Michael McIntosh

[Bruce Day]

The current Shooting Sportsman has what may be the last Michael McIntosh article unless he had already sent one to Steve Smith for the next issue. As usual, the article was well written and knowledgeable, and generated discussion. It was about chokes and single selective triggers being unnecessary.

MM was a luminary gun writer and follows a long of writers we grew up with. These good and great writers help keep interest alive.

[Old and Reliable]

And I list 21 books, not 29- I have two of his, and now that he is no longer with the living, I will treasure them all the more, as I do my Gene Hill books.
My best recollection about Michael McIntosh is his discussion about his father, who shot a Remington 31 12 bore, later a 11-48 16 with a choke device. What lead him from a 'down to earth' guns are a tool, a means to an end during hunting season, into his serious study of fine double guns is, IMO, one small part of why his books and magazine articles, no matter the exact number, will remain part and parcel of the shotgun sporting scene for years to come..

On balance, I think almost all of us bitten by "Parkeritis" or "Foxitis" or "Elsie-itis" can make a strong case for our favorite make, model and gauge- Michael had that rare ability as a shotgunner and a first-rate wordsmith to let us all feel our preferences were right. Yes, he most likely held the fine A.H. Fox guns as "America's Best", if that was the case, he had also shot and hunted with many of the other fine American mfg. doubles before he wrote his well-researched books on the Fox guns.

Those of you in the PGCA who had the chance to shoot with him and savor the day afield, no matter how the birds and dogwork might have been, are rich indeed for that experience. The late Paul A. Curtis said "The field is the touchstone of the man" and that rings as true today as it did in 1930.

[HICK]

Old Hick had some corespondence wth him. He steared me to Tom Roster for my first reloading recipes. He also mentoned he had duck hunted at the Cutof lake at Dalton, Missouri. Same lake and my old club, Moberly Hunting and fishing Club. He also mentioned it was in September and was probably the hottest place in the world that day. He is right there Gene Hill.

HIck

[Darrel Miller]

Thanks Charlie for the post about Michael McIntosh's passing. I had not seen anything about it in any of the publications I take. I have several of his books and always enjoyed his writing. He will be missed.