For hunting it's hard to beat Teddy Roosevelt. O'Conner had a lot to do with shaping my taste in rifles and he was an excellent story teller. The early Keith is good but I could take him only in small doses in his later writings. I loved the Gun Digest and have copies from 1962. I haven't felt compelled to buy a GD for several issues though. I like books on smithing, and it seems the older the better. Or, at least, the more interesting. Recent works such as SDH's books are wonderful and I like many of the recent books on single shot rifles, especially the British rifles and Charlie Dell's book on Schuetzen. Most of the current "literature" leaves me cold as I have little interest in the "black rifles" other than I used to shoot one in the Army. That especially includes current "tactical" and "long range" bolt actions with spiral fluted bolts,grotesque bolt handles, and huge scopes or almost anything plastic. So I hope SDH will come out with his next book on rifles and shotguns soon. I need it as an antidote.
Jerry Liles
