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

(1970) 1970s reprint. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp217,ads. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Green photograph dust-wrapper titled in white.

"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; Roughshooting, 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; Summary of the law relating to the possession and use of firearms and ammunition; Shotgun certificates and game licences; Notes on the Protection of Birds Acts, 1954 and 1967; Cleaning a shotgun; Bibliography.