>
>That would be Jack O'Conner. lol
>Mr. O'Conner was by far
>my favorite outdoor author while
>growing up. My Grandfather was
>also a huge fan of
>his and because so, always
>renewed my subscription to Outdoor
>Life every year as my
>Christmas present from him to
>me.
>
>Each month, it was a big
>deal to me to get
>my hands on the latest
>copy of Outdoor Life. I'd
>recluse to my bedroom and
>generally read the rag from
>cover to cover. Key and
>center though, were each and
>every article within those pages
>penned by Mr. O'Conner. He
>was the very first outdoor
>writer, that i was aware
>of at the time, who
>routinely could write in such
>a way as to allow
>me to smell the sage,
>see the vista's he was
>seeing, and be right there
>along with him on his,
>to me then, exotic adventures.
>
>
>Yes, Jack loved the 270 Winchester
>and in later years, helped
>make that cartridge famous and
>as popular as it has
>gotten to be. There were
>certainly much larger and more
>popular cartridges to choose to
>hunt big game with back
>then but he, like myself
>and many others, had faith
>in "smaller" cartridges placed with
>high velocity and pin-point accuracy,
>proving this relatively new concept
>at the time, to the
>masses time and again in
>the written texts of his
>and his wife's successful exploits.
>
>
>Mr. O'Conner was a Master at
>his trade. Someone that i
>personally have long looked up
>to as the best ever
>at what he did!
>
>Joey
>
+1 sage
Like I've said before, we've walked MANY of the same paths!
Best,
Zeke
