My two favorite authors when I first started reading gun magazines back in the 60's were Elmer Kieth and Jack O"Connor. Back then it seems articles were written differently and had cooler pictures. My first store bought rifle was a 270, I would have gotten a model 70 pushfeed but in 1972 they were fugly and cost more than the Remington 700 BDL I did buy. I shot the barrel out on that 700 in four years on jackrabbits, coyotes with more than a few Mule deer and a couple Elk. Funny how back then I never even considered that you could shoot a barrel out. I can say the articles written by those two made my early life a better place. Virtually every round fired through that 700 was a case full of H4831 and a 130 grain Speer.

Dog I rescued in January

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