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My much anticipated copy arrived this afternoon, 9/6/08 via the USPS. Thus far I have only had time to page through it and I must say it appears to be well worth the wait...beautiful pictures, a ton of words in Ed's easy-to-read prose in a very well put together quality book.
A pleasant surprise and as an added "Patron's bonus", Ed also included a trade copy of his "Parker Brothers: Knight of the Trigger" book as well three reprint catalogs of Parker guns from his Old Reliable Publishing Co. A nice gesture on Ed's part!
Thank you Ed!
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Ed asked me to post a few pictures of the new volume so you guys could take a look: Hard at work shipping them out:  And a few of the book itself:      I've been reading mine the past few days and it's really an amazing piece of work. And it's not just about Parkers either, it's full of the history of live pigeon shooting, early clay target shoot, the history of cartridge shotguns in the US, and tons of other vintage gun related information.
Out there at the crossroads molding the devil's bullets. - Tom Waits
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Lovely cover - nothing better than having a gun pointed at you.
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Lovely posting, nothing better than having some azzhole insult something a good friend has worked five years of his life to produce without even having taken the time to read it.
The cover art was taken from a vintage illustration so it's been around a long time without harming anyone, I think you're safe.
Destry
Last edited by MarketHunter; 09/07/08 05:32 PM.
Out there at the crossroads molding the devil's bullets. - Tom Waits
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Ed, I think that cover is excellent, with the muzzel pointing out. Very cool.
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What I really meant to say is the title is particularly dumb. Shooting Flying? What's missing - pronouns? Adjectives? I give up.
I agree, it's gotta be tough to see some azzhole rain on the latest
back-patting exercise by your personal guru. Chin up.
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You obviously don't study the old time literature much. The phrase "shooting flying" is common, that's what they called it when it was first being done. The lock time on early guns wasn't fast enough to allow shooting on the wing, but when they developed something that was and began trying it then it was called "shooting flying" hence the title.
Again somebody on here spouting off without any idea of what they're actually talking about. Tell you what Greg, you spend five years working on a gun book then get somebody to pay you to publish it and I'll give you my slightly more educated opinion without talking straight out of my anal orifice like you're doing now.
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I don't want that book. I NEED that book!!!! 
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Ed's NEW book is available right off the DoubleGun book rack... http://doublegunshop.com/bookrack.htm Cost is $49.95 plus shipping ($6 for continental USA)
Dave Weber
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Thanks, Dave. And you guys thought Dave was shutting down the thread for promoting a product! Again, congratulations, Ed.
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