THE SPORTING SHOTGUN: A USER'S HANDBOOK. By Robin Marshall-Ball. 2nd edition.

# (1981) 2003 2nd edition. 8vo (176 x 243mm). Pp192. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

# Robin Marshall-Ball gives a very readable account of the modern shotgun and its use, beginning with a brief history of the species, a chapter each on the shotgun's parts, the double-barrelled shotgun, repeaters and single shots. Game shooting in Britain, Europe and North America receive a chapter each, taking the reader through such things as huge bags of Spanish partridge and goose shooting with 8 bores, and a lot more besides. "...this edition has been completely re-written and re-illustrated to bring the work into the 21st Century." Chapters include: History of the sporting shotgun; Lock, stock and barrel; The double-barrelled shotgun; Repeating and auto-loading shotguns; The single-shot shotgun; Shooting in Britain; Shotgun shooting in Europe; The sporting shotgun in North America. Several appendices give details of shooting organisations and other sporting agencies in the UK, Europe and North America.