CUSTOM RIFLES OF GREAT BRITAIN. By Bruce Potts.

2017 1st edition. 4to (196 x 252mm). Pp240. Colour photographs throughout. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

Choosing, building, owning and shooting a bespoke rifle. These days, ordering a made-to-measure is within the grasp of the ordinary sportsman. When a gunsmith makes you a rifle, you can have anything you like. This raises the question of why should you choose any one feature above the hundreds of others. Going through the component parts of a rifle step-by-step, Bruce Potts lays out the choices available and discusses the practical signifcance of each. Chapters include: The stock; Rifle actions; The barrel; Scope mounts and sights; Triggers and safeties; Feeding a custom rifle; All the trimmings; Custom builders.