Once upon a time I used to read his articles, etc. Same as with Keith, Carmichael, O'Connor, Skelton and Milek. They are now all dead and gone. So is the world they once knew. Still, fun to read some of their stuff. Have a copy of Keith's little book on handguns and handloading by the bed and of course his "Hell I Was There" is nearby.
As to the practical everyday matters of shooting and hitting and what particular types of firearms to choose, some but not all of what they wrote still applies. It's like reading Wheelen or Sharp on rifles or Ackley on cartridges, the world has moved on. The same applies to handguns, etc. One day I will hopefully find and buy a 1974 Chevy Nova which I will then rebuild, paint. It will be close to the Nova of my teenaged years, the one I would have painted and fixed up if all my money hadn't been going for college expenses, books and my future wife. It will not be the biggest baddest thing on the road, but I will enjoy it. For a road trip, etc., I'll take the Toyota that is currently sitting in the driveway. It's about the same thing with firearms. I have a 1903-A3 that I had converted into a 1903-A4orgery... i.e., the 1903-A4 of the WWII era, the rifle that I have never had a dogs chance of owning. This year it will be my deer rifle as it is already my go to range/field rifle. Once I would have only carried a 03-A3 or M-1 Garand. For up close... maybe 100 yds., I still do. But in the woods/fields, one cannot be sure when the shot will be hard off the muzzle and when it will be down a power line, so I carry the 03-A4orgery. There are many better rifle designs available. Just about any modern sporter bolt-action rifle will produce better groups with less fiddling around. For what the 03-A4orgery ended up costing, a heavy barreled scoped rifle could have been bought. But, the 04orgery was what I wanted. The world has of course left such rifles behind. But, I, I look at that rifle and it speaks to me. What more reason does one need..
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