Remembering Austin Hogan

[Richard Flanders]

Hammer guns rock, Bruce. My best duck gun by far is an 1883 32" twist bbld hammer gun. Never seen a 12ga dust clays or kill ducks so far out as that thing will. My grade 2 dam 10ga hammer gun is also incredible on upland birds. I've used it for pheasants and chukars on a preserve and it really got it done. As with yours though, it's heavy to carry.

[Eric Estes]

I never met Austin, but wish I had the privilege. He left quite a legacy here as well as many other places I have heard.

[Dean Romig]

Austin was beyond brilliant and was a super nice guy.

I have a bunch of his charts, graphs and plottings of various attributes of chambers, chokes, etc. that I look at every so often and try to understand them.

Why he even plotted snowfall for three years in a row where he lived in northwestern NH. And he charted snowflakes too...





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[Hammer Gun]

Austin, was a fine gentleman, and as Dean says very very smart, I am privileged to have his little 20 ga Hammer gun with the little 00 exposed hammer frame 29/32 firing pin spacing on center, Gary

[Richard Flanders]

I wish Austin and I had crossed paths the one year that we were both working in Antarctica. He worked out of a camp run by a friend and I ran another a few hundred miles away. We likely were in McMurdo at the same time but, unfortunately, never met.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

I wish Austin and I had crossed paths the one year that we were both working in Antarctica. He worked out of a camp run by a friend and I ran another a few hundred miles away. We likely were in McMurdo at the same time but, unfortunately, never met.

You would have liked him Richard. Austin was Phd. geophysicist and the consummate scientist.





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[Bill Murphy]

Austin's skeet gun is a constant companion for me.

[Mike Franzen]

Bruce I hope you have that 10 gauge when we meet up in South Dakota.

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Mike Franzen

Bruce I hope you have that 10 gauge when we meet up in South Dakota.

I will have it.

You southern boys better bring a sweatshirt . It’s 28 and breezy outside here in northern Minnesota. I am thinking about wading out and breaking ice out to the clear water and see if I can catch some walleye for supper.

[Bill Murphy]

Whoa, Dean, a picture.