I've got many of his books. My Dad was a big fan . He had a Savage 99 250-3000 shot hundreds of deer with and some moose. Then he started reading outdoor life magazine, became a o'connor fan, got a 270 win. Never looked back . I have his rifle now , and I plan on giving it to my son, I have a 1950 winchester m70 in 270 win. Great rifle and caliber. My Dad would read outdoor life magazine to me when I was very small. If Dad was alive, he would be 107 tomorrow ,ww2 veteran second wave on Omaha beach, fought in the battle of the bulge 2 purple hearts 5 battle stars and other medals great Dad.
I wasn't a great reader as a boy until my mother bought me a subscription of Outdoor Life. I was soon reading everything that Jack wrote. I now have most of his books and I became a sheep hunter because of him. His passion for sheep lead me to pursue taking all North American Wild Sheep. I finished my SLAM with a Stone sheep near where Jack and his wife had taken Stones. Love this episode!!
My mother bought me a subscription to Outdoor Life, and my twin brother a subscription to Field and Stream, when were done we'd swap and read the other...hunted, fished and been shooting ever since then
@@nmelkhunter1 The first rifle I bought was a 270 Win and I used it for years on everything. Eventually shot the barrel out but by then I had several other rifle cartridges. For whatever reason, I never replaced the 270 Win. So to answer no I didn't actually use the 270 on any of my sheep, which is the only regret I have with my SLAM. If I ever get another chance to hunt a sheep (which will likely not happen), I will find me a 270 Win for a swan song!
I was in first grade just learning to read (1937) and my dad subscribed to Outdoor life and my world expanded, the monthly editions couldn’t come fast enough. I became a very good reader, an asset that has lasted to this day and like you I saved up to buy my first rifle ,it was a Remington model 721 in 270 caliber. I paid 72.00$ for it,I could have bought a Winchester model 70 for 96.00$ but I didn’t have the 14.00$ , a mistake that I regretted the rest of my life.
THANK YOU! “Cows” deer. You are indeed an astute historian and purveyor of the science of wildlife. Your proper pronunciation of Coues deer cannot be overstated.
Well, in the modern day, they are colloquially known as "coos". There are plenty of words that were pronounced differently hundreds of years ago. That doesnt invalidate how its pronounced today, or then. It will forever be "coos" at this point, like it or not.
Growing up in the 50’s I loved reading Jack’s column in ‘Outdoor Life’. A good friend of my father’s had a gun smith shop off his garage, to me at 7 or 8 he looked just like Jack O’Connor wire rim glasses and all, I think I thought he was. I remember countless nights setting on a stool drinking 7Up listening to Frank and my dad share gun and hunting stories while they drank whiskey n’ 7. My first hunting adventure ( at age 7) was with he and my father hunting quail in the California desert with a .410. After some 70 years it is an addiction I’ve never been able to shake, or wanted to, the only treatment is buying another gun or work on developing another reload.
Jack O'Connor was one of my two favorite outdoor writers. He was the first. My Grandfather got the big three magazines of the day, Field and Stream, Sports Afield, and Outdoor Life. When he finished with them, he would send them across the field to me. I read every word, but Jack Oconnor was my favorite writer. Skeeter Skelton would join him later, and they'd go back and forth as to which was "my favorite," mostly depending on who I read last. I was never really a rifleman, but still loved to read Jacks stuff. When I did buy a rifle, I fell back on what I had learned from Jack, and picked a Winchester Model 70, but I went with 30/06 rather than 270. Sears didn't sell a 270 and Sears was the only place around that sold guns. I used a shotgun for most of my hunting, and turned to handguns for my pleasure shooting, but Jack O'Connor always occupied a place on my book shelf.
Jack O’ Conner and Outdoor life is where big game hunting started for me , I never missed his articles and story’s of his hunts ! I also was impressed with the .270 Win ctg performance over many others ! Even today it’s still a great big game hunting cartridge! Jack’s books are extremely well documented and written !
My son has taken moose elk mule and whitetail deer wolf and Russian boar in Saskatchewan and Alberta Canada. If I remember correctly only the elk at 500yds needed 2 shots. He was thinking of buying another rifle in one of the new vogue calibres. I said bs to that! Keep your 270 and one shot kills on game. The young man would do well to listen to his dad. I love the writers of the day. Jack and Peter Capstick being two of many favorites. The wisdom and experience of Randy Selby is a favorite podcast. Many shooters would do well to read listen and learn from the generation who developed our passion to what it is today.
I started reading Outdoor Life in 1963. Jack O' Connor's magazine articles and books always made me feel I was right there with him, whether hunting deer in Mexico or stalking Dall Sheep in the far north. I have a near complete collection of his books.
I also was a Jack O’Connor fan since my childhood.. I had a complete collection of Jack’s books, including letters where we had corresponded. When the Jack O’Conor Museum opened, I donated my complete collection of books, to the museum. Since then, I have managed to obtain another complete collection of Jack’s books, with the exception of “Boom Town”.. This