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Don't misunderstand me, I greatly respect and enjoy reading John and Brian Pearce, as well as Phil Shoemaker, Stan Trzoniec and Al Miller.........
But "Rifle" and "Handloader" lost a great deal when Ross Seyfriend left the magazine. Sorry to say, but Clair Rees doesn't cut it (lots of talk about brown bear hunts, but no photos!), and Mike Venturino, as good as he is within his range of material, does NOT fill in the gap that Ross left, at least not for a guy like me who's primarily interested in big game hunting with modern and "Classic-modern" rifles.
I guess I'm ranting a bit because I'm a little tired of the 'Cowboy In Africa' stuff, and Ross has experience to spare in the areas I'm interested in.......
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I also would like to see his return. whwy the heck did he leave, anyway?
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From what was discussed in the past, it seems that there was a impassable personality conflict between Ross and the staff, so I don't think we'll see him again in those publications.
And as was expressed by most here, those publications lost alot with Ross's departure. I've honestly found no reason to purchase either publication since he no longer writes for them.
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The good thing about Ross is that he really had some opinions.
The bad thing about Ross is that he really had some opinions.
Unfortunately brilliance and arrogance are often found together.
Rifle and Handloader without Ross Seyfried are like Monday Night Football without Howard Cosell. Seyfreid and Cosell may have seemed arrogant pricks to some, but the products aren't as good without them.................DJ
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"Cowboy In Africa." I really like that. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Well said, Allan.
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Allenday:
Seyfried didn't go far. He's writing frequently for Double Gun & Single Shot Journal. I've started subscribing, in part, because he's there.
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He's occasionally in Gray's, as well.
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Allenday:
Seyfried didn't go far. He's writing frequently for Double Gun & Single Shot Journal. I've started subscribing, in part, because he's there. +1 more
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The Double Gun Journal is an excellent publication and the only gun mag I subscribe to anymore. It has a great mix of articles by professionals such as Ross and Fredrick Franzen (a noted Swedish gun writer) as well as "amateurs" who write with passion about their favorite guns. The thing I like best about it is that most articles are written by true experts in their subject matter.
If anyone wants to learn about double guns, this is the place to do it. From technical experiments to find the "blow up point" of fluid steel versus damascus barrels to the art of fine Italian engraving. From Ithica to Parker to Sauer to Purdey, they are all covered.
And also the only articles in English on Husqvarna double guns. (My personal passion).
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HMMMM...Nobody from the Wolfe clan checked in on this thread yet? I sure wish Editor Scovill could muster the gumption to discuss this matter with us. Has he ever posted on any issue? I guess the old fool is too busy putting the finishing touches on Jack O'Connor Ain't Sh*t Part Two to check these boards out and research what the readership really wants to see in his magazines.
C'mon Dick...do the right thing, pick the phone up, call Ross and appologize for being a jerk. Tell him it is ok for him to rag on advertiser's products that truely do not deliver as promised and that it is ok with you for him to praise FailSafes if he is so inclined...then you can start writing your next story about how you were just too damned busy to read Kieth too!
I'll make a deal with you, if you bring Ross back I'll even read YOUR pieces and, to close the deal, I'll have a '95 chambered to a "something-something Scovill" and tell all of my buddies about how the genious who designed THIS cartridge never read O'Conner and ran the best writer he ever worked with off.
What do you say Dick...do we have an agreement?
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His writing in the DGJ is superb, but I sorely miss his handgun articles. He is still the master of the obscure and finds ways to enlighten me.
Wolfe is not the same without him.
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I see Scovill made a lasting impression on you, his name is Dave. Good point though.
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Maybe he should change it.
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I'll make a deal with you, if you bring Ross back I'll even read YOUR pieces................ Don't ever promise something that you'll regret later. JimF
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I'll make a deal with you, if you bring Ross back I'll even read YOUR pieces................ Don't ever promise something that you'll regret later. JimF <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> GREAT point!
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Random Note to all who want Ross back: One could and should learn from St Francis; Change the things you can, and accept the things you can't! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Sometimes in life events occur over which we have no control... You have about as much chance of convincing WOLFE Publications of rehiring Ross Seyfried, as convincing the State Dept to pull out of Iraq. Learn to deal with it! And for goodness sakes, stop whining about it. From my perspective, I couldn't care less... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I now step down from my soapbox. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Grasshopper
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Grasshopper, you must care some; you read the thread and responded! (Not torchin', just teasin'! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> )
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But Pecos, how do you really feel about this? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Seriously, you have good thoughts there.
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