GOOD SHOOTING. By J.E.M. Ruffer.

Language: English

Published by David & Charles. Newton Abbot, Devon. 1980

0715379178 / 9780715379172

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition thus. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp208. B/w photographs, illustrations by John Catchpole. Dark olive boards, spine titled in gilt. Foxing to edges and end-papers. Good-plus in tanned and used dust-wrapper. A well thought of manual for those wishing to improve their shooting performance in the field. "Shooting is an art which can be taught and learnt quite easily: it depends not on any special gift, but on instincts which are common to us all, if we only knew how to use them. .Into this definitive volume, incorporating some material from his successful earlier book The Art of Good Shooting (1972), he has put everything that the sporting shot could wish to know." Chapters include: Handling your gun - how it works, holding it, mounting, gun fit, footwork; Firing your gun - lead, poking, special shots, the master eye, see the shot; How to practise - value of practising, clay pigeon shooting, then and now; Guns and cartridges - pattern and killing power, how to choose your first gun, when to start a boy shooting, best guns; Behaviour when shooting - safety, conduct in the field; Shotgun coaching - general methods, coaching for clay pigeon clubs, coaching at game fairs, schoolboy coaching; Out coaching - types of game fair, experience of driven grouse, a good pheasant shoot, reputation, for ladies only, how to marry a grouse moor, final advice. Appendices discuss pattern and killing power, and give suggested rules for a clay pigeon club. .

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Title
GOOD SHOOTING. By J.E.M. Ruffer.
Author
Ruffer (John Edward Maurice). (1912-2010).
Publisher
David & Charles. Newton Abbot, Devon. 1980
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0715379178
ISBN 13
9780715379172
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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.

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