Jon Sundra wrote his first article in 1966, and by the early 1970s had risen to prominence at a time when the golden era of American outdoor writers was in full swing. The next thirty-plus years was a time when he and his colleagues were routinely invited by Remington, Winchester, Weatherby, and Ruger--and by many foreign gun manufacturers as well--to all-expense-paid jaunts to hunt and visit factories all over the world. During this period Jon met all the greats of the shooting and hunting world, and this book gives us an unvarnished look at some of the characters of that regrettably gone…mehr
Jon Sundra wrote his first article in 1966, and by the early 1970s had risen to prominence at a time when the golden era of American outdoor writers was in full swing. The next thirty-plus years was a time when he and his colleagues were routinely invited by Remington, Winchester, Weatherby, and Ruger--and by many foreign gun manufacturers as well--to all-expense-paid jaunts to hunt and visit factories all over the world. During this period Jon met all the greats of the shooting and hunting world, and this book gives us an unvarnished look at some of the characters of that regrettably gone era. Jon is still active today, after having undertaken over a hundred hunting trips on five continents, not counting those in the States. This book is primarily not a description of those hunts, but rather a funny, very descriptive picture of an era in which gunwriters were kings of their domain and had egos to match. Jon cavorted with Elmer Keith, Jack O'Connor, Warren Page, Slim Pickens, Charlie Askins, Bill Jordan, Skeeter Skelton, Bob Milek, John Wootters, George Nonte, Jack Lewis, and others, and he has amusing stories to tell of these giants of the gunwriting world. Today he still writes as field editor for Safari magazine, and is a regular contributor to Rifle Shooter, Gun Digest, and Ballistic magazines. If anyone has ever had a colorful life, surely it's Jon Sundra.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jon sold his first article in 1966 and has been a full-time professional firearms/hunting writer since 1970. He has served on the editorial staff of many national publications including Shooting Times, Petersen's Hunting, Guns & Ammo, Guns, Guns & Hunting, Rifle Firepower, Gun Digest, Shooting Industry, Shooting Illustrated, American Firearms Industry, Traveling Sportsman, Varmint Hunter, Rifle, and Handloader magazines. Currently, Jon serves as field editor for Safari Club International's Safari magazine; senior writer for GunHunter Magazine; contributing editor to Rifle Shooter; and a regular contributor to Ballistic and Gun Digest magazines. He was also the sole author and editor of The Complete Rifleman, a Harris annual that was published from 1989 to 2011. Jon's primary interest has always been in modern sporting rifles and cartridges, big-game hunting, and varminting, but he also knows his way around shotguns. A graduate of the Ohio State University, Jon majored in English literature, with some graduate work in the same field. He has authored over 2,600 articles and columns, all for national publications, and has had over 30,000 photographs published. For the past forty-five years Jon has been continuously active as a press relations/advertising/marketing consultant to gun and optic manufacturers both here and abroad through his own company, Jon R. Sundra & Assoc. His knowledge of the firearms industry, therefore, is as deep as it is multifaceted. Not counting the untold number of hunting trips he's made on U.S. soil, he has made more than one hundred foreign hunting trips on five continents, including twenty African safaris. His love of travel has taken him to Europe more than thirty times on nonhunting-related vacations. Jon lives in the Charlotte area of North Carolina. He has two sons, Ian and Sean, with his late wife, Judith.
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Foreword by Lamar Underwood vii The Seeds, an Introduction xi Chapter 1: The Formative Years 1 Chapter 2: My Brief Flirtations with Honest Work 12 Chapter 3: On My Way 14 Chapter 4: My Criminal Past 22 Chapter 5: The New Kid and Jack Lewis 30 Chapter 6: Changing Times 39 Chapter 7: Elmer Keith 42 Chapter 8: Charlie Askins 48 Chapter 9: Jack O'Connor 52 Chapter 10: Bob Milek 55 Chapter 11: Bill Jordan and Cheval Blanc 60 Chapter 12: Consulting 65 Chapter 13: The Complete Rifleman 72 Chapter 14: It's an AR World 75 Chapter 15: Some Thoughts on Hunting 78 Photo Section 85 Chapter 16: I Get Mail 133 Chapter 17: The 7mm Guy 139 Chapter 18: Stupid Is as Stupid Does 145 Chapter 19: Blazing Saddles and My Longest Shot 151 Chapter 20: Me and the .22 157 Chapter 21: Bear with Me 163 Chapter 22: The Truth about Gun Tests 176 Chapter 23: The Car Nut 184 Chapter 24: South Africa: Then and Now 187 Chapter 25: One More Buffalo 193 Chapter 26: Guns I Wish I Still Had . . . and Those I'll Never Part With 199 Chapter 27: Fortunate Hits and Mysterious Misses 205 Chapter 28: Bucket List Check-Offs 210 Chapter 29: The Ever-Changing Perfect Rifle 228 Chapter 30: My Buffalo Baptismal 235 Chapter 31: What If? 243
Foreword by Lamar Underwood vii The Seeds, an Introduction xi Chapter 1: The Formative Years 1 Chapter 2: My Brief Flirtations with Honest Work 12 Chapter 3: On My Way 14 Chapter 4: My Criminal Past 22 Chapter 5: The New Kid and Jack Lewis 30 Chapter 6: Changing Times 39 Chapter 7: Elmer Keith 42 Chapter 8: Charlie Askins 48 Chapter 9: Jack O'Connor 52 Chapter 10: Bob Milek 55 Chapter 11: Bill Jordan and Cheval Blanc 60 Chapter 12: Consulting 65 Chapter 13: The Complete Rifleman 72 Chapter 14: It's an AR World 75 Chapter 15: Some Thoughts on Hunting 78 Photo Section 85 Chapter 16: I Get Mail 133 Chapter 17: The 7mm Guy 139 Chapter 18: Stupid Is as Stupid Does 145 Chapter 19: Blazing Saddles and My Longest Shot 151 Chapter 20: Me and the .22 157 Chapter 21: Bear with Me 163 Chapter 22: The Truth about Gun Tests 176 Chapter 23: The Car Nut 184 Chapter 24: South Africa: Then and Now 187 Chapter 25: One More Buffalo 193 Chapter 26: Guns I Wish I Still Had . . . and Those I'll Never Part With 199 Chapter 27: Fortunate Hits and Mysterious Misses 205 Chapter 28: Bucket List Check-Offs 210 Chapter 29: The Ever-Changing Perfect Rifle 228 Chapter 30: My Buffalo Baptismal 235 Chapter 31: What If? 243
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