Description
Bonanza Books, 1967. Hardcover, 340 pp; 23 cm. First Bonanza printing. Black and white photographs and illustrations of shotguns, including portraits, throughout; index.
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Condition & notes
In acceptable condition with an acceptable dust jacket. Grecy cloth covered boards with black lettering on spine. Mild scuffing and toning to edges of covers. Binding tight. Foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's address label on front paste-down. Pages lightly toned with occasional foxing, more prominent on endpapers; otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has several small nicks and tears and creasing along edges; moderate overall toning, soiling and surface wear with some color loss along edges and bottom of rear cover. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. A comprehensive technical reference on shotguns by legendary firearms expert Elmer Keith. [From front jacket flap] "This new edition of the technical review by the old master, ELMER KEITH, makes shotguns and shotgunning refreshingly appealing. With more than 40 new illustrations on new product development, it gives the modern shotgunner a total picture of guns, ammunition . . . of how to care for guns and shoot them with accuracy. The look at what's been happening in this field since the last edition includes evaluation of plastic ammunition components, improvements in buckshot loads, the chrome-plating of bores, modern magnum loads, powders and primers, long range loads, the .410 gauge, details on domestic and foreign-made guns . . . and more. This updated edition fills in the history and development of the shotgun. Then author-expert Keith delves into the detail about double guns, repeaters, and single loaders. Parts and accessories get the careful Keith scrutiny with microscopic looks at gauges and their uses, barrels, chambers, forcing cones, bores, chokes, stocks, and stocking. The revelations and recommendations about rib and pitch, sights, ornamentation, shells, shot sizes, buck, ball, and slugs show old timers and neophytes the experienced way to more exciting and successful shooting adventures. From his lifetime of hunting, testing, and shooting, Keith - long-time Shooting Editor of GUNS & AMMO magazine - tops off this all-around time and money saver with advice for getting the best pattern, selecting a gun, cleaning and storage, on the practicality of home loading . . . and a wealth of personal tips on becoming a good shot. This new, revised edition of THE shotgun classic makes it freshly useful to all who own or use scatterguns.