I really liked Bob's articles, partly because they were written by a guy who hunted in the same part of the world as me, who learned about hunting in the field and not by reading articles.
I especially remember one article about the .25-06, where he took one elk hunting because it was the only one of his big game rifles that happened to be sighted-in when he decided to go hunting. This is familiar to me, as gun writers end up testing so many scopes that often it's hard to find a rifle that's sighted-in with the right load. (The .25-06 in the story worked, of course, taking some sort of elk--as I remember a cow or young bull--with a broadside lung shot, I believe with a 120-grain Speer Hot Core.)
But I must also confess that the one thing that bothered me aout Bob's writing was his dialogue. Sometimes he'd even start a story with something like this, "Gosh, Bill!" I exclaimed. "That 120-grain pill, started at 3100 fps with 56 grains of 6344, sure put that buck on the ground with some authority!"
People don't talk like that, but then again there wasn't a lot of talking in Milek articles anyway.
I met Bob a couple times in various places and he was indeed a nice guy. But I have gotten to know Bob Jr. much better over the years, and have done some shooting with him, both at targets and hair. He's also a really nice guy, and a darn good shot, too.
I actually remember that article - it must have been written 25-30 years ago. My memory had it as a 120gr hollow point of some sort taking a cow broadside and spraying blood out the opposite end. In short order she was down. Five other people might remember it five different ways. Either way, we remember that we enjoyed that plus countless other articles written by Mr. Milek. He's the reason I still long for a 35 Whelen, and also find the 257 Roberts very interesting, although I've never owned either. Us leftys never get a break, and Ruger never quite got the configurations quite to my liking in those calibers in a #1. A 1-A in a 24" barrel in the Whelen and RSI in the Roberts would suit me fine.
There are a lot of good writers out there, but my top three still include Milek and Aagard. JB rounds it out.
