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The English version is printed in China. I read some parts over couple cups of coffee. The only thing I didn't know is that some had bronze actions. Nice pics, but didn't really learn anything from it. I bought Parker Guns The 'Old Reliable' by EDM instead because I know nothing about Parker Bros shotguns.

Well, my "The Drilling" book arrived this afternoon and the pics are great. Also, what caught my eye was the pics of the locks of the Nimrod side lock & box lock. The reason for the delay was that they shipped me a Knife Collectors book the day before Christmas. I put a kink in the chain by wanting to keep it and pay for it and tried to explain thru email but they insisted that their manifest showed they shipped me "The Drilling". Finally a trip to Birmingham to their store and 20 minutes on the phone at their help desk w/ customer service finally resolved the issue. A lot of trouble, but I believe I will be pleased w/ the end result. Recoil, thanks for the head-up.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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Just ordered one of the three left at Amazon. (More were on the way.)

Looking forward to having it down here some time next month.

Rob, thanks. And Jani too, for the review.

JC

I bought both the Drilling book and the Double Rifle book. Lot's of good pictures and info on the different types of actions.

I will say this though. I would think that Herr Klups publisher could have afforded to have the text proof read by someone that speaks English as a primary language and is familiar with gun's technical terms. Many parts read like a bad Chinese takeout menu (I have always thought Chinese restaurant menus were written with bad grammer to give them a degree of "charm"). Add to that the translations of the technical parts, the engineering terms, don't translate well into English and is can be discouraging. Many times I wasn't sure what parts of the gun were being discussed.

And watch out for the picture captions, on most pages they are not next to the pictures they describe.