Dimensions
152 x 203 x 17mm
An entertaining and instructive collection of letters observing the eccentricities, etiquette and issues of the shooting sportsman and woman from Shooting Gazette's columnist, Uncle Giles. There are many excellent books to advise the novice shooter on proper gun handling, safety and accuracy. However, no manual can hope to address every problem that might arise in the shooting field or, indeed, beyond it. Being British, there are many such issues which we would never dream of mentioning, let alone actually discussing. A pursed lip or a raised eyebrow may be as far as many chaps are prepared to go in addressing some of these important matters. But these gestures are open to misinterpretation and misunderstanding, with possibly disastrous consequences. A few words of advice, a reassuring hand on the shoulder that just puts a chap's mind at rest and sets him comfortably back on the straight and narrow are what's needed. Uncle Giles is just the chap and his wise words have been clarifying these matters for readers of the Shooting Gazette for a number of years. A selection of these concerns ? and their resolution ? are now shared with a wider public. AUTHOR: After 25 years working in London Giles Catchpole (b. 1959) now lives in rural Suffolk with a wirehaired Hungarian Vizsla called Rizla where he divides his time between writing columns - principally for the Shooting Gazette and Trout lSalmon - and teaching motorcycling. He seldom ventures beyond the M11 other than to visit friends who are kind enough to invite him, from time to time, to shoot and fish the length and breadth of the kingdom or to attend the Game Fair. Illustrated
