SHOTGUN AND SHOOTER. By G.L. Carlisle and Percy Stanbury.

1970 1st edition. 8vo (148 x 222mm). Pp217 + 2pp ads. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

"This practical and comprehensive manual by the authors of Shotgun Marksmanship and Clay Pigeon Marksmanship has long been recognised through successive reprints as a standard textbook by all concerned with the sport of shooting, from beginners to instructors." Chapters include: Instruction; Guns and cartridges; Competition; The gamekeeper; Rough shooting, dogs and safety; Wildfowling; syndicates and clubs; Unusual shots; The law; Out of season. Appendices include: Notes on the proof of shotguns and other small arms; The proof of guns for magnum cartridges; Notes on the purchase of second-hand shotguns; Organisations and publications concerned with shooting; A summary of the law relating to the possession and use of firearms and ammunition; Shotgun certificates and game licences; Notes on the Protection of Brids Acts, 1954 and 1967; Cleaning a shotgun.