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I remember the over-sized sunglasses & that big smile. One of my all time favorite writers.

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[quote=Dan_Chamberlain]Only reason I have a .35 Whelen is because of Milek's writings.

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I'm sure Bob sold a lot of 35 Whelens as I got on board as well.
Of all the rifles I have and have owned the 35 has accounted for more game than others combined. It is as he described it. I liked his articles and the practical sense he lent to any story.

Bob Milek was one of my favourite writers. Gone way to soon!

I remember an article he wrote on the 338 Win and elk. Of course being a loony and mesmerized by elk at that time, I started down that road--that was some time in the '80s. Then in the early 90's R Seyfried did an article on the 340 (I believe he had come upon a Champlin rifle so chambered). My 338 then became a 340.

And so it goes. But B Milek seemed like very good guy.

I too, am a fan of Bob Milek. He sold adventure and dreams. I remember the article where he took a Rem 600 and made it into a custom complete with Mannlicher stock. It was my dream rifle. I kept the article for over a decade and moved many times in the interval. Never got the dream 600 but got a Ruger 77 International RSI tang safety in .308, as close as I could get with my finances. Seem to be real down to earth, honest, upfront guy. I miss him and some of the others mentioned.

I was and still am a fan of Mr Milek!!

Likewise here. I followed his writings as a young and impressionable fella. He was responsible for the 2x Leupold scope I mounted on my Single Six that turned it into a rabbit killing machine as well as a bit of romance with TC Contenders.

I will have to disagree with Ken though on Mr. Milek's stature; in my mind, he was 8 feet tall!

Bob

Another +1. And I'm another that, when I think of Mr. Milek, it's the sunglasses and the smile that come to mind first.

He's also the reason that I own a .25-06 and a .280. And he helped convince me that I didn't need some sort of magnum cartridge to be consistently successful with deer, antelope and elk, even at extended ranges, even though the hunting club I was a member of was eaten up with the "magnumitis" craze at the time.

He also inspired a varmint hunting friend and I to try our hands at groundhog hunting with handguns. I remember one (or some) of his articles with pictures of groundhogs or rock chucks (or maybe marmots) laid out with the handgun(s) that he had taken them with. My friend bought an XP100 and I couldn't find one at the time, but I found a Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Mag Silhouette model with 10.5" barrel and, again following his advice, I mounted a 2x Leupold on it. We were death on 'hogs with those rigs - mine loaded hot with 225 and 240 gr bullets - out to some surprising ranges. In fact, I won quite a bit of beer money with my rig at the local shooting club in contests against guys shooting their deer rifles.

I really miss him. He was a great, down-to-earth influence on me, just as I was finally getting to where I could afford to buy a gun or two occasionally.