Favourite gunwriters

[mehulkamdar]

The discussion on Corbett and Elmer Keith's guns prompted this post. My favourite gunwriters past and present (in no specific order) are:

Past:

1. Jim Corbett
2. Elmer Keith
3. Ludwig Olson (recently deceased)
4. Robert Ruark
5. John Taylor
6. Skeeter Skelton

Present:

1. Ross Seyfried (he comes top in my list but the rest follow in no specific order)
2. Christopher Austyn
3. Rob Adam
4. Bart Skelton
5. Tom Turpin
6. Chris Bekker (a good friend and a fine gentleman)
7. John Barsness
8. Norbert Klups
9. Steven Dodd Hughes (also a master gunsmith and a photographer of international repute)
10. Jeff Cooper (a surviving character - he does not write much about guns these days and I often disagree with his viewpoints but I shall never stop reading him)

There might be authors whom I have missed. Hopefully, others' posts would help me remember some of them.

Do post about your favourite gunwriters as well,

Cheers!

Mehul

[Kshatriya]

Jim Corbett,Kenneth Anderson,Billy Arjan Singh & Richard Burton are good to read but there are just fleeting references to guns in their books.
If u happen to know the forests that these guys frequented, u are treated to a hunt so real that it appears that u are a part of it.
Of the Gunwriters mentioned by Mehul, I have liked articles & commentaries by Jeff Cooper & John Farnam.
Though I would like to read Gabe Suarez too, especially his books on Handgun handling & tactics.

[monty3006]

Mehul,
Jeff Cooper is all time fav. But lately have u noticed how he's calling himself "We" . I've been a great fan of cooper's corner but now adays I think the old man is getting senile. Dope bag and Jack Lewis in Lewisly speaking are also great. I personally am a great fan of Frank C Barnes. Man was a marvel. Ken Ramage is good, but nothing in comparision to Amber.... the man who made gun digest the book that it is today. Liked Al Linden and his book about stockmaking, But Ed "red" Harris gave us Ed's Red, if u can't get hoppes or rem oil or anything else .... just mix ed's red formula at home in HDPE cans and mama mia, shotguns rifles revolvers and pistols are all clean and brite. I could go on and on but need 2 get some shut eye. I'm on this great site since last night and visions blurring now .... Oh ya Guys read elgin t gates too... he's mindblowing. oh man I almost forgot the books that got me started in guns and hunting .... John Hunter and Karamojo Bell. ya I feel I was born 100 yrs too late.

Monish

[eljefe]

Monty,
Seems we have a great 'joinee' on this forum.Welcome aboard and hope to see more of you.
Most of the guys mentioned are in my all time greats list too
Bell, Amber, Jack Lewis...me too, 100 years late!
Best
Axx

[monty3006]

eljefe,
thanks for the kind words. More on the writers...... I missed out on the Dean himself, Dean Grennell. The ABC's of reloading by the Dean is my bible. Learnt a lot from just reading this book. Chamfering of cases was an alien concept to me. But it did improve my loads a lot.

Monish