I saw Col. Askins in New Orleans at the NRA convention in 1970. He wasn't a great big man, but has an air about him that was noticeable. He was headed from the hotel to the French Quarter, by himself, and I had the fleeting thought if he knew his way around down there. I then had the thought that he'd be perfectly OK, that anyone trying to mess with him would be dealt with accordingly. And that was before I read more about him, before I did some family history on the www.shotgunworld.com forum relative to his Dad's 1933 Superposed that I happened to end up owning. This info on the Fire about Charley is amazing, how many lives he touched, one way or another. Not many neutral feeling about the man. He wasn't that kind of a guy...

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