Barn, I understand you're reasoning, but respectfully disagree.Barn said:Hawking was an exception in that outside of academia anyone bothered to read his theories. A great gunmaker kinda makes great guns by default.
Correct. I bought that book 10 years ago and never finshed it.Here's a little non-gun factoid that illustrates jeepnik's argument.
I once met the president of the company that published Stephen Hawking's book, A Brief History of Time. He told me, quoting, "It was one of the best selling science books of the 20th century, and one of the most unread."
Translation: great scientists don't always make great writers.
And great gun makers don't always make great guns.
What is the best rifle ever made?
The best rifle, eh?
Could be a long thread.
Shift it to the most influential cartridge,
possibly the most pounds of game dropped
and a few other categories, I'd have to go with the .22 rimfire.