CRADOCK ON SHOTGUNS. By Chris Cradock.

1989 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Pp255. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Red boards, spine titled in gilt.

"With a lifetime's experience worldwide, Chris Cradock has distilled the very best of his knowledge to provide this highly practical and readable guide for all those involved in clay and rough shooting as well as wildfowling and game shooting." Chapters include: The modern shotgun; Buying a shotgun; Shotgun stock and fore-end; Choosing a gun; The first gun; Guns and cartridges for game, rough shooting and wildfowling; Guns and cartridges for clay shooting; Modern cartridges; Problems of master eye; More eye problems; Barrels, barrel ribs; Chokes; Triggernometry; Semi-automatic and pump action guns; The side by side double gun; The over and under double gun; The 20 bore; The 28 bore; The try-gun; Modern clay shooting; Safer and more efficient gun handling; The shooting school coach; Sportsman's time and swing; Cartridges; Recoil and how to tame it; Do-it-yourself gun repairs.