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Post by bobwright on Mar 12, 2013 15:38:02 GMT -5
I remember reading the magazine that article appeared in! It wasn't that long ago.
Was it?
Bob Wright
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Post by nolongcolt on Mar 12, 2013 15:41:31 GMT -5
Among my prized books is a signed copy of Unrepentant Sinner. A great read, in fact I think I'll drag it out and read it again.
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Post by dmize on Mar 12, 2013 15:49:17 GMT -5
I have read my copy several times. I like his "I shot the bastard" style of writing.
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Post by brushpopper on Mar 12, 2013 16:41:10 GMT -5
IIRC that piece appeared in the 1956 Gun's Digest. I bought and read it at that time. I was but a callow youth of 16, but two years later bought a 4" Smith and Wesson 29 in large part because of this article. It was to much gun for me at the time, but that didn't keep me from wagging it around the South Texas brush country and making fire and smoke with it, every time the opportunity presented itself.
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Post by curmudgeon on Mar 12, 2013 17:28:41 GMT -5
Consider it a privilege to have known, broke bread and a touch of the grape with the good Col. as well as sharing some time along the border at the Shipp ranch.In addition to his field craft he was a Gentleman in the strict sense of the word. His son Bill, and Daughter were of the same stripe. He checked my Wife and I out of a San Antonio hotel, taking us to dinner and isisted we stay at his home and would not take imposition as any answer. A dear friend.
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Post by taffin on Mar 12, 2013 18:39:42 GMT -5
Consider it a privilege to have known, broke bread and a touch of the grape with the good Col. as well as sharing some time along the border at the Shipp ranch.In addition to his field craft he was a Gentleman in the strict sense of the word. His son Bill, and Daughter were of the same stripe. He checked my Wife and I out of a San Antonio hotel, taking us to dinner and isisted we stay at his home and would not take imposition as any answer. A dear friend. AMEN. WHEN I WAS FIRST GETTING STARTED IN THE WRITING BUSINESS FULL TIME I WOUND UP PAIRED WITH THE COLONEL AT A SEMINAR. HE TREATED ME LIKE I WAS IMPORTANT AND A FRIEND. I ALWAYS HAVE APPRECIATED THAT.
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Post by olddoc on Mar 13, 2013 22:57:45 GMT -5
According to a couple of his contemporaries I knew he killed more men with a handgun than anyone else alive at that time, this was back in the mid 80's And he seemed to take a little too much delight in it to suit me.
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Post by justahunter on Mar 14, 2013 11:15:55 GMT -5
The tomato juice reminds me of when some friends and I were camping years ago. We had accidently bought a can of creamed corn. Not the best thing to have on a camping trip or anywhere else IMHO. So we thought it would make a good target. We set it up on a stump with me shooting a factory loaded 44 Mag Ruger Super Blackhawk and my friend shooting factory loads in a S&W 45 Colt. We counted to 3 and touched off. We figure mine hit the can first quickly followed by his. The first hit lifted the can while the second hit its base sending it spinning. Cream corn was falling all around us. We thought it was pretty cool at the time.
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Post by CraigC on Mar 14, 2013 11:25:54 GMT -5
My wife asked me why I needed to keep a bunch of 20, 30 or 50yr old magazines. I told her because they don't make men like Elmer Keith, Skeeter Skelton, Bill Jordan, Bob Milek or Charles Askins any more. Or a great many others. I cherish my collection of printed materials as much if not more than any firearm I own.
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Post by justahunter on Mar 14, 2013 22:54:22 GMT -5
I know what you mean. I have years worth of shooting magazines. I also recall sitting in my Grandparents stairwell reading old field and streams and the like. Ted Trueblood was a favorite at the time.
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Post by ddixie884 on Nov 6, 2018 22:37:42 GMT -5
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Post by z1r on Nov 7, 2018 0:33:42 GMT -5
Thanks for the bump. A great read!
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Post by akray on Nov 7, 2018 2:00:14 GMT -5
"Word reaches me that some joes, probably with lace on their panties are putting on gloves to shoot it." This sentence has stood out to me since the first time I read it many years ago. Col. Chas. Askins was one of a kind and not one I'd want to get crossways with. He would plain shoot you. I enjoyed his articles immensely but he was a hard man.
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Post by bigbrowndog on Nov 7, 2018 10:52:56 GMT -5
As a young boy in jr. high or freshman in high school. I discovered he lived in San Antonio, so I wrote him a letter asking what it takes to become an outdoor writer. His reply was candid and to the point, stay in school, learn all you can, enjoy hunting and fishing, and don’t rely on writing as an occupation. Also that the majority of writers out there at the time were inexperienced outdoorsman, but wrote really well. I wish I could find that letter, I know I still have it somewhere.
Thanks for the article Lee.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2018 11:45:18 GMT -5
Glad to see this thread resurrected, as I hadn't seen it before. Thanks!
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