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Dick,

I remember reading of Tanks' and Doc's visit with him some years back. Sounded like a great host.

Ed.

He titled his book "unread"?

Doesn't seem like a smart marketing move.

I was very sorry to hear that.

Got to know Bart some over the years through things like the SHOT Show, but really got to know him on a gun-writer trip to Finland in 2015, touring the Sako/Tikka factory and hunting a coupleof days. We ended up sharing the same spacious two-story "room" at the hotel (which included a big sauna), and stayed up until after 2:00 AM the first night talking, helped by a some libations from the mini-bar. Didn't stay up as late after that, but had a great time, all the time. We kept in touch afterwards--but it's always hard to hear of a friend's passing, especially when they're a little younger.

Here's a photo from the last night of the trip, during a cook-out (the meal was served inside a big yurt), including plenty of Finnish "spirits", reindeer meat, and a few of the hunting dogs used in traditional driven Finnish hunts.

Sorry to hear of his passing. RIP!

Good man, as was his father. Sorry to hear of his passing. May he rest in peace.

That’s actually a damned good deal on that book !

Sorry to hear about Bart. Liked his articles almost as much as I liked his dad’s, Skeeter’s articles.
End of a great era of handgun wordsmiths and old time LEO’s like Skeeter.
I went to college with one of their cousins at TAMU.

Barry, what was Bart’s campfire “handle” ???

A good guy. A link to those who proceeded him. Damn.

Taffin is still kicking as is that youngster Brian Pearce.

Too bad, 69 isn't that old in this day and age.

For some reason I thought that Bart was a little younger than me, not a little older.

Well said. I am sorry to hear of Bart Skelton's passing; I read both him and his Dad and enjoyed them both.

Pardon the poor phrasing. Should have written, "It is unread" indicating it is in 100% new condition. I did not major in Marketing in college so hope you'll cut me some slack.

L.W.

That's a sad bit of news for sure.

I'll confess that I couldn't read Bart's stuff. Not that I found anything wrong with it, it was just that I didn't want to be judging his writing against his father's writing, I guess. Skeeter was probably my all time favorite gun writing story teller, having grown and kicked around up in places he often mentioned, and his "Me and Joe" stories that reminded me so much of my own youth...whatever it was, it just didn't seem fair to me and I didn't want to come to think of him as a second rate gunwriter. If that makes any sense...

One thing I turned up a few years ago, researching Skeeter: he and his wife had a son born before Bart who died very young. That's not something mentioned in any of their writing as far as I know.

I heard about this earlier today. Too bad. I really enjoyed his and his dads writing. God speed Bart. Prayers for his family.

Sorry to hear this. I didn't read him much as I'd gotten away from most magazines by the time he started writing much. A NM state Trooper? 69 seems young, or not, my age. Curious if he'd been sick long, I hadn't heard anything. Wondering if he had children. Just the usual things, I guess.

RIP sir.

RIP, my literary friend - I enjoyed your writing.
Condolences to family and friends.

Godspeed Bart!

You ate the dogs?

That may be....didn't seem like the right time to make a quick buck.