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I pulled my new issue of Rifle out of the mailbox today and was sorry to read about the passing of Al Miller.

He was a practical, no nonsense writer who shared his vast knowledge and experience for many years and I, for one, will greatly miss his writing.

I hope his passing was gentle and that he's gone on to where the elk tags come easy.


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Bad news..


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RIP, prays to his family.


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He was a good man, and a great writer. WWII vet, too. That was where he learned to respect the 8x57. Look up Rifle magazine, March 2009.



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He seemed like good stuff. Stuff of another generation of "we" types that's getting rare.

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Was he the gun writer who penned, "those that think the 8mm Mauser is a pop gun, never dodged bullets from one..."

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Al and I go way back; Al was a friend and a danged good one.

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I wrote to him at Rifle. He went out of his way to respond.I always liked his writings because he was eminently practical and usually on the money about a lot of things.

He seemed like a truly decent guy (a gentleman, rarer today) from the great WW II generation who are sadly passing or already gone. I miss not having guys like him around.He will be missed.




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Who's going to fill their shoes?

RIP, Sir.


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Rest in peace, Mr. Miller.


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RIP Mr. Miller - thanks for all the knowledge you shared.

I recall one article not that long ago, where he was testing a Ruger in .416 Rigby. And was not necessarily sticking to the published load data grin

I remember thinking to myself, damn he can't be young, being a WWII vet, and here he is benching a fierce kicking rifle, with extra-energetic loads. Must been a tough son of a gun, too grin



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Originally Posted by Seafire
Was he the gun writer who penned, "those that think the 8mm Mauser is a pop gun, never dodged bullets from one..."


Yes.

I'll miss his writing. RIP.

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Loved his writings, RIP..

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Originally Posted by Seafire
Was he the gun writer who penned, "those that think the 8mm Mauser is a pop gun, never dodged bullets from one..."


Yes, he went on to tell how badly his ship was torn up when it was strafed by a Luftwaffe fighter in WWII.

I always watched for his articles when he was active. One of my favorites.


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Loved his articles on the 6.5X55 (I don't use this one), and his work-up of shot loads for snakes (which I use regularly)


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I just read one of his articles in an old Rifle last night. He was indeed a writer I'm going to miss.


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