The British Association for Shooting and Conservation HANDBOOK OF SHOOTING. THE SPORTING GUN by Turner, G.D. (Ed) - 1984

Michael Joseph, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. Acceptable.

London, United Kingdom: Pelham Books, Limited. Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Designed for newcomers to sporting shotgun shooting, this book has much to offer more experienced sportsmen, too. It covers shotgun safety, the basic rules of gun handling in the field, while travelling and at home; it examines the parts of the shotgun and their respective functions in some detail, as well as cartridges, and discusses the effective quarry; it outlines the law as it relates to shooting, possession of guns, the game seasons, the schedules of protected birds, land-ownership and sporting rights; it discusses specific aspects of the sport -rough-shooting, game shooting, and wild-fowling. It also includes chapters on behaviour in the field, the role of gundogs, the part played by gamekeepers in habitat and game management; it has a comprehensive section on quarry species and their identification illustrated in full colour. Illustrated. Very slight foxing to end pages and inside flaps of D/J.… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Pelham Books, Limited, 1983. Hardback. FEP removed. Shelf wear and a couple of small tears to D/J. Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Designed for newcomers to sporting shotgun shooting, this book has much to offer more experienced sportsmen, too. It covers shotgun safety, the basic rules of gun handling in the field, while travelling and at home; it examines the parts of the shotgun and their respective functions in some detail, as well as cartridges, and discusses the effective quarry; it outlines the law as it relates to shooting, possession of guns, the game seasons, the schedules of protected birds, land-ownership and sporting rights; it discusses specific aspects of the sport -rough-shooting, game shooting, and wild-fowling. It also includes chapters on behaviour in the field, the role of gundogs, the part played by gamekeepers in habitat and game management; it has a comprehensive section on quarry species and their identification illustrated in full… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Pelham Books, Limited, 1983. Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Designed for newcomers to sporting shotgun shooting, this book has much to offer more experienced sportsmen, too. It covers shotgun safety, the basic rules of gun handling in the field, while travelling and at home; it examines the parts of the shotgun and their respective functions in some detail, as well as cartridges, and discusses the effective quarry; it outlines the law as it relates to shooting, possession of guns, the game seasons, the schedules of protected birds, land-ownership and sporting rights; it discusses specific aspects of the sport -rough-shooting, game shooting, and wild-fowling. It also includes chapters on behaviour in the field, the role of gundogs, the part played by gamekeepers in habitat and game management; it has a comprehensive section on quarry species and their identification illustrated in full colour. Illustrated. Very slight foxing to end pages and inside flaps… Read More