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Between aft and for'ard.

Bingo.

Re: rehashed gun article ramblings.....
It's ok. It's difficult not to eventually have to go over some of the same ground. The quality writers can do it and make it seem new. Choice of words is critical. Ask any preacher....
Read Agatha Christie.... She did a marvelous job avoiding similar plots.
#3 in books sales after the Bible and William Shakespeare...

Well I allways liked the way Dave told Randy and Coni to pull their head out before they suffocated when he told them their X bullet needed relief grooves like the Northfork to work right and stop c opper fouling so bad..mb lol

I need his book on the .45 Colt. While Dave wasn’t my favorite writer, he did design the 270-SAA bullet!

His Turnbull .50 ‘86 Winchester fascinated me.

He did miff a few folks with his article 15 or so years ago where he supposedly sullied the character of Jack O’Connor. Don’t remember the details and I’m sure it’s in my back issues upstairs, but I’m way too lazy to go find it.

Some of his writing interested me, but mostly the content and his expertise. He’s far from alone in his writing tendencies and style.

I never noticed decent prose running out of Papa Keith’s pen either, but I like and enjoy his work very much also.

Despite criticisms, Dave was a great editor and was not adverse to publishing out-of-the-mainstream articles and technical articles. He lasted much longer than many editors do in the gunwriting business. He likely did a lot of things right.

Bingo - I always wondered if that impressed anyone else.

Your welcome 5sdad. I allways wondered if Dave got a dime from Barnes for making them profitable. I can't be the only guy who had terrible copper fouling from all their bullets prior to tsx variety...mb

I like the things he seemed to like and I liked his articles. One thing he wrote something like “Today’s deer hunters should be hunting with a 44-40
Lever gun with iron sights, so as to learn what hunting is.” His writings make me think we may be about the same age, IDK.

Dave is in his late 70s. He was either 58 or 59 (can't remember exactly) when we went on a safari in Botswana's Okavanago Delta in August of 2003.

I always skipped over his articles.

Dave was always interesting to visit with at the SHOT Shows.

I did read Dave Scovill

That's why I read the magazines. Read everything, cover to cover. Even things I had zero interest in. When they hired all the folks from the regular gun magazines and made it, well... mostly a "regular gun magazine", I stopped buying it.

I don't need any more "Here is a gun" articles. (Here's a gun I own, and here's some groups I shot with it, and please ignore that I've basically written this same exact article about this same gun a half dozen times or more.)


I enjoyed him. I can remember a few things he wrote, and projects/purchases of mine he influenced. That says something. There are plenty of well known, well like gun writers still working I can't say that about. (most)

Always liked his writing.

I do Like the 45-270-SAA bullet in my .45 Colt. I had totally forgotten that he designed it.

Ron

Scovill sucked me into the 375 Scovill in his writings. I was ready to take the plunge and I saw the 9.3X62 case one version was based on. I never looked back and have had two of them. Factory Brass and Ammunition, what's not to like with that? MK X action, Montana Rifle Barrel and assorted other niceties. Leupold 3X9 with Pachmyer Low Swing mount. Has the German Plex Reticle. Whitworth Express 3 Leaf rearsight and NECG front. Regulated the 3 leafs with a Laser Sighter at 25 yards. !00/200/300 hit on paper at 100 first go. Needs fine bead sighting to hit the leaf calibration. Has a M70 style safety. Have one 3 shot group at a 100 that is .45" Ctr To Ctr. Boyds stock because of my budget. May have to repost with picture. Been awhile since I've done this. Long live the 9.3 Mauser......

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Yeah, ole Elmer wasn’t a polished literary type, but he was a great story teller and had loads of on hand experience, making him a very interesting read. Thank God for editors.

DF

It's just "one of those things".

At one time it was "Where am I going to get 9.3x62 brass? 270/280/30-06 brass is everywhere, dang near free!"

Then the internet got into full swing and 9.3x62 isn't hard to come buy.

Then recent events made it flip flop again.


That's why at least one gun in every caliber is always the right answer.


(I have a Hawk/Scovill I haven't fired in 20+ years, but I'm still window shopping 9.3x62's on Gunbrokeme. Why, cuz I never owned one!)