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Most of us probably are familiar with the story of Elmer Keith blowing up his .45 SAA, and then sending a letter about it to American Rifleman, circa 1925. As John Taffin put it, if that gun hadn't let go, Elmer likely would have spent his life shooting and hunting in anonymity, and the revolver game could well have been much different than it now is. I'd assumed that blown cylinder had rusted into nothingness decades ago, but Keith kept it, and it exists to this day: possibly the most important bit of revolver trash that there ever has been.
Elmer Keith's ka-BOOM
Even the legendary Elmer Keith started out as a total newbie to shooting and reloading, and blew up a gun with wildly dangerous handloads in 1923. I got my h...
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