Ross won a world championship in pistol Tactical shooting before writing. He was also a pioneer with the bore bore revolvers taking a Cape Buffalo 🐃 once with a 355 grain hardcast at 1495 FPS from his Seville 45 colt built by John Linebaugh. Ross wrote the first articles on the 500 and 475 Linebaughs
I understand Ross did win the first " World Championship " , but it began as more of a local get together of interested folks, rather than the real hotshots it attracts now. I understand Ross is a good shot with handguns and long guns but is not in the league of today's sponsored shooters. He never won it again . But his writing was good