quire Osbaldeston relates in his autobiography how he shot 18 snipe with 20 shots from his single-barrelled flintlock Manton 14-bore. Osbaldeston was the “sportingest man in England”, and anyone who has shot snipe will probably agree that 18 from 20 is pretty sporting shooting. And that’s the nub, really, isn’t it? When you boil it down to its essentials, it is overcoming the difficulty that makes
