I guess I should have read RIP's post a little closer, as I just now have been shocked into seeing that, once again, he has taken a cheap shot, not only at Taylor, but again at me.

I once claimed that Taylor might have been my father, and I see now that RIP has an excellent memory. If only it could be put to good use.

On a serious note, if you read the post on the African Hunting forum about the "minimum velocity," you can see what I consider important in caliber and cartridge performance. I must admit it has strong ties to what Taylor purported. Whether that is genetically based, I must leave it to others to decide.

But I give credit to RIP, despite the constant personal attacks on the living (me, for the time being) and dead (Taylor in this instance), for trying to do Taylor one better. RIP doing Taylor is not meant in the manner of current jargon; not to my knowledge anyway. He deserves a "that-a-boy" for his efforts, even though they fall well short of reality and field experience.

But the piece da resistance is his death grip on the misguided idea that hogback stocks do not promote muzzle flip. For this he cannot be forgiven, and will forever besmirch and cast dark shadows on any future attempts to disparage me, Taylor's KO values, or Taylor himself.