I read all the people mentioned so far in this thread when I began reading gun material about 1962. I didn't start handloading until about late 1964 and the Speer #6 was my first handloading manual. I still have it, but there are at least forty or more other manuals to go along with it. I probably read the O'Connor pressure article at least once.

Another writer of the same era who probably wrote more articles and may have written for more years than O'Connor and most of the rest was Bob Hagel - tied with Ken Waters (also of the same era) as my favorite gun writers. Hagel hunted extensively, but only on this continent, I think. Many of his handloading and hunting articles remain timely today.

We have a few good writers today, just like we did years ago, despite what some may think about today's gun journalists. The mediocre ones have always been around.