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Rockne - WELCOME on your first post  Wikipedia Charles Askins, Jr. (October 28, 1907 March 2, 1999), also known as Col. Charles "Boots" Askins, was an American lawman, US Army officer, and writer.[1] He served in law enforcement (US Forest Service and Border Patrol) in the American Southwest prior to the Second World War.[2] Askins was the son of Major Charles "Bobo" Askins, a sports writer and Army officer who served in the Spanish American War and World War I.[3]
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Great book. Here it is free for download in many formats: http://archive.org/details/americanshotgun00askiNice that it's public domain.
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Col.Askins was also a man you did not want to cross. Read his book "Unrepentant Sinner" to see what I mean.
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DN: I don't have the dates for Major Askins, either.
Col Askins (the son) wrote in his "The Shotgunner's Book" (Stackpole 1958) on page 126 - "Major Askins, my father, died when he was 86 and hunted until the last few months of his death."
Col. Askins (the son) wrote for "The American Rifleman" magazine for a number of years. In one article he wrote about the last several years of his father's life and implying the father had been poorly treated. I can't remember if the father's birth or death date was mentioned in that article....but it's a lead.
After Col. Askins made his "born again Baptist" quip, I never saw him in The American Rifleman again. The editor should have taken the fall too, for letting it get into print. I gifted my complete American Rifleman collection, so I no longer have acccess to find the article.
In April 1992, Wolfe Publishing Company reprinted "Modern Shotguns and Loads" by Captain Charles Askins.
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I reached into my bookcase and pulled out a tattered copy of Guns & Ammo, June 1976. The Col. Askins was the "Shooting Editor" under Elmer Keith, who was the Executive Editor.
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It is a great book and should be a "must have" in any serious library. For those with the electronic ability it is available electronically on Google Books, as so many other great shooting books are. I stiller prefer paper but this beats not having them at all.
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