Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 799.24 EAN: 9781581602944 ISBN: 1581602944 Label: Sycamore Island Books Manufacturer: Sycamore Island Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: 2002-05 Publisher: Sycamore Island Books Studio: Sycamore Island Books
Come along with Chris Dorsey to the best wingshooting destinations in the world. Enjoy classic European driven shoots in Hungary, Russia, the Czech Republic and Scotland. If you crave more exotic locations, join him on gamebird safaris in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. For fast and furious shooting in locales unsurpassed in both the number and variety of birds, head south of the border to Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru. This entertaining and perceptive look at wingshooting - with gorgeous paintings by wildlife artist Penny Meakin and stunning color photographs - will make a handsome addition to any sportsman's library.
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Customer Rating: Summary: An excellent reference Comment: The Art of the Rifle by Jeff Cooper is a very good reference on practical rifle handling and marksmanship. I highly recommend this book. The chapter on the use of the sling made this book worth the (high) purchase price for me. Customer Rating: Summary: A Cooper gem Comment: Col. Cooper keeps it short, simple, and direct. As with his other books, no words are wasted or minced. This is a must have for anyone serious about rifle shooting at any level. Customer Rating: Summary: righteous rifle craft Comment: Wonderful stuff by the one of the great teachers of modern personal weaponry, the late Jeff Cooper. 100 pages of no-baloney poop on modern technique in riflery. Many pithy quotes on the subject.
"The posession of a good rifle, as well as the skill to use it well, truely makes a man the monarch of all he surveys. It realizes the dream of the Jovian thunderbolt, and as such is the embodiment of personal power."
Cooper is a gentleman of the old school. Warrior, historian, engineer and philosopher; he was a true national treasure in his day. Customer Rating: Summary: The Art of the Rifle Comment: I bought this book for my boyfriend's Valentine's Day present. He is an avid reader, gun collector, and especially enjoys reading books written by Jeff Cooper. He enjoyed reading about Cooper's perspective on the rifle and how you should handle it. Customer Rating: Summary: Here is the best of the best Comment: Col.Cooper has put down to the ages what even the most casual shooter should know.The man has compressed a lifetime of rifle handling,marksmanship,common sense,and pure grade A instruction into a very easy to read and understand book.Here starts the very begining of a first class outdoorsmans library. Jeff Cooper has been there and done that and knows what he is talking about when it comes to proper positions and techniques.I am not to sure that there is another book of this caliber to be had anywhere.