This edition was originally published in 1898.
The well illustrated contents include detailed chapters on:
- The Shotgun - Choice and Fit - Handling the Gun - Chokes - Loads and Loading - Shooting Positions - Game Shooting - Pigeons and Trap Shooting - Rifles of Past and Present - The Sporting Rifle and All About It - Rifle Shooting - Long Shots - Bores etc.
Many of the earliest shooting books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.
