Gunner's Guide [antikvár]

TForeworJ-iO SAY that this book was written in response to numerous requests would, indeed, be satisfying but not the truth. Aside from the obvious pleasure derived from working on a subject which holds great interest for me, this book was undertaken in the belief that a concise treatise on shotguns would be found helpful, for I have observed that parts of the material it covers are not too clearly understood by a fair proportion of gunners.Much that appears herein can be found in other works dealing primarily with the shooting of certain game or with gim construction. However, to my knowledge there is no single handy volume to which the shooter can refer for all the material found in these pages. It contains nothing new in fact or in theory, and contains only as much as I believe the average gun owfter wants to know.As a result of experience, limited or otherwise, many of us have developed prejudices about guns, bores, chokes, and loads. It is not my intention to imply that those who hold views at variance with mine are, per se, in error. Their views are respected. For the novice I could do no better than to quote Thomas Paine's remark about schooling which he says "serves, like a small capital, to put him in the way of learning for himself."