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 Re: O'Connor fans
[Re: El_Numero_Uno]
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08/11/12 05:41 PM
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That question shows you to be very young, or not very knowledgeable! I could not improve on what KendallCoHunter said. I can't believe Bradford O'Connor comes on here and it goes over everyone's head, except a couple. I had a chance to meet him at SHOT in January when examples of the Tribute rifles were shown. The real O'Connor rifle was there also. I had talked to Bradford on the phone near 25 years ago. He was instrumental in helping me track down Jack O'Connor's Ruger No.1 in .375 H&H. It's the top one in the linked photo. http://classicsportingarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/3_21_guns3.jpg Cool gun, that is def something to be proud of.
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Re: O'Connor fans
[Re: El_Numero_Uno]
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08/11/12 07:00 PM
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That question shows you to be very young, or not very knowledgeable!
i was probably hunting when you were reading about it lol nah that was sarcasm i know who he was, never read anything from him though
Last edited by vanguard; 08/11/12 11:42 PM.
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Re: O'Connor fans
[Re: El_Numero_Uno]
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08/12/12 01:23 AM
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Under Jack's rifle is Warren Page's but the third rifle with the initials RB doesn't ring a bell. Whose was it? I'm sure I'll kick myself when you tell me but I'm drawing a blank.
for every stereotype there's a prototype don't be the prototype
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Re: O'Connor fans
[Re: nsmike]
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08/12/12 01:43 AM
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El_Numero_Uno
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It was for Roger Barlow; he wrote the article in the 1967 Gun Digest on the Ruger No.1 rifle. He also wrote a couple of No.1 articles for Guns&Ammo and hunted black bear with one of the Ruger No.1 prototypes, #X-4. http://www.classicsportingarms.com/?p=35He and Bill Ruger were good friends.
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Re: O'Connor fans
[Re: El_Numero_Uno]
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08/12/12 01:54 AM
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I was trying to remember a prominent writer with the initials RB and couldn't thanks for the info. I probably read the article at the time. I was about like Chitel Shakari at the time.
for every stereotype there's a prototype don't be the prototype
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Re: O'Connor fans
[Re: El_Numero_Uno]
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08/15/12 11:20 AM
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Cabelas is coming out with a 5th anniversary Win 70 270... available now... controlled round feed, etc...
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Re: O'Connor fans
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08/15/12 11:20 AM
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Cabelas is coming out with a 75th anniversary Win 70 270... available now... controlled round feed, etc...
oops SEVENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY...
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Re: O'Connor fans
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08/15/12 03:02 PM
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Well I just saw Mr. Bradford O'Connor's response to my post regarding his father and am humbled. I am grateful beyond words that my post and some others on here came to his son's attention. Agree with Mr. Jack or not, his life and career were both highly influential and highly beneficial to our shared passions of hunting and shooting.
The "summary" post of Mr. Jack's career would be hard to improve upon.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: O'Connor fans
[Re: Nogalus Prairie]
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08/15/12 03:17 PM
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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: O'Connor fans
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04/11/13 06:05 AM
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Jack O'Connor did not "shill" for any gun makers.
He wrote the truth as he saw it, and he wrote it beautifully.
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Re: O'Connor fans
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04/11/13 06:23 AM
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Saw one of the rifles that I started the this thread with the other day and have to say wow it is a good looking gun
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: O'Connor fans
[Re: kmon11]
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04/11/13 02:23 PM
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FWIW, I'm pretty sure I saw one of these at the Allen Cabela's, in the fine gun room.
NRA Patriot Benefactor & DSC Lifer
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Re: O'Connor fans
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03/09/14 05:21 AM
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And,BTW,I have read just about everything O'Connor has ever written and at least two biographies about him and have never seen anyone say he was a shill for Winchester. In fact,the biographies tout his independence compared to today's gun writers,mentioning that the only perk he ever got from Winchester were the hunting trips taken on their properties (which were provided to many in the outdoor industry by several different manufacturers). His writing contains scant information about his weaponry and bullets-they are often mentioned but never focused on-so I am skeptical of your accusations.
Not saying what you say is not true but I am asking for your sources of information. Permit me to step into this fray. I agree with Nogalus Prairie. I am Jack O'Connor's elderly son and I can say with absolutely certainty that my father never was a shill for Winchester or any other gun company. While I am here, I have an update on the Jack O'Connor tribute rifles. Production started this month on the standard tribute but won't start on the customs until September, with a total run capped at around 950, or about 450 standards and 500 customs. -- Bradford O'Connor HUGE FAN HERE. I bought one tribute (to hunt with) and one custom to admire. Jack O'Connor's books "Hunting Big Game" and "Sheep and Sheep Hunting" will stay with me until I am called to Sheep Mountain. No matter what caliber you like... shot placement, shot placement 270 is all you need. Long live the Legend of Jack O'Connor.
Lucky 7 Exotic Ranch located in Eden, Tx. Well managed self sustaining herds roaming our 3,000 acre ranch. First Class Lodging, Ranch style meals and qualified guides. 30+ species.
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Re: O'Connor fans
[Re: LuckyHunter]
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03/09/14 03:10 PM
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Just finished re-reading "Game in the Desert, Revisited". JOC's writing is timeless and just as pertinent today as ever.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple.....and wrong." H. L. Mencken
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Re: O'Connor fans
[Re: kmon11]
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03/09/14 03:45 PM
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I loved the stories JOC wrote about adventures with his companions as a youth. The one about finding a mummified body in a cave in the mountains of Arizona was strange and most memorable. I think I passed that book along to someone else.
![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/T84Bps5.jpg) "Arguing with you always makes me thirsty." -Augustus McRae
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