltii,  by  decreafiing  the  tiend
or  Uio  stock  about  the  eighth  of  an  inch.
It  la  manlfeat  that  In  all  gun;*,  the  breech-
caad  belDf  thicker  than  the  muzxla,  the


line  of  sight  hi  not  parailcl  with  the  axtof
the  bore— and,  consequently.  In  alt  cm
tho  barrel  really  poluta  to  a  sjxit  hlgbartU
the  eye  doea.
