The Sporting Shooter's Handbook

An Introduction to the Sport

Graham Downing (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2018
Quiller Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84689-260-8 (ISBN)

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The Sporting Shooter's Handbook will help guide anyone interested in an increasingly popular sport which can provide lifelong interest and enjoyment.

The Sporting Shooters Handbook will help guide anyone interested in an increasingly popular sport which can provide lifelong interest and enjoyment.

The book provides a complete guide to sporting shooting and assumes no previous knowledge of the sport. Both novice and experienced shots will benefit as the author guides you through the entire range of sporting shooting activities.

Topics covered include: history of shooting; modern sporting gun; safety; the law; game shooting; rough shooting; woodpigeons; wildfowling; gundogs; the support team; shooting and the countryside.

Graham Downing is the author of nine books on deer stalking, shooting and field sports and is Secretary of the British Shooting Sports Council. He is a regular contributor to leading UK country sports magazines Shooting Times & Country Magazine and The Field. He edits Deer, the magazine of the British Deer Society and has written for The Daily Telegraph, Country Landowner and Shooting and Conservation.

Introduction

1. The history of shooting
2. Shotguns and cartridges
3. Gun safety
4. Shooting and the law
5. Game shooting
6. Rough shooting
7. Wildfowling
8. Pigeon shooting
9. Gundogs
10. The support team
11. Shooting and the countryside

Appendix: The Shooting Organisations
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.07.2018
Zusatzinfo	200 Halftones, color; 5 Charts
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
ISBN-10	1-84689-260-0 / 1846892600
ISBN-13	978-1-84689-260-8 / 9781846892608
Zustand	Neuware