THE ABC OF SHOOTING: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO GAME AND ROUGH SHOOTING, PIGEON SHOOTING, WILDFOWLING, DEER-STALKING AND CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING. Edited by Colin Willock. Illustrated by Rodger McPhail.

(1975) 1978 reprint. 8vo (144 x 241mm). Pp351. B/w illustrations by Rodger McPhail. Red boards, spine titled in gilt.

An excellent all-round guide to game shooting in the UK. Contributions from many good sporting writers with Colin Willock as overall editor". On shotguns, Geoffrey Boothroyd writes about the development of the weapon and the various types available... and David Garrard contributes a chapter on home loading. Tony Jackson... tells you how to use the shotgun and also writes on game and rough shooting and wildfowling. Arthur Cadman... adds a chapter on goose shooting. Charles Coles and T.H. Blank of the Game Conservancy write with authority on the natural history, rearing and preservation of game birds, and John Phillips adds a section on the grouse family. The natural history of wildfowl is covered by Jeffrey Harrison... Deer stalking is dealt with by Lea MacNally who writes with all the skill that has made his books on the highlands so successful; while Richard Prior of the Forestry Commission writes on roe deer. Derek Partridge, Vice Chairman of the Executive Council, of The Clay Pigeon Shooting Association, describes all branches of clay shooting. And the book ends with an expert summary of the law as it effects shooters by Peter Turner... Each main section is prefaced with a scene-setting introduction by Colin Willock, who also contributes the pigeon shooting section". A good book that has been reprinted many times. Well worth a place on any shooter's bookshelf.