The British Shotgun, 1850-1870

The British Shotgun, 1850-1870
Author: I. M. Crudgington
Publisher: Quiller Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-07-11
Genre: Shotguns
ISBN: 9781846891168

The continuing high demand for copies of Volumes One and Two of the renowned British Shotgun series has led to Quiller issuing new facsimile editions to complement the long-awaited publication of Volume Three. Both of these important works are lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs and diagrams, illustrations and patent drawings. Volume One 1850-1870 - traces the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain. Extensively and painstakingly researched, this highly regarded work gives an invaluable insight into the developments that took place during this innovative period. Volume Two 1871-1890 - the authors continue to unravel the intricate and fascinating story of the evolution and development of the British shotgun. AUTHOR: Ian Crudgington ran a successful gunmaking business and served for many years on the Council of the Gun Trade Association, and has been Chairman of the organization. In 1960 he was elected to the Livery of the Gunmakers Company of the City of London, to the Court in 1969 and served as Master from 1974 to 1975 David Baker has had a life-long fascination with the evolution of the sporting gun. With his writing career now in it's fourth decade, he has produced hundreds of magazine articles and numerous books including The British Shotgun Volume One and Two; The Royal Gunroom at Sandringham and The Heyday of the Shotgun ILLUSTRATIONS: b/w

The British Shotgun

The British Shotgun
Author: I. M. Crudgington
Publisher: Nicholson
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1979
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

The British Shotgun

The British Shotgun
Author: I. M. Crudgington
Publisher: Safari Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Big game hunting.
ISBN: 9780940143470

The British Sporting Gun and Rifle

The British Sporting Gun and Rifle
Author: Donald Dallas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780811704427

The definitive book on the subject The period from 1850 to 1900 witnessed the most far-reaching changes sporting gun and rifle design had ever experienced. Prior to this, changes had been pedestrian; the muzzleloader still prevailed in 1850 as it had for previous centuries. In this major work, Dallas details the many changes that occurred in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He describes at length the pinfire, centre-fire, and hammerless developments along with all the ancillary changes made to sporting guns. He also outlines the many developments in rifles: the superseding of the two groove muzzle-loading Express rifle by the multi-groove, breech-loading rifle of smaller calibre with higher velocity and greater power, propelled by nitro powder and with many different mechanisms on offer.

British Shotgun, 1891-2011

British Shotgun, 1891-2011
Author: Ian Crudgington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780811710534

A tribute to the ingenuity and craftsmanship of the British gun trade Many unrecorded designs and artifacts, including the whole story of the single trigger, the over and under gun, and the single barrel or the classic side-by-side gun The complete story of the evolution of the British shotgun

The Longshoreman

The Longshoreman
Author: Richard Shelton
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1782395059

Fish have been a lifelong obsession for Richard Shelton. As a boy in the 1940s, he was fascinated by what he found in the streams near his Buckinghamshire home. But it was the sea and the creatures living in it and by it which were to become his passion. This book follows the author from stream to river, from pond to lake and loch, from shore to deep sea, on a journey from childhood to an adulthood spent in boats in conditions fair and foul. Along the way, this wonderful book introduces us to strange characters and the intimate habits of lobsters; it also explains what it's like to be a lantern fish; how some fish commute between the surface and the darkest depths, when the laws of physics say they should be crushed to death; and the fate of the wild salmon, that heroic fish whose future is now imperiled by its farmed relatives. A keen fisherman and wildfowler, and an authority on marine life, Shelton has deeply held views on our relationship with the natural world, and Britain's with the seas which surround her.

Art of Gunsmithing

Art of Gunsmithing
Author: Lewis Potter
Publisher: Crowood
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1847975410

This volume is written about working on one of the finest sporting firearms ever invented - the shotgun. Included are types of shotgun from everyman's dream gun, the sidelock ejector, to the everyman gun, the humble economy single barrel. It covers the work a gunsmith actually encounters, much of this information has never previously been published and may help the reader appreciate the complexity and great range of skills and knowledge a gunsmith needs, something unique in the 21st century.Topics covered include:Guns and Gunsmithing; Tooling & Equipment; Stripping & Servicing and examination for faults; Minor and advanced barrel work; Rejointing barrels to actions and lockwork; Minor and major stock repairs; Blacking, bluing, browning and engraving; Gun Proof and The Law. The shotgun is one of the finest sporting firearms ever invented.Includes previously unpublished information that will help the reader appreciate the complexity and great range of skills and knowledge a gunsmith needs.Superbly illustrated. Lewis Potter is a full-time gunsmith, rifle maker and field sportsman with experience stretching over forty-five years.

The Shotgun

The Shotgun
Author: Geoffrey Boothroyd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-01-31
Genre: Shotguns
ISBN: 9780940143920

Traces the development of the British shotgun from the 17th century onward.