Guns and Ammo had a nice article about Milek this month. Penned by Craig.

Growing up in Milek country, it was common to hear some stories as he lived within a 100 miles of me in Wyoming when I was a kid.

I always liked reading his articles .... One of the good guys.

I also enjoyed his writings. He was responsible for me wanting to use handguns to hunt. Great writer.

That is why my first rifle I bought was a 25-06.

Ed

I just sold my 25-06 that I have had many years, I'll buy another when we get set up.

Me too on the specialty pistols.

I once owned a 284 Winchester Xp-100 that he had someone build for him.

His writing got me started in handgun hunting. He was a good one!

I read everything Bob wrote when I was a kid. He did a great job and inspired me to hunt with a handgun.

I read his articles each month in the 80s when I used to subscribe to Peterson's Hunting.

He had a bit to do with me getting a 280 (mine is an Ack Imp).

By today's standards some of his loads are too hot and need to be dropped by a grain or two.

A great writer, really down to earth style...

Another fan here. He had his blind spots (refused to believe the .45 Colt could be safely loaded up because of the "weak" case), but thanks to him, I had to have a Contender in .30 Herrett -- my first wildcat. Agree he had a fresh way with words, too.

Too many writers today haven't "lived the life" - but Bob Milek sure did. Bob Hagel was similar.

I enjoyed reading Bob Milek. I still use some of his work as reference from time to time.

CENTERFIRE REVOLVERS, TROUBLESHOOTING AND TUNING, is one of his works that I keep handy.

Does anyone know of a collection of his writing?

E-collection preferred.

One of my favorites. Got me into Contenders and Handgun hunting. Would love to see G&A reprint a bunch of his articles.

Looks like he got a lot of us interested in pistol hunting. He wrote in a way that was informative and enjoyable. Wish there werre more writers like him.

He was down to earth, his writing, skill and experience was evident. I thoroughly enjoyed his writings in the 70's.

I'm another who got interested in the 25-06 by his writings. Had it for years and finally sold it
last year....oh well, something had to go and it wasn't in future plans.
Truly enjoyed his writing.

I grew up reading him ,like his simple writing ,althoug i dont like pistol-carbines i prefer Ross Seyfried revolvers for true handgun hunting .

I grew up reading every hunting magazine out there,
as my did was not interested in hunting. As I grew older Icould skim the B.S. from the real and Bob
was the cream of the crop. I had two Peterson's
magazines totally with his articles and loaned them
to a new hunter and never got them back. I miss them
almost as much as if I had met or known Bob.
One day I will get to meet him and shake his wing.

I enjoyed reading his articles very much.

I remember getting a bit of a laugh reading one of his articles on hunting deer with a 375 Magnum revolver.

In which he stated it had enough energy and a good deer killer.

But, a few months earlier, he had written an article saying that the 243 Winchester might not have enough energy to kill a deer at the longer ranges