I like Bill Heavey on the back page of Field and Stream, especially the one about bowhunting in the median strips around his neighborhood. (ok, not really gun related but a bow is close enough) also, Stephen Hunter. If you can get hold of "Sportsman's Notebook" by the late H.G.Tapply there is a lot of good stuff regarding hunting, general outdoor skills and fishing. Mas of course. Jeff Cooper's stuff, if I ever need it, I am sure I will appreciate his emphasis on speed and violence of action. It sounds kind of like USMC war fighting doctrine only on an individual scale.
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These internet forums have replaced the 'gun writers' of yesterday.
We are today's gun writers!
I don't subscribe to any magazines now. I used to get the old ones like Field & Stream, Rifle, Handloader, Road & Track, Cruising World etc.
Nobody even gets the newspaper. The local one's building is for sale.
All that comes are the American Rifleman and American Hunter with the NRA life memberships.
We are today's gun writers!
I don't subscribe to any magazines now. I used to get the old ones like Field & Stream, Rifle, Handloader, Road & Track, Cruising World etc.
Nobody even gets the newspaper. The local one's building is for sale.
All that comes are the American Rifleman and American Hunter with the NRA life memberships.
One not mentioned is John Barsness. He , and Brian Pearce , both write well and use facts to back up their opinions. Several more I like , but, have already been mentioned.
Clay Harvey was a definate dislike from the word go. Not crazy about anyone who espouses that their way is the only way either.
Clay Harvey was a definate dislike from the word go. Not crazy about anyone who espouses that their way is the only way either.
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Michael McIntosh writes about shotguns, and captures their spirit. "Shotguns and Shooting" is poetry...readable and informative.
I also liked Jack O'Connor. He knew how to use English properly.
Capstick's adventures were wonderful. But his sentence structure just wears me out. He is the sporting equivalent to Shelby Foote. It's like he had to pay for every period he used. I have yet to read a book on Africa that can beat Robert Ruark's "Horn of the Hunter." And yes I have read John Taylor and J. A. Hunter.
Michael McIntosh writes about shotguns, and captures their spirit. "Shotguns and Shooting" is poetry...readable and informative.
I also liked Jack O'Connor. He knew how to use English properly.
Capstick's adventures were wonderful. But his sentence structure just wears me out. He is the sporting equivalent to Shelby Foote. It's like he had to pay for every period he used. I have yet to read a book on Africa that can beat Robert Ruark's "Horn of the Hunter." And yes I have read John Taylor and J. A. Hunter.
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I haven't read many, but my favorite is Bob Hagel. Extremely informative, though he was a little biased towards the big magnums.
I need to get on Amazon and get some Keith, O'conner and guys like that.
As far as fiction writers, if you like Westerns, check out J.T. Edson. Extremely detailed and accurate regarding weapons. In several books he talks about weapons you don't hear much about too.
I need to get on Amazon and get some Keith, O'conner and guys like that.
As far as fiction writers, if you like Westerns, check out J.T. Edson. Extremely detailed and accurate regarding weapons. In several books he talks about weapons you don't hear much about too.
TRX
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I recently had the pleasure of re-reading L. Sprague de Camp's short story, "A Gun for Dinosaur."
Also one of H. Beam Piper's shorts, written in the 1940s or 1950s, where a character was carrying a 10mm Colt automatic.
Also one of H. Beam Piper's shorts, written in the 1940s or 1950s, where a character was carrying a 10mm Colt automatic.
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Someone mentioned Jesse Stuart.....that name brings back memories for sure.
Gun Writers though.....The writers that I like most wrote mostly about hunting and the "gun" part comes along with that. Those would be three: Robert Ruark, Theodore Roosevelt and Ross Seyfreid.
Hard boiled detectives....Spade, Marlowe, and do not leave out Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. (there is a scene in one novel where Hammer flips a .45 ACP round onto a bar, rolls it down toward a wise guy and says "eat it." Priceless)
Michael McIntosh on shotguns. Craig Boddington on big bores.....though, i will say that the reason that I own a couple of "African" rifles is because of reading Ruark's Horn of the Hunter and "Use Enough Gun".
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Someone mentioned Jesse Stuart.....that name brings back memories for sure.
Gun Writers though.....The writers that I like most wrote mostly about hunting and the "gun" part comes along with that. Those would be three: Robert Ruark, Theodore Roosevelt and Ross Seyfreid.
Hard boiled detectives....Spade, Marlowe, and do not leave out Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. (there is a scene in one novel where Hammer flips a .45 ACP round onto a bar, rolls it down toward a wise guy and says "eat it." Priceless)
Michael McIntosh on shotguns. Craig Boddington on big bores.....though, i will say that the reason that I own a couple of "African" rifles is because of reading Ruark's Horn of the Hunter and "Use Enough Gun".
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He is the sporting equivalent to Shelby Foote. It's like he had to pay for every period he used.
Having slogged my way through Foote, I found this amusing and accurate!
He is the sporting equivalent to Shelby Foote. It's like he had to pay for every period he used.
Having slogged my way through Foote, I found this amusing and accurate!
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