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I use to enjoy reading Bob's writeups, I still have some old magazines I saved from the 80's that have his articles but recently was looking for more written by him and can't find any, does anyone here have any they can post? Has he ever written a book? Thanks

I enjoyed his writings too.His Son Bob Jr. also wrote for a short time too.

https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/ga-retrospective-honoring-legendary-gunwriter-bob-milek/249616


https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/ammunition_practical_precision_reloading_102710/99822

I can check when I get home tonight. I have a bunch of magazine articles from the 80s and early 90s I used to cut out and save. Milek was one of my favorites!

I always enjoyed his writings. His articles would be the first I’d read.

Reading his articles always made me want a .25-06. He seemed to be a huge fan of the cartridge and used it for a lot of western game including elk. I never scratched that itch for some reason or another.

Other writers held him in high regard. Said he could be really buzzed & still outshoot the whole crowd.

I've never been much of a contender fan which he seemed to write about a lot but still always read his stuff.

Got to know Bob some, and he knew his stuff about what worked.

Got to know Bob Jr. far better, who is also a good guy and knows his stuff. But somehow his writing didn't grab people like his dad's....

Always loved his oversized shooting glasses. And the Thermopolis WY byline.

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That would be Thermopolis, WY....

(Realize it was just a typo.)

Yes sir. Gotta love Thermopolis & Bob M.

He was the reason I owned a 25-06 and a still own a 35 Whelen that he inspired me to buy.

He was one of my favorite writers and influenced me more than writers like O’Connor. He seemed more salt of the earth to me and that really came across in his writing.

It’s his fault I had a very nice Single Six drilled and tapped for a scope. I think it was a Bushnell that I had mounted in Weaver rings. Damn accurate and really upped my hit percentage and extended my distance.

Certainly missed by many, thanks for the stroll down memory lane.

Bob Milek's writing and a really good price would be the reason my first factory hunting rifle was a .25-06. It's a 77 tanger that still gets hunted once in a while.

Back in the late 70’s early 80’s I would read every issue of Shooting Times cover to cover a couple times. Milek , Skeeter, Wooters, etc.

I displayed at the International Varmint Shooter’s convention in Spokane, back in the early 90’s. There were quite a few big names in outdoor writing that attended. I was able to sit at the same table for dinner with Chet Brown, Chub Eastman, and Bob Milek. Keynote speaker was David Petzel.

I wasn’t too impressed with Petzel, but Brown, Eastman and Milek were great guys. You could talk to them on an equal basis and never felt that you were being considered any less of a person than they were.

Milek was totally engaging and talking to him at the convention, he was certainly an avid varmint shooter. Of the few writers I paid any attention to, Bob was one. I bought a 444 Marlin when he wrote about it and shot a few deer with it.

Mr. Milek died of cancer I believe. I always wondered if the perchlorate ethylene (dry cleaning fluid) that he used to clean handguns had anything to do with it. That stuff is pretty nasty. I too read all of his articles. His handgun hunting stuff were among my favorites. He was a big fan of the .357 Herrett.

Ron

Bob Milek was my favorite gun writer, at the time. If i saw he had an article in the magazine, it wuold be the first one I read. Finn Aagard, was another of my favorites.

Both were also favorites of mine.

Bob
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By the way, Mr and Mrs Barsness are of the same cloth regarding ego. I was only a bottom rung freelance scribbler, but both of them always treated me as equals. I can say the same about the Three Kens of gundom (Howell, Oehler, and Waters.)

I really liked his writings! I had the opportunity to meet and visit with him twice after I moved to Wyoming…..heck of a nice guy!

I too, wish that I had kept some of his articles……a lot of stuff was dumped during my move. ☹️ memtb