THE ART OF GOOD SHOOTING. By Major J.E.M. Ruffer, Royal Marines (Rtd).

(1972) 1976 2nd edition. 8vo (137 x 216mm). Pp126. B/w photographs and illustrations by John Catchpole. Laminated boards.

A well thought of manual for those wishing to improve their shooting performance in the field. "Shooting is an art which can be taught and learnt quite easily: it depends not on any special gift, but on instincts which are common to us all, if we only knew how to use them. ...Into this definitive volume, incorporating some material from his successful earlier book The Art of Good Shooting (1972), he has put everything that the sporting shot could wish to know..." Chapters include:- Handling your gun - holding the gun, gun mounting, gun fit, footwork; Firing your gun - lead or forward allowance, poking, special shots, master eye; How to practise - practising, clay pigeon shooting, then and now; Guns and cartridges - pattern and killing power, how to choose your first gun, introducing a boy to shooting, how a best gun is built; Behaviour when shooting - safety, etiquette - final advice. Appendices include:- How to see the shot!; Pattern and killing power; Suggested rules for a clay pigeon club. There is also a useful glossary of shooting terms.