I only met Charles Askins, Jr. once and that was at Kimber. He was quite famous at the time. Basically, his personal behaviour was terrible; he tried to fight with all of the men and seduce all of the ladies.

This was before Viagra and he was no spring chicken, so he must have been really feeling his oats while he was here in Oregon.

Anyway, Greg gave him a rifle or two and I suppose that Askins' articles reflected favorably towards Kimber for a while after that.

Charles Askins, Sr. was, like Nash Buckingham, a "shotgunning man" and he was a gentleman in every respect. Ted Curtis had hunted with the old man and he told me so.

The kid, Charles Askins, Jr., was a bang-up handgun shot in the 1930s or 1940s and (it's rumored) cheated his way to the top. His writing was controversial, but it sold magazines.

Having read it all, I can honestly say that I never learned anything from Charlie Askins, Jr. In meeting him, I have the opinion that he was a butthead.

Steve