Askins was a serious magnumaniac. In THE HUNTERS RIFLE he refers to the 7x57 as being too puny to be any great shakes as a hunting round and he calls the .358 Win. an adequate round for small rodents. And in "SINNER" he calls both the .270 and .30-06 puny and he denigrates both Whelen and O'Connor for recommending the .270. He was about right in line with his pal Elmer.
