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There’s really no two ways about it: They just don’t make them like Elmer Keith anymore. He wore large Stetson hats, smoked cigars, and hunted big game with handguns long before anyone else did. A prolific gun writer and even more prolific wildcatter, Elmer Keith remains a legend in the gun community.
Learn how he became the father of the magnum cartridges we use today – the 357, the 41, and the 44.
Read Elmer Keith: The Forgotten History of the Firearms Author and Father of Big Bore Handgunning at Ammo.com.
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