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So where is the old boy at these days?

thought he was dead.

He's rich, shooting and out of the spotlight.

Dan

I guess he gets 3% on every WSM rifle, and no rifle mag's will touch him due to the makers being pissed.

I always liked his writtings

When I was much more involved in reloading in the early to late 80's Rick was a good writer for Shooting Times, the only magazine I read. But when he and Kenny J teamed up, or so it seemed to me, for the 7mm STW I felt he was tooting his horn more than I cared for.

If I recall correclty I also noticed something I have always disliked with new gun reports, namely if the gun shot sub 2" groups it was the new Phenom, and everyone should go get one. Guess that is the fine line writers must take to keep getting guns to review before everyone else reviews the same guns.

I suspect Rick had the same deal with the STW series?

Allen

Go over to the "ask the gunwriters" forum, and search Rick Jamison. There's probably 10,000 words over there about this whole issue of the patent, and what he's doing now.

I had a guy come into my store last Friday that looked just like him. Up until than I hadn't thought about him for a long time, but also enjoyed reading his articles.

I got to thinking about some of the old back issues of shooting and went down to my folks' this weekend to see what I could find only to find out she (my mom) threw them all away a couple of years ago.

Unless I'm badly mistaken it was Layne Simpson who came up with the 7STW. I do know it was Layne Simpson that sounded like Kenny J's press agent for years.

Ain't that something how they always do that? My mom threw out all of my baseball cards from when I was a kid in the 60's, including the autographed ones from Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and the entire '65 Yankees team. Oh well, who knew?

Layne Simpson developed the 7mmSTW .257 STW. and the 358 Shooting Times Alaskan.

Yup. Layne did the STWs and Rick did all the short magnum work, hence the Winchester lawsuit and setlement. Always liked his research methods and articles.

Sorry

Must be my 50 yr old memory...

Thanks for clearing that up.

Allen

Yeah, I'd read those adoring tongue-bath stories Layne wrote about KJ and always wonder how many freebies he had sitting in his gun safe, or free work on his various projects.

Not that the man can't build rifles, but it got embarrassing after a while.

Layme Simpleton is a royal douche bag.. I just wanna puke everytime I see his picture!

And I have to laugh every time I hear someone complaining about how their mommy threw something out that they left there years ago. Buck up.

My mother had what she considered good reason � semi-invalid, not wealthy, moving from state to state a lot when Dad got appointed to different circuits. I don't blame her, but I sure do miss some of those boyhood treasures. Recently paid over fifty bucks to replace a rare book that in the 1940s cost less than a buck.

Now a buddy's wife � when he and she come here to help The Old Fossil keep a neat house � has a wife's notion of what to throw out and what to let me keep.

�'est la femme.

Eternal vigilance is the price of keeping treasured junque.

I was a long time subscriber to ST starting back in the early 90's to approx 2001. Back in those days, I read them cover to cover. I'm a natural packrat so I still have all those issues stored in boxes. I always thought Rick did a fine job on his reloading column, and for that reason I still refer back to many of the issues.

Speaking of books...
I hate I never got around to buying Rick's coyote calling book back when the getting was good. They are darn hard to find now, and are never cheap when they do turn up.

Always thought the price of liberty was eternal vigilance.

Simpson also developed the 7mm STE. He is VERY impressed with himself. Layne really digs Layne.......

Did the STA as well, if memory serves.

Was this specifically a coyote calling book? My brother has an old book by Rick that is all about trapping. It's damn good too. He found it at a garage sale. I've never seen one since.

Travis