Thanks Trapper !Mad Trapper wrote:Arroyoshark,
Good shootin, one shot and done.
my hero Elmer Keith was right, 44 mag gets it done.
Elmer Keith's writing and advocation for new calibers was often quite pointed for sure. I just returned from driving to Sandpoint, ID a couple weeks ago. On the return drive I traversed from Missoula, MT to Salmon, Idaho. I camped at a remote hot springs up in the mountains above Salmon River on Idaho/Montana boundary. I also passed by 16 Keith Lane, which is where Elmer Keith lived on the North Fork above Salmon in 1930's & 1940's. Two years ago I noted the property was listed for sale. This year when I stopped to look, there were no for sale signs, so either property was delisted or sold. Elmer's old cabin and out buildings were still there, as well as a more modern log house, presumably built by his son, Ted Keith. Elmer left this little ranch in late 1940's and moved to house on Lombard ST., on westerly side of Salmon, but kept the ranch property (55 acres) in the family.. Elmer Keith died around 1984 subsequent to a stroke, and his son Ted who lived in Boise just passed in 2019. I have stopped a couple of times at the Cabela's in Boise to see the Elmer Keith Exhibit there. Ted Keith loaned a lot of Elmer's guns and gear for that display. Sadly it was dismantled around 2014 and all of Elmer Keith's firearms were auctioned off. Elmer Keith's grandson, Gregor, infrequently posts on the Smith & Wesson Collectors Forum.
Typically Elmer Keith's hand loads were hotter than heck. Elmer Keith's books make interesting reading.
Here is the old listing for the Keith ranch, if you want to live in Idaho !
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/16-K ... 360_zpid/?