Modern Sporting Gunnery: A Manual of Practical Information For Shooters of Today

Sharp, Henry

Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co., 1906

About this Item

Numerous illustrations in text, 528 pp. Attractively bound in original Red cloth, with white titles, white ruled border, and illustrations on covers and spine. The first blank page has a 2" separation, which is holding, and does not affect the hinge. Some mild rubbing at edges. A manual of practical information covering shotguns, rifles, ammunition, game shooting, and wild fowl shooting in England and abroad. With a chapter on the Sportswoman: Her Rationale in the Field and her equipment, and Ladies in the field. Quite unique thus. The author was an experienced wildfowler and game shot and an acknowledged expert on game guns, big bore guns and their associated ammunition and loads. He is perhaps best know for his THE GUN AFIELD and AFLOAT. This scarce volume was first published in London 1904, and is considered one of the foremost books on wildfowling and game shooting of its time.

Seller Inventory # SKU2020021497

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modern Sporting Gunnery: A Manual of Practical Information For Shooters of Today
• Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co.
• Publication Date: 1906
• Language: English
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket as Issued
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