Michael McIntosh

[todd allen]

I never met him face to face, but knew him through emails and a couple of phone calls.
Great writer, and very decent human being!

[Double Lab]

Never expecting him to leave us so soon I waited too long to contact him about a gun I own that he mentioned in the AH Fox book twice. Would have loved to know where and when he handled it and where it was at that time.

[Phil Yearout]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Never expecting him to leave us so soon I waited too long to contact him about a gun I own that he mentioned in the AH Fox book twice. Would have loved to know where and when he handled it and where it was at that time.

I too waited too long; I always intended to send him my copy of The Book and have him sign it. I did have the pleasure of trading a couple of letters with him, but actually they were about pipe tobacco and whisky, not shotguns.

[JasonPeck]

Originally Posted by Phil Yearout

I too waited too long; I always intended to send him my copy of The Book and have him sign it. I did have the pleasure of trading a couple of letters with him, but actually they were about pipe tobacco and whisky, not shotguns.

I still have one of Mike's tobacco tins.

[24 grams]

Originally Posted by Phil Yearout

I too waited too long; I always intended to send him my copy of The Book and have him sign it. I did have the pleasure of trading a couple of letters with him, but actually they were about pipe tobacco and whisky, not shotguns.

Did you keep the letters, I hope?

[Researcher]

This doesn't happen very often, but my introduction to Mike was via The Washington Post.

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My Wife got me the book, her notes along the top edge of the clipping.

After reading The Best Shotguns Ever Made in America I began a correspondence with Mike and began feeding him information from my research at The Library of Congress, The National Archives, The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, etc. leading towards what Bill Headrick dubbed The Finest Book in the World.