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Post by hounddogman on Dec 1, 2023 11:40:37 GMT -5
I was homeschooled without a TV in the house, so I read a LOT! I remember reading Hell,I was there around 8 years old. Keith and Col. Cooper were large influences on who I am as a man but maybe not so much about gun choices as I was reading their books and stories not articles. My first big hunting influence was Jim Dougherty's Varmint Hunter's Digest . Around 16 or 17 I discovered Ross Seyfried and the Ruger 45 Colt. Today Mr. Tafin and Brian Pierce are my favorites.
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Post by kings6 on Dec 1, 2023 11:52:29 GMT -5
Growing up it was any author of a hunting or shooting article I could find. Once I read an article by JT during my first shoulder surgery recovery and heard about Hamilton’s book, Elmer and Skeeter it was off to the custom revolver races for me. That’s why I have a Bowen version of the #5 gun and a version of JT’s Skeeter gun built by John Gallagher. That gun is marked JT/SS on the bottom of the main frame.
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Post by reflex264 on Dec 1, 2023 12:00:27 GMT -5
Elmer Keith, Chatfield Taylor, Skeeter Skelton, Bill Jordan Ross Seyfried, John Wooters, John Taffin, Bob Milek, Jack O'Connor, Brian Pierce, John Barsness, Jim Wilson and I am sure there are a few more that slip my mind at the moment.
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Post by hounddogman on Dec 1, 2023 12:18:19 GMT -5
Briefly met Sheriff Wilson, he was attending a bluegrass festival my wife was performing at. He autographed one of his CDs for me and was a gentleman.
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Post by webber on Dec 1, 2023 12:54:24 GMT -5
Elmer Keith first and foremost. Still think he was a knowledgeable writer.
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Post by Odin on Dec 1, 2023 14:29:55 GMT -5
Lloyd Smale
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Post by bisleyfan41 on Dec 1, 2023 15:46:02 GMT -5
All my favorites and those who influenced me are all listed above. This post would be too long to list each one and how.
My very 1st taste came when I found my dad's copy of Hell, I Was There at the age of 9 or 10. Keith's life and adventures just spoke to me. I still have and treasure this book.
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Post by pacecars on Dec 1, 2023 16:26:17 GMT -5
I feel a little lax since I didn’t mention the first book I read about hunting that my dad gave to me it made me long for the golden age of hunting and Savage rifles. It was Larry Koller's 'Shots at Whitetails'. It was probably more influential in my early years of hunting and desire for a .250-3000
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Post by mcquade on Dec 1, 2023 18:09:38 GMT -5
Far and away, it was Skeeter. I can even tell you the specific article. When I was 11 or so, I had been a fine rifleman with the single shot savage (Western Auto) lever action .22 that my fine father had given me when I was 8, I felt it was time to progress to bigger things. For some reason, Black powder called my name. I worked, made cash, and when the needed sum was acquired, Pops drove me to the Bill Tobias Gunshop in Albemarle, NC to purchase an imported interarms 50 caliber Hawken. Along with cap and ball, I had enough funds left over to purchase a copy of the Lyman black powder handbook. Inside was a hidden gem of an article on percussion revolvers by Skeeter. Shortly, after toiling all summer, pops sent a check to Dixie Gun Works for a Navy Arms .36. I was a six gunner at last! After Pops done some front sight work for me I was bagging cottontails with ease. Then....I found Shooting Times and this same feller was writing about Ruger Blackhawks. I had a 6 1/2” .357 New Model within a year thanks to one of the students at the local gunsmithing program in Troy, NC and my Dad’s blessing. My father was a great man and without his trust I don’t know where I would have ended up. But, as far as handguns, Skeeter was the one pulling my sleeve....
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Post by oldcat on Dec 1, 2023 19:09:27 GMT -5
Keith, 1st and foremost. Seyfried, Wooters, Weishuhn, O'Conner, Askins. Special mention to Alexander Lake, W.D.M. Bell, and P.H. Capstick
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Post by zeus on Dec 1, 2023 19:11:53 GMT -5
For me and handguns for hunting, it was Mr John and John Linebaugh. Back then, internet was not around so you scrounged for books by Larry Kelly, JD and Mark Hampton. I read everything I could find on handgun hunting. I thought if I ever could raise funds for a 375 JDJ and a 454, I’d be set. Bob Good was another I liked to see hunting articles from back then, he used the 375/454 combo on quite a few hunts if I remember right. Then Linebaugh made me want 475s and 500s. In the end, I’ve taken more with the 454 and 44 than any of the others. But the journey sure has been a fun one!
With rifles, first was my father and second was Carlos Hathcock. I admired what he accomplished with rifles and wanted to follow in his footsteps. It didn’t happen but the desire to hit targets at longer distances never waned.
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Post by bushog on Dec 1, 2023 19:23:36 GMT -5
Good influence or bad influence……?
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Post by zeus on Dec 1, 2023 22:01:48 GMT -5
Good influence or bad influence……? Leave me out of it Greg! 🤣🤣
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Post by silcott on Dec 1, 2023 22:12:06 GMT -5
Taffin and Linebaugh
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Post by boxhead on Dec 1, 2023 22:35:00 GMT -5
I'd say Seyfried and Sitton.
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