S-T & MP, the Donald Hamilton of Camp Perry/Navy Pistol Team fame and the Donald Hamilton of note as author of the Matt Helm series, etc are in fact two different individuals with the same name. The shooter was a friend of a friend (also a Navy shooter now deceased) and the author was a casual shooter who moved to Scandinavia many years ago and has recently passed away there. You can Google the name and find a lot about the latter, and I'm sure some things will also show up about the former. BTW, DH the writer wrote some great Westerns including one that was made into a movie, "The Big Country" and one that would fit right in with this board, "The Two Shoot Gun." I highly recommend both.
As for Gerald Hammond, he is a national treasure for Scotland and his books hold a place of honor at my home. I would like to have Deborah do some engraving for me, and a couple of my shotguns could stand some work by Keith. They look like Uncle Ron got hold of them. If the preceding makes no sense to the reader, you really should get Hammond's books about Keith Calder!!
Thanks, Michael for bringing up such a fun topic! Oh yeah, I like JM Pyne as well, and wish he could rebarrel this Ballard Pacific for me!!
Froggie
PS I just remembered, DH the author wrote for Outdoor Life or some such and had a compilation of that work published in paperback as "Donald Hamilton on Guns and Hunting." He also did a pretty good book on sailing called "Cruises with Kathleen" or some such, if memory serves. GF
