Who Is Mike Venturino?
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- Talking about Mike Venturino and taking a look at one of his books.
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Mike will be missed, I still remember some of his work. I also remember Bill Jordan, Jeff Cooper, Charles Cuttshaw.
Thanks for the invite on the porch Hickok45, my wife and I love the new Talks channel. Thanks for sharing 👍
Remember Mike many years ago with his great writing in the gun magazines 🙌 RIP Mike❤
I had the honor of corresponding with Duke. We both loved 44-40's. I've got a note from him on the long range Sharps group with his and Hank Jr as officers. We lost a treasure when he left us. Thanks for honoring him.
I really enjoyed Mike's contributions to the Handloader TV channel with Jeremiah. That is one of my favorite CZcams channels as I have been a fan of Handloader magazine for more than thirty-plus years.
His articles there and in other gun magazines I read kept me abreast of my rapidly consuming gun, hunting, shooting, and handloading addiction.
Rest in peace, your voice, and advocacy for all things firearms related will be solely missed. ✝️
You are right, Mike Venturino was a great writer. He had more knowledge about what he wrote than anyone, with the possible exception of John Taffin. Mike will be missed. I have been a follower for longer than I care to admit.
Always a sad day when a legend passes away. Thank you for your tribute to a great man.
May be able to say I'm part of the younger generation at 37. I don't understand why so many will not pick up a book or magazine. When the author is that good and is telling a story and explaining about a firearm they make it seem as if you're there doing those things and seeing it in your mind. Can almost smell the smoke and feel the gun in your hand when they're that good. Beats a video everyday in my little opinion.
Thank you Sir. an honorable tribute. I used to wait for his latest artile in Handloader. I learned a BUNCH on calibers and powders from him. I too remember Skeeter, Col Jeff Cooper, Elmer Kieth and so on. Mike was a wealth of knowledge and a good man..
I could have listened to that story you were reading, to the end. Thanks for that. I love old gun books.
I also love my single action revolvers and will have them till I pass them down the line. A .44 cal. black powder replica. Two stainless Ruger Vaqueros in .45 LC. and my favorite is a 1968 Blackhawk in .41 Magnum, with stag horn grips. (That's the year I graduated high school). I had two others that I sold about 8 years ago (I'll never do that again) A .45 LC 4.625" barrel, and a .44 Magnum Bisley. Don't really know why I sold them. Especially that short-barrel .45
Always loved your channel, looks like I'm going to be here for your two new ones.👍
Love this channel. Your shooting videos are great but this talk format is great in a different way. Thanks.
I haven’t bought a magazine in a while. But I enjoyed Venturino, Elmer Keith, Sheriff Jim Wilson, Evan Marshall, and a lot of those old timers.
I still have the 1982 G & A annual with an excerpt from Elmer Keith’s Hell, I was there!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on one of our favorite gun writers and a friend of the gun community. Mike Venturino was a great man, and truly authentic gun lover. He will be missed!😂
I loved reading anything by Mike Venturino. I saw him at a gun show in Livigston Mt in early 1990's, seemed like good down to earth guy. Bob Milek was another writer I liked alot, along with the others. Hope you do a show on Bob Mundon.
I live in Southern WV and had never heard this name till today. Living in Logan WV Jerry West is kind of the celebrity hero. Ty for the history
Today that kind of private sale in some locales might be immediately followed by a group of screaming ATF agents arresting both the seller and the buyer. How times have changed. Thanks for the reading and the memories of Mike.
Still perfectly legal in many states. Many of us have sold, traded, and bought firearms from friends and such for decades. It really should be none of the government's business.
It's scary how folks nowadays just fall in line with policies and not constitutional law. We are all free men in the land of the free. We are Americans!!! time we start acting like it again.
Someday hopefully I’ll own one 😬…love this new channel 👍
In my 70’s and started subscribing to gun mags as a teen. I read Mike religiously and felt he was going to be the go to guy since some of my favorite writers had headed to that range in Heaven. He never disappointed. I enjoy 3 of his books but am missing a few. Not sure I ever saw one of his books in hardback.
I enjoy your videos just like I still enjoy reading and more importantly shootin.
Tennessee homestead 🇺🇸with Hickok45, priceless.
Sad to hear of Duke’s passing. He was a great gun writer. 😢
That was awesome. More more more of that 👍🏻
great talk
Thank you.
Nothing in the latest issue of hand loader magazine about his passing. Does have some of his articles still. The issue must have went to print before Mike's passing.
Just stumbled across your new channel. I like the format. Never have heard of the gentleman you’re discussing. Sounds like that is my loss.
Never read his books. I followed him religiously , though, when I subscribed to shooting times back in the 80s and 90s. I also read some of his stuff on the SASS website. He absolutely knew cowboy guns and WW 2 military arms.
Have been reading mike since he was with Pistolero magazine.
So nice. somehow I was subscribed automatically. One thing CZcams is doing right.
A great book that I really enjoy , also his books Shooting Lever Guns of the Old West and Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West. Good video like all of yours
When I was a young teenager I was exactly the same about a book. Mine was "The Trout Fishermans Bible". Unfortunately the authors name eludes me at the moment. I read the pages out of that thing. That was some 55 years ago.
As a 10mm fan I know a bit about Colonel Jeff Cooper and the 10 origin story but his name always reminds me of Special Agent Dale Cooper and Deputy Director Gordon Cole which, unfortunately, are probably not realistic archetypes
Man it’s sad that the truck driver Jesse who gave Mike his 1st SAA revolver had died in a car crash couple of days later after he gave the gun😢
Kimber fan? That's a good one.
The best $100.00 purchase of the century
What a void his passing will create. I belong to local firearms collector group of about 30 men. I’m 68 years old and there’s only 2 men younger than me that show up at are monthly meetings. It’s seems that the primary interest of the young shooter is Glock style handguns and rifles based off the A/R platform. A lot of knowledge is being lost to the ages. 😞
The book is available on Amazon for $2400 yikes
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Yes, Mr. .270!!!
I've never understood peoples interest in these guys. Wouldn't help Elmer Keith change a tire myself.
Well, "these guys" we firearms enthusiasts revere, to an extent, provided some very interesting writing about many of the firearms we enjoy. Many of them had real-world experience in law enforcement, military, hunting, etc. with them.
Whether or not all of them (Elmer Keith, Bill Jordan, Mike Venturino, Skeeter Skelton, Jeff Cooper, John Taffin, etc.) are /were perfect human beings, I couldn't tell you. I focus on what they had to offer ME.
I take a bit of a selfish view on things like this; whether it's a musical artist, poet, politician, actor, or whatever, I enjoy the best they have to offer ME and let the other go.
It's a little like having a President or an attorney whose personality might be a turn-off, but you gladly accept the wonderful things they've done for you. :-)