Favorite gun writer

Salty said:
My favorite gunwriter is BigRedd followed closely by SuperCub and an honerable mention to todbartell :runaway:
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Don't put me in with Captain Deady and and the Internet Legend.

I'm just small potatoes next to those two, especially with my goofy pumpguns and antiquated calibers. :redface:



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I re-read "The Rifle Book" by O'CONNOR two or three times a year. (I hate TV) Each time I read it I come away with something new. I have no need to read what other gun writers are writing. Don't get me wrong but old Jack is a source of information that meets my needs.

cheers Darryl
 
My all time favorite has to be Jim Carmichael. The main reason I subsribe to Outdoor Life. I like to read all of the above mentioned. How about an honourable mention for Rick Hacker for all his acticles on lever guns with iron sights.
 
I'm also a big fan of Barsness...a very practical guy who has taken time to answer several questions for me.
I really like the often-overlooked Sam Fadala, and regardless of his sometimes questionable content, I was always tremendously amused by Clay Harvey. One seldom sees a writer who uses words like "faunch" and "paucity".
 
I take anything written by bodington with a grain of salt. His daughter is a looker though.:)

I enjoy reading CGN because you usually get the good, bad, and ugly. When you have a legitimate question, people are quick to give you the answer (s) and their opinions.

This place is free and you learn just as much as picking up a magazine. As soon as a magazine article is read, you usually hear it being debated somewhere in these forums.



PB
 
SuperCub said:
Don't put me in with Captain Deady and and the Internet Legend.

I'm just small potatoes next to those two, especially with my goofy pumpguns and antiquated calibers. :redface:
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Then suck it up and grow some spuds my friend. The big times are just around the corner :D
 
I try to keep an open mind on what these guys write. I read an article on the Lee Enfield by John Barsness and after that I would not even get past the by line if he was involved. Absolute garbage. He could write for a liberal newspaper in this country.
 
In terms of living, breathing, working writers, I'd have to say Barsness hands down. Seyfried was always a huge favourite, and still would be if I knew where/if I could find new work by him. Anybody know where he is? What happened to him?

Layne Simpson doesn't offend me. Ron Spomer, Jon Sundra, and Boddington bug the hell out of me, although Boddington can sometimes be interesting while he's bugging me.

And in a class all their own, Jack O'Connor, Elmer Keith, Skeeter Skelton, and Jeff Cooper.

John

p.s. Can I count Pat McManus?
 
jjohnwm said:
p.s. Can I count Pat McManus?
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You bet your Goombaw you can!
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I can't pick just one. It's like the Academy Awards. There are categories where some shine brighter than others.

Shotguns: Michael MacIntosh. Great writer. Honourable mention to Bob Brister for his work on shotgun ballistics in Shotgunning, The Art and Science.

Rifles: Finn Aagaard (RIP). Good writer, very knowledgable, miss him a lot. Seyfried is an excellent also ran and best of those still living.

Hunting and Spanish Guns: My amigo Terry Wieland. He's forgotten more about African and Eibar than I've learned.

Best Classical Writers: Robert Ruark. Everyone who owns a gun should read "The Old Man and the Boy." It tells you all you need to know about gun handling. Runner up: Jack O'Connor. I grew up with him and his writings on shotguns and rifles are still relevant today.

Best Philosopher. The recently departed Jeff Cooper. To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth is a book every gunnut should own.

Authors to avoid: Laurie Morrow. She wrote a book on Italian shotguns that is singularly the worst gun book I've ever bought. Awful stuff. I'm also not a Boddington fan.
 
I try to pick out the good articles, and the author be damned!! Actually, I do like most of Barnsness' articles, I read a lot of O'Connor in the early years, have a relatively complete collection of Capstick [BS or not] Have laughed my way through Kieth and McManus. Seyfried was a great writer, and I would be remiss without mentioning Bob Hagel, who didn't mince words with anyone. Ruark is a great read. Carmichael gets a good one out occasionally. Cat mentioned Page and Donaldson, some dandy reading from them also. I am cosmopolitan in my tastes, and have a lot of my own opinions, so am not easily swayed by some johnny-come-lately trying to make a living by accomodating large affluent advertisers while trying to inflate their own egos. Regards, Eagleye.
 
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