I was BORN in 1960 and benefited greatly from Elmer Keith's writing well into my 20's. He was and remains a legend in the hunting and shooting world.
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I should have also said that I have been an Elmer Keith fan since my youth. I have studied just about everything that he wrote. My late friend and I would quote Elmer during our many conversations. The same comments apply to Jeff Cooper and Skeeter Skelton.
The article My friend, the 357 is interesting, particularly when juxtaposed against all his articles lauding the praises of the 44 Special. Hand loaded the Special (44) will do just about anything the 357 will do. Those with the 40+ bias might say it does those things even better. (smile)
Dave
I remember reading something by Ross Seyfried where he said something like " when I met Elmer Keith he was old and somewhat diminished , but he was still good past belief." Bear in mind Mr. Seyfried was world combat pistol champion in 1981.
Reminds me of a comment by a member of Col. Townsend Whelen's club.
"The Colonel shot another good group from memory."
In his 80s, wearing thick cataract eyeglasses, he could still shoot.
We all get there....
A day at a time.
Perhaps his praise of the 357 has a lot to do with factory loaded ammo and the magnum's ability to duplicate 38 Special with handloads.
I love 357 Magnum revolvers because I mostly fire 38 Specials in them.
357 Magnum has been described as a "Jack of all trades, master of none."
Skeeter also alludes to the 357 Magnum being easier to obtain high velocity with bullets of good ballistic coefficient for flat trajectory than is achievable with 44 Special.