To answer a question placed elsewhere on AR.
Ken died several months ago.
Surprising the number of people on AR that claimed to know him as a friend but never made the connection.

David L Wesbrook

Wow, never knew that. Always enjoyed his posts, knew he was ill, but wasn't aware he passed.

Another one bites the dust...
We Will be on your trail Ken one day so don't shoot too many of them in them Happy Hunting Grounds
RIP Alberta Canuck

So sorry to hear that. I had never met Ken but did chat with him a number of times years ago when I was designing wildcats similar to the Howells he did for AHR.

Sure never knew he was Alberta Canuck. Did really enjoy his posts.

Will be missed.

Who was it that said "We have walked among the giants unaware"?

I, too, enjoyed his posts, and was fortunate enough to have conversed with him via PM on occasion. I hate to know he is gone.

As I said when Ken passed, a Giant has fallen -- and this makes it twice as bad

We are, once again, diminished. AC came across as a true gentleman and helpful.

Chatted with him a few times. Always the perfect gentleman. RIP

Cheers to Alberta Canuck!

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Originally posted by dave wesbrook:
To answer a question placed elsewhere on AR.
Ken died several months ago.
Surprising the number of people on AR that claimed to know him as a friend but never made the connection.

David L Wesbrook

I talked to AC while he was in OR and after his move to AZ. I also bought/sold from/to him. The Alberta Canuck I know/knew was not Ken Howell.

Sorry to hear the sad news.

I have been friends with him for a few years but knew him only as Lloyd!

Last year he had a bad experience selling his guns and quit AR. I tried to help but he did not want any escalation of the matter. I did inform Saeed of the mess.

I still cannot understand the link between "Lloyd" and Ken Howell

Good bye my friend.

Naki,
Ken's middle initial was "L".

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Originally posted by dave wesbrook:
Naki,
Ken's middle initial was "L".

So what?

I know AC's real name, and it's not Ken Howell.

Whoever he was, I will miss his writing on AR.

RIP AC. Many here will feel your absence.

Our loss.

Lloyd had a degree from Stanford. That should help clarify the identity.

Was Ken Howell the same as Dr. Ken Howell?

You all can believe whatever the fuck you want.

Just like AR, some one wants to fight.

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Originally posted by dave wesbrook:
You all can believe whatever the fuck you want.

Just like AR, some one wants to fight.

I just wanted to save this for when you sober up.

I have no opinion or dog in this fight.
AC will be missed. It doesn't really matter to me what his name was. AR is poorer for this man’s passing.
http://forums.accuratereloadin.../2511043/m/142105231
looked at this and just thought it interesting as AC refers to Ken Howell in this post.
Furthermore, AC seemed a Weatherby fan (as I am), whereas I’ve seen things elsewhere that would make me wonder, whether Ken Howell would be…
http://www.24hourcampfire.com/...r_Mark_V_catastrophe

see post on 10/17/09 : “Bottom line, FWIW � I'll never fire a Mk V with factory ammo and won't stand near anyone who's about to. One in a million � one in a billion � statistics don't mean much whnn that one is just a few inches from your face.

No, I've never seen one fail. Haven't seen all that many fired, for that matter, But when several people whom I know to be both knowledgeable and reliable relate essentially identical occurrences, I tend to accept what they're telling me as fact.”

Perchance I read these recently on the web when searching for something. Maybe a few guys with the same names out there too...

May his memory be eternal.

I don't know if the man is dead or not , but I bought one of his favorite custom mausers in 9.3x62 and man does it shoot ! I'm proud to own that rifle , it has a beautiful walnut stock as well !

If he has passed -- then RIP Alberta .

Either way, we are diminished...

If AC is deceased, we are diminished TWICE. AC is absolutely NOT Ken Howell.

who ever bought anything from him should have his name and you can easily check obituaries for the area he lived

There are none that I can find. AC lived(s) in Cave Creek, Az, then MIGHT have moved to Scottsdale, and that would have been fairly recently. I sent a gift of a fairly hard to find whisky to him to Cave Creek, which he had mentioned he wanted on AR, and that was about 15 months ago. Dead or alive, I hope he enjoyed a few sips of it.

OTOH, Ken Howell lived in Quemado, NM and, AFAIK, there are no obits for him either. He apparently died, on or about 12/30/15 as a result of complications from earlier burns, probably while in a hospital in Albuquerque, NM.

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Originally posted by Ken Howell [posted 31 July 2011 16:26]:

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… His son IS a very nice guy, or at least was the last time I saw him, which was just after his mother's death. He is the fella who as a young child nicknamed Sterling Davenport "Silver Sofa".

Do I know you?

BTW, 'twas I — not Ben — who punned "Silver Sofa." Ben's sharper, of course.

