wbyfan1,
I was sent a review copy of POPULAR SPORTING RIFLE CARTRIDGES, and read it entirely, being a good little reviewer. By the end it occurred to me that not only hadn't Harvey hunted with a number of the cartridges, but hadn't even fired some of them. I went back through and added it all up. He hadn't fired about 1/3 of the rounds, and hadn't hunted with another 1/3. I tossed it.
A few years later, when he was out of the business and I'd talked to a number of people who had personal CH stories, I began to doubt that he'd actually hunted with all of the other 1/3.
He didn't have to hunt when someone was paying him to just write. It was ultimately the fault of the editor who accepted and paid for his stories. The editor (I assume) knew him better than most readers, or should have.
