one o'clock
Here is a story of Lieutenant Pendleton , told me by a man who watched the incident . Our top-sergeant was scoring badly at six hundred yards , and the lieutenant said , `` Let me try your gun . '' So he lay down , and without putting his arm in the sling , rested the gun on the bag , drew it tightly into the shoulder by a hand-grip of the strap , and fired . It was a `` two at one o'clock , '' which means that the shot struck the outer side of the target about the line , on a clock face , between one o'clock and the centre . `` Your sight is too high , '' said he , and corrected it . Then he tried again , and got a `` three at three o'clock , '' which means that he struck on the level of the bull , but still out at the right . `` You must correct for windage , '' said he then .