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Finn always seemed very down-to-earth and gentlemanly.

He was that in spades. Plus a real asset in a hunting camp.

I wish I could remember the exact quote, but Keith once remarked about people complaining he was into "overkill". He said he could not understand the subject as how could something wind up "overdead".

BYW, I think "The Last Book" by O'Connor is full of great acerbic quotes. One nugget was where he mentioned if mule deer were called "mulies" likewise would it be legitimate to call a moose a "moosie" or sheep "sheepsies" elk "elkies", etc.

I loved reading both Keith and O'Connor, but the latter always struck me as probably the less pleasant of the two to have hung around with, especially if you pizzed him off.

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Savage 99 has singlehandedly rendered gunwriters obsolete. I can't wait for him to type his complete treatise on CRF's and Connecticut deer hunting. He's almost convinced me to swear off push feeds so as it is!

3040Krag,

I can imagine what O'Connor would have thought of Leupies, Remmies and Winnies.

Don wrote, "Magazine writers have been replaced by you and I on the internet."

When he makes his debut as a gun writer, who's gonna correct his misuse of subjective "I" for objective "me"?

DF

I probably shouldn't have been so hard on Savage 99. Apparently am just in a grumpy mood, as I've learned several things from him over the years:

1) .22 caliber centerfires won't kill whitetail deer correctly. He knows this because he once shot a deer with a .22 centerfire, and though the deer died, it didn't die correctly.

2) The .358 Winchester is far more popular than the .257 Roberts, because the .257 Roberts also won't kill whitetails correctly.

3) Deer don't die correctly when shot with push-feed bolt actions. This is because all push-feeds jam constantly, so you can't shoot deer multiple times, rapidly.

I am sure other things have been learned from him, but can't recall any right now. Maybe he'll find some more interesting facts on the Internet and share them here.

It's so seldom that Mr. Barsness is incorrect.

In one of Elmer Keith's books he had a line something like
"you can skin a buffalo with a pen knife, but it doesn't say much about the intelligence of the person doing it".
I often remember that line when I see threads on how small of a cartridge you can use on deer, purposefully! (flame suit on!)

In one of Elmer Keith's books he had a line something like
"you can skin a buffalo with a pen knife, but it doesn't say much about the intelligence of the person doing it".
I often remember that line when I see threads on how small of a cartridge you can use on deer or other big game, purposefully! (flame suit on!)

True, but he did like to fling pills with high BCs; that's just how he rolled.

Is that why he settled on the 270 and the 130 grain bullet?

That was just so he had something to write about. You didn't think that schtick was serious?

The most important thing I learned from Savage 99 is that since deer are scarce at his VT deer camp you can't kill them with light caliber rifles and need something along the lines of a .358. Apparently light cartridges only work where deer are plentiful. And even then you need a CRF so you can get a second shot off.

I learned on the Campfire that it's better to remain silent and be considered a fool,than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Sounds like that famed gunwriter of old, Abe Lincoln...

DF

One I do recall from Capstick is his comments about leopard attacks...the comment ran along the line of the cat biting your face off, then the hind claws going to work on you like a rototiller.

I think the opening line to Gene Wensel's book, Come November, is one of the best I've ever read: "I was a deer hunter before I became a man."

Steve.

And don't forget that TR admitted that he was not a good shot, but that he shot often.....

Jack