Arnold, Richard.

Come Shooting With Me.

First Edition. London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1953. 16 x 24 cm. 152 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for example the following chapters: The Fun Of Shooting / The Silent Gun – The Air-Rifle / The Mechanics of Shooting including images of contents of a cartridge (see image) / The Queen’s prize andd Bisley / The Language of Sport.

This book covers all aspects of shooting for young people. Arnold takes a young nephew out with him on many excursions, commencing with the air-gun and working up to shooting with the 12-bore. Target shooting with the rifle, natural history, woodcraft, are all dealt with simply and lucidly so that at the end of the book both the nephew and the reader have learned how to become not only successful sportsmen, but good naturalists and, even more important, safe shots. This is the first book ever written on the subject for the young beginner

• Keywords: Field Sports · Game · Hunting · Hunting and Shooting Collection · Irish History · Library & Collection Building · Shooting
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 27870AB