LOCK, STOCK and BARREL: MAKING AN ENGLISH SHOTGUN AND SHOOTING WITH CONSISTENCY. By Cyril Adams and Robert Braden.

(1996) 2012 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (155 x 236mm). Ppxi,188. B/w photographs, illustrations, annotated bibliography. Red boards, spine titled in gilt.

The authors "are unashamed in their preference for an English-made shotgun over all other makes." "In this book they give the best description ever of the process of making a best-grade English gun, and they take the reader from the very beginning - a lump of steel and a walnut tree trunk - to the ultimate product .. .. Never before has this production process been described so well and with such clarity. It will give the reader a thorough understanding of what goes into such a gun and why they are so expensive. The second section of the book gives the most practical advice on a variety of subjects .. .. technical aspects as well as how to shoot consistently while in the field." Chapters include: Chronology; Barrels; Locks and actions; Stocks; Choke; Various; Making a London Best Gun, the process; The hammer gun; Why the English shotgun?; The importance of style; Gun mounting, a key element; Lead and the left hand; Footwork is fundamental; Who says both eyes open?; Instinct versus tracking; Three shooting flaws; An extension of basics; Sporting clays; A primer on the tools of shooting with consistency; Selected annotated bibliography, Part I, the English shotgun; Selected annotated bibliography, Part II, shooting with consistency.