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One man with courage makes a majority....
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Welcome to the fire. Sure enjoyed your daddy's work, and have come to look forward to your column as well. You may have to change the title, though. Seems like the border is moving north...last trip I made to Del Rio I believe I left the US about 40 miles north of the Rio Grande.
Proudly representing oil companies, defense contractors, and firearms manufacturers since 1980. Because merchants of death need lawyers, too.
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Bart,
I'm glad to see you here on the Campfire. My wife and I had the pleasure of meeting you at the NRA Meetings in Pittsburgh a couple of years ago. I bought your book from you and enjoyed it very much. Not to keep you in your Dad's shadow all the time but I have read and reread his books many times. I started reading his writings in about 1966 if I remember correctly. My favorite story was "Bustamonte I Hate You!". I also enjoy your "Down on the Border" column very much. I also got to meet Joaquin Jackson (I couldn't believe how tall he was!) in Pittsburgh. I must say that both of you were very gracious to us as strangers.
There will never be another Skeeter but I think you are able to fill that void he left. I missed him so much the first couple of years that it hurt. I was so glad when you started writing more articles. I hope your Mother is doing well.
I tried to buy the pre-war Colt Woodsman in the auction of your Dad's guns but wasn't successful and I was really disappointed. I wanted something that belonged to him. I spent a couple of years on the Tex/Mex border at El Paso back in the late 60s and loved it. Your articles are the first I turn to when I get my magazine every month and then I read Jeff Cooper's page.
I think you will enjoy the interaction here on the Campfire. If this old West Virginia boy (actually not a boy at 57) can be of any service, please feel free to PM me.
Best Regards,
Bill
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Mr. Skelton:
This is more than a little off topic, but I still have (and regularly use) a chili recipe your dad published in Shooting Times a long, long time ago. It remains my favorite chili recipe of all those I've ever tried. I never make it that I don't think fondly of your dad's writing. He was a real gem and I learned a great deal from him, including more than a little bit about life in addition to things about guns and shooting.
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Good evening, all. Since there have been several references to Gary Sitton in this thread, I wanted to chime in briefly. Many of you might be aware of this, if so pardon me. Gary passed on back in October. Welcome Bart, I hope you decide to stick around. I also wanted to say that if someone puts together a collected works of Gary Sitton, I'll buy a copy. IMO, he <like Bart's dad> had a gift for what I would call "capturing a mood". Our own Muledeer, just published an artical in Succesful Hunter titled "High Plains Drifter" that I found to be a very well done story about a hunter's quest to find wild places...
Please don't feed the trolls!
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Bart:
If you see him again anytime soon, would you please tell him that some of us are hoping to see him publish something book length on all the classic British guns he's been testing for years.
- TJM
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Bart,
Welcome to the Campfire!
Your post is coincident with me getting out Skeeter's article on a specification for the perfect revolver. I didn't have any interest in handguns when I first started reading his stuff, but that changed over the years. Now I have all these 5" barreled revolvers hanging around wiht my single action semi-autos.
jim
LCDR Jim Dodd, USN (Ret.)
"If you're too busy to hunt, you're too busy."
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Bart,
Welcome. Glad you came to the Campfire, and hope you stay awhile.
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Bart, Good to have you around the fire. I was a great fan of your dad's but quit shooting pistols when my buddy that always shot with me moved. Just never hooked up with another. Haven't read much in gun magazines since then but you come from good stock. My best to you. Mickey www.colemanrifles.com
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I'll second the motion for the collection of Gary Sitton's works. I kept a lot of his articles but would love to have them all in book form.
Jeff M.
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Bart--
It is good to see your name here. Aside from always needing new blood, it's good to have a writer who really knows handguns!
You'll find the Campfire to be a generally less contentious place than some others in cyberspace. The folks here mostly want to visit and swap what they know, which I have found is not the case on some other sites.
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Since this thread is obviously about Ross, I would like to submit that I've had the pleasure of spending personal time with him on numerous occasions. I believe him to be one of the most intelligent, experienced and honest of the gun scribes still living. He is a gracious and interesting man whose shooting skills and knowledge of the trade cannot be second-guessed. Many of us would be well advised to take notice of his accomplishments and demeanor.
As they say down here in the border country, he'll do to saddle up with. Bart, That sums it up quite well. I've met Mr. Seyfried a few times at the SHOT show. He has always been honest to a fault and very willing to give advice to a brand spanking new writer. BTW - Welcome to the forum. For gunners of the sporting type, this here's the best. Regards,
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Mr. Skelton,
Welcome. Glad to have you here.
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Mr Skelton,
Welcome from Korea, Sir.
Expat
"There are no dangerous weapons. There are only dangerous men." - Robert Heinlein
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Thank you kindly for the welcome. Hope to be able to spend a little time here. I've enjoyed it so far.
Bart
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Bart S. There are some very fine people here who would love to see you saddle up to this Campfire. From what I have read of your articles you fell close to the tree, was more than pleased to see another Skelton fill the boots AND make his own trail. I believe your stock will go up if you hang out here. Warning, it's addicting. Welcome So, do you have a favorite .45? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Welcome, I've enjoyed both your father's and your own writing.
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Welcome to campfire Bart. This is a great board, and you're a great addition to the other class acts that contribute here.
PM sent,
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Bart,
Yours is a fine case of a son writing as well as his very illustrious father. Thanks for posting here and do post often.
Best wishes,
Mehul Kamdar
The Ark was made by amateurs. Experts made the Titanic.
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mehulkamdar,
Thank you much for your flattering post. I must disagree with you, though. I don't write anywhere near as well as my dad. Nor, in my opinion, do very many writers anywhere (I'm a bit biased, you see). He had a knack well advanced over most. His writing was timeless. He could have been a great novelist and never got around to it.
Thank you for remembering him, none-the-less, and thanks again for your kindness and readership.
Bart Skelton
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