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Title: Lock, Stock, & Barrel: Making an English Shotgun and Shooting With Consistency by Cyril S. Adams, Robert Braden ISBN: 1-57157-020-9 Publisher: Safari Press Pub. Date: April, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: Lock Stock & Barrel
Comment: I found this book to be very disappointing. It is shallow, lacking in detain and full of unsubstantiated opinion. The book seems to jump around without direction and has little real explaination about "Making an English Shotgun". The authors on several occasions explain how they have simplified the work so as to avoid boring the reader with detail. Unfortunately, there is so little detail that the book in itself becomes boring. Further the authors make numerous broad statements with little if any detail or facts to support their opinions. I actually had to force my self to finish reading it.

Although elementary in scope, the book contains some painfully difficult writing. For example, on page 41; "With advanced development of Damascus barrels, some British engravers stylized foliage (scroll) and made it fine, so that the flat surfaces that were compatible with the look of Damascus, which gave the gun a pleasing overall appearance . . . Huh? And from page 175; Moreover, timing distortions necessary to score well in competition can be inimical to field shooting. Inimical, now there's a word we all use everyday!

Save your money on this one. If you are interested in the making of English Best Guns, get one of the books by Michael McIntosh or the excellent "Double Shotguns" by Steven Dodd Hughes.

Rating: 5
Summary: One Perfect Book.
Comment: This is the ONLY book I have given a perfect five stars.
Amazing book, full of information regarding the details of building a London Best gun, with pictures and description of various barrel types, action shapes, stocking methods, third fasteners etc. Some of these are of very rare systems I never known exist.

Although I'm a very critical reader (check my other reviews), I still find this a perfect book.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: Excellent, and written so everyone can have an understanding of the English shotgun and how to properly shoot one.

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