Ben got his degree in civil engineering — and his bride — at NAU. They now have two daughters and three sons. Ben's a paramedic and fireman in a suburb of Flagstaff.

What's left of me is house- and wheel-chair-bound in Quemado, NM, after a stroke, a passel of surgeries, and a few months in hospitals and nursing homes. It ain't easy bein' senile! :grin:

A bunch of 24-Hour Campfire buddies had a ball at nearby Quemado Lake 16 July and plan a rehash with a bigger bunch next July. Anybody from AR will be welcome, too, of course!

I'm active on the "Hunter's Campfire" forum at www.24hourcampfire.com and have a bunch of articles in the Campfire's on-line magazine, Smokelore.

ken1931@gilanet.com

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Originally posted by Alberta Canuck [posted 31 July 2011 21:17]:

Yeh, Ken, you know me. It was you who originally told me that Ben had nicknamed Mr. Davenport that, one time when you were remarking on what a clever kid he was/is, which is why I said it. But then that was a long time ago......and either way, you have reason to be proud of your son. He was always a polite, upstanding boy so far as I ever knew.

I'm sorry to hear you are not doing well, and I can empathize with you, having had a severe stroke myself. I guess it's all part of the Great Architect's plan, though...

Old age does take courage and perseverance (my wife says "pig-headedness") doesn't it?

AC

BTW, how is your daughter doing? She and your wife were both exceptional, hard-working, genteel, true ladies back when I knew you folks as a solid, devout, nuclear family.

What few discussions I had with Mr. Howell on various subjects he always came across as a true gentleman.

I know that the last time he and I corresponded he was in really bad shape.

Hopefully he is just over the hill waiting at the campfire for some of the rest of us.

Ken Howell passes at 84 [12/30/15] -- http://www.24hourcampfire.com/...hp/topics/10885050/1

a small write up on Arizona hunter
http://www.thearizonahunter.co...30f5ed9b7d66b#p36559

Ken Howell was not Alberta Canuck. Alberta Canuck did write at least one article for Rifle magazine while Mr. Howell was editor.

Here's a thought: How about let's all use our actual names instead of aliases?

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Here's a thought: How about let's all use our actual names instead of aliases?

I like that idea! May make some folks more civil too not using a "pen" name or "alias".

On topic AC was a good guy, will miss his experience.

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:

quote:

Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Here's a thought: How about let's all use our actual names instead of aliases?

I like that idea! May make some folks more civil too not using a "pen" name or "alias".

On topic AC was a good guy, will miss his experience.

And it would sure be nice when talking to someone whose name you recognize at DSC

Well

I went that direction--

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Here's a thought: How about let's all use our actual names instead of aliases?

MRlexma,
I agree,
Ross

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Originally posted by Jim Kobe:

quote:

Originally posted by Snellstrom:

quote:

Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Here's a thought: How about let's all use our actual names instead of aliases?

I like that idea! May make some folks more civil too not using a "pen" name or "alias".

On topic AC was a good guy, will miss his experience.

And it would sure be nice when talking to someone whose name you recognize at DSC

Then if ISS, aka Rich, showed up, we would all know who hug and kiss.

Hmm. Posted way back in January.

http://forums.accuratereloadin...821077712#8821077712

dogcat,

thanks for the compliment. DSC is too far to drive. Vegas is just a nice days cruise in the old Jaguar. Especially if we get good weather and I can run with the top down. I would enjoy a good visit sometime though.

Rich

We are sorry for your loss...

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Originally posted by Jim Kobe:

quote:

Originally posted by Snellstrom:

quote:

Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Here's a thought: How about let's all use our actual names instead of aliases?

I like that idea! May make some folks more civil too not using a "pen" name or "alias".

On topic AC was a good guy, will miss his experience.

And it would sure be nice when talking to someone whose name you recognize at DSC

Jim I was at DSC this year
I met Biebs and a couple others
did I meet you and not make the connection>?
I am Snellstrom, Dave Snellstrom.
There are only 11 Snellstroms in the United States and another 12 or 14 in Sweden. Total.....

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:

quote:

Originally posted by Jim Kobe:

quote:

Originally posted by Snellstrom:

quote:

Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Here's a thought: How about let's all use our actual names instead of aliases?

I like that idea! May make some folks more civil too not using a "pen" name or "alias".

On topic AC was a good guy, will miss his experience.

And it would sure be nice when talking to someone whose name you recognize at DSC

Jim I was at DSC this year
I met Biebs and a couple others
did I meet you and not make the connection>?
I am Snellstrom, Dave Snellstrom.
There are only 11 Snellstroms in the United States and another 12 or 14 in Sweden. Total.....

Sorry but I don't recall, maybe next year.

Alberta Canuck's family in Cave Creek, Az has been contacted. Lloyd (AC) passed on in March of this year. He was a very interesting and very smart man as well as being a fine shot. May he rest in peace.