Condition: First American edition, 2nd printing March 1964. B/w photograph frontispiece, b/w photographs and illustrations, graphs. Grey cloth, spine titled in grey and black to black printed spine-labels. Volume 2 is very lightly mottled on spine, covers and contents clean, no marking or writing.
Blurb: "A comprehensive work in two volumes on sporting guns and ammunition". Contents include: Volume I - the barrels; Actions; The locks; The locks (continued); Ejectors; Fore-ends, stocks and finishing; Special actions; Single triggers; Over and under guns. Volume II - powders; Powders (continued); Caps; Cartridge cases; Wadding, shot and loading; Pressure; Velocity; Velocity (continued); Recoil. Eight appendices give detailed information on the calculation of shot velocities, recoil, time of flight and so forth. An appendix gives typical patterns at different ranges. A classic in its field. Merits a place on any bookshelf.