Talk:Elmer Keith

Competitive shooter?
Based on my reading, it is not clear to me that Keith was ever a competitive pistol target shooter. FLAHAM (talk) 01:19, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

.333 OKH Belted
Hi,

has there been a wildcat cadrigde “.333 OKH Beleted“ ? Or is that an error ? IMHO there was a wildcat “.333 OKH“ based on a necked up case of a .30-06 and the “.334 OKH“ which was based on a necked up case of an .300 H&H magnum. Maybe someone has a primary source? E.g. “KEITH'S RIFLES FOR LARGE GAME“ ect. bye Dl1oli (talk) 12:43, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I took a look in Frank C. Barnes, Holt Bodinson, Cartridges of the World: A Complete and Illustrated Reference for Over 1500 Cartridges Cartridges of the World, ISBN 978-0-89689-936-0, page 198. There is no .333 OKH Belted just the .334 OKH, I change this. -- 80.146.98.240 (talk) 10:24, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

I have a 333 OKH Belted. The rifle was built by Charlie O'Neil on a Remington 1917 action. I have a set of RCBS dies that are marked 333 OKH Belted on them. Barnes and Speer made .333 bullets years ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.148.246.61 (talk) 02:57, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

It needs more on his life.
When a young boy, his family was moving from Helena to Missoula, Montana when an arsonist set fire to the hotel they were staying in. Elmer was severely burned and disfigured. The worst of it was his left hand. His father does him up with alcohol then broke his fingers and tied the hand to a board. Elmer eventually regained the full use of his left hand. http://www.sixguns.com/BookOfThe44/bot44c09.htm Bizzybody (talk) 11:18, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

One of these is wrong.
In the first paragraph of the Personality and life section, Keith is described as "an avid handgun hunter". In the last paragraph of the Magnum handguns section we are told he was "never a competition pistol shooter nor a handgun hunter". Was he or wasn't he?I'll leave it to others to determine which. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.72.244.157 (talk) 17:24, 28 July 2012 (UTC)


 * As is the case with many Wikipedia articles, the writers could not be bothered to read the vast amount of historical data about Elmer Keith before setting down to write. Keith was not a competition shooter (he shot rifle at Camp Perry three times), he was a very talented amateur (in the old fashioned sense of the word), and an equally talented storyteller. Neither was he a ballistician, though several generations of shooters have benefited from his empirical understanding of firearms. His near contemporaries Sharpe, Whelen, Hatcher, Roper, etc. Provided the scientific framework upon which he built.

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Cigars?
The article currently says: "Keith's trademarks were his cigars, ..." How come I see him smoking a pipe in just about every photo? --BjKa (talk) 09:10, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

buggs
the reloading bench link is a bug. 2600:100B:B012:EC7B:B4A3:BD6B:85FD:E609 (talk) 19:40, 29 November 2023 (UTC)