From a 1960 article by Elmer Keith on The Combat Quick Draw as reposted in the latest issue of Guns magazine.
https://gunsmagazine.com/handguns/the-combat-quick-draw/
I grew up reading everything I could beg and borrow that was written by Elmer Keith, Col. Townsend Whelen, Jack O'Conner and the other greats of that era on everything from handguns to rifles and how to use them. I remember when I was 11 or 12 having a discussion with my dad on the ballistics of his Remington 721 in .30-06 where I told him he would be better off using a 150 gr. bullet instead of the 180 gr. ones I saw in his ammo drawer. He laughed at the idea and couldn't believe what I knew since I had never even fired a rifle at that time.
But, I read and I learned, and when I started shooting at 13 years old, that knowledge took me a long ways to where I was a crack rifle and pistol shot by the time I left high school. I bought my first new handgun, an S&W Model 19 on my 21st birthday and I never looked back. I owe it all to those great writers of yesterday as well as the more modern ones like Skeeter Skelton, John Taffin and others.
Reading this reprint article was a great reminder of days gone by and I thought some of you might enjoy it.