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'Ernest Hemingway’s friend A.E. Hotchner once described a “yellowed four-by-five picture of Ernest,” shown him by Hemingway,
“aged five or six, holding a small rifle. Written on the back in his mother’s hand was the notation,
‘Ernest was taught to shoot by Pa when 2½ and when 4 could handle a pistol.’”
Firearms and shooting infused Hemingway’s existence and thus his writing ...'



Hemingway tops Sir Jerry for early age to start shooting.
Wasn't Hemingway's Pop a medical doctor ?
My how times have changed !
Good medicine and education back then is child abuse now.

Speaking of education, reminds me of higher math being practiced over at Sir Bob's latest blog:

https://bigborefan.wordpress.com/2021/09/11/a-reworked-te-formula/

Sir Bob:
If you multiply KEI by MF (your modified TKO containing M, V, and both CSA and sectional density {the M/CSA equivalent} as multipliers, instead of caliber alone),
your new TE ends up being momentum cubed with some manipulation by constants for manageable numerical value:

TE = (M^3)(V^3)/N