This new book covers shotgun actions, both doubles and repeating, stocking, sights and sighting, patterns, loads, chokes and every other detail of guns and shooting with loads, patterns and chokes for trap and skeet.
Swing and forward allowance and the mechanics of shooting are thoroughly covered in this work. Rib and stock pitch, stock dimensions, wing shooting, snap shooting, deliberate work and pass shooting are defined as well as proper shot size for each bore and choke, and size of bird hunted.
The book contains illustrated samples of fine guns, American, English and European.
The following topics indicate the range of this most up-to-date and satisfying treatment:
PART I. SHOTGUNS AND ACCESSORIES
History of the shotgun; Double guns; Repeaters; Single loaders; Gauges and their uses; Chambers; Forcing cones; Bores and chokes; Chokes and their uses, Variable chokes and compensators; Stocks and stocking; Ribs and rib pitch; Shotgun sights; Shotgun extras; Ornamentation.
PART II. SHOTGUN AMMUNITION
Modern shotshells; Shot sizes and their uses; Buck, ball, and slugs; Shot patters.
PART III. PRACTICAL USE OF THE SHOTGUN
Selecting the shotgun; Gun care and safety; Swing and lead; Practical shotgun shooting.
—from the dust jacket
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