Favorite Gunwriters

[nextjoe]

For my money, Ross Seyfried is the absolute top of the heap. He picks topics that are actually fresh and interesting, and writes very well.

I think too many gunwriters today don't know much about either guns or writing, unfortunately!

Who do you like, and why?

Best,
Joe

 

[thumbtack]

Well he is not totally a gun writer but I really enjoy reading Bart Skelton.

 

[El Tejon]

THR's "Doc"!

No flowered shirts, just medical scrubs or a Ralph Lauren shirt with a sport jacket.

 

[jsalcedo]

Skeeter Skelton and Elmer Keith

 

[HankL]

Elmer Keith did some gun writin, he was purtty good.

 

[WebHobbit]

John Taffin
Masaad Ayoob
Evan Marshall (terrible webmaster/forum Moderator though!)
Bart Skelton
THR's Jim March

Tons more.

There is a lot of great ones.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Ross used to be my favorite also, back when I subscribed to several mags. Only one I get now is First Freedom. Stopped all of them except American Handgunner about 10 years ago, and stopped that one 6 or 7 years ago. Ross was great, though I think him to be a little crazy, what with his apparent love of recoil. He's the only man I've ever seen say he welcomes the chance to shoot a 4-bore rifle.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Skeeter Skelton was a pretty good gun writer.

 

[nextjoe]

Stevie-Ray,

My gunsmith is a good friend of Ross and helped build the first .585 Nyati.

He said the recoil was about like going out to the highway and catching headlights!

Best,
Joe

 

[MeekandMild]

Jack O'Conner. Period. End of statement.

 

[blades67]

I don't have a favorite.

 

[cool45auto]

I like Massad Ayoob's stuff, too.

 

[MikeK]

Jeff Cooper. About the only reason I still get Guns and Ammo. I know I can read his stuff online, which I do from time to time. I like many of the others listed above also.

 

[atek3]

Chuck Taylor. He's my favorite gun guy in general, but taking a class w/ him made his writing so much cooler

atek3

 

[cratz2]

Of the currently writing: Ross Seyfried, Clair Rees.

Worst ever: Duane Thomas.

Still haven't made up my mind about Jon Sundra... lot of ego going on there but we agree on several things and he has the experience.

Honestly, I've bought one gun magazine in the last year.

 

[David Roberson]

Always liked Dean Speir myself (or Waldo Lydecker, or whatever byline he's using this month). He's one of the few current writers whom I feel I can trust implicitly.

Skeeter Skelton is probably my all-time favorite. A good writer and someone knowledgeable about guns -- still a rare combination.

Unfortunately, it would take too much space to list all the terrible ones...

 

[Quantrill]

Elmer Keith - because he did everything himself. If he did not do it, he did not write about it. Everything he wrote about still holds true. In the words of a title of one of his books,"Hell, ho was there! Quantrill

 

[MolonLabe416]

Finn Aagaard
Jeff Cooper
Jack O'Conner
Peter Hathaway Capstick

 

[Kingknives]

I'd have to say Massad Ayoob for me. Informative and entertaining.

Clint Smith too! Really been enjoying his stuff as of late.

Leroy Thompson, Chuck Taylor, Jim Wilson and I even like Duane Thomas.


my endorsement doesn't mean I always agree with their writings, just that I find them enjoyable

Joe

 

[mainmech48]

George Nonte, Skeeter Skelton, Elmer Keith, Bill Jordan, Charlie Askins, Jeff Cooper...my boyhood heroes.

Mas Ayoob, John Taffin, Ken Hackathorn, Clint Smith, Charlie Petty, Dave Anderson, Dave Fortier....currently.

Haven't seen anything from Frank James in quite a while. I liked his work, and he's a hellava good fellow. Thanks to him I not only got to see and handle the semi-legendary Korth auto and revolver, but he actually let me SHOOT them when I met him by chance at a mutual friend's place where he was testing them for an article.

Not too impressive to some, maybe: they were test guns and not his personally. But considering that the pair of them were worth more than the car I was driving at the time, it struck me as exceedingly kind and generous.

 

[Correia]

Denny Hansen
Rob Pincus
Brent Wheat
Flint Hansen


Couldn't ask for better folks.

 

[Andrew Wyatt]

I'm partial to Andy Stanford, Greg Morrison, and Dean Speir, primarily because I know them and/or they shoot with people i shoot with.

 

[bogie]

Jim Carmichael and Dick Wright.

Neither of 'em do "tactical," but hey...

And Jim is a SERIOUS part of history.

 

[Hutch]

Dunno if he's still in bidness, but I REALLY liked Dean Grennell. His "ABC's of Reloading" is a must-read.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Walther Howe. Gunsmith turned writer. I was delighted when I found that the author of my favorite gunsmithing book is still alive. Sent a bookplate for him to autograph and now it's displayed in my copy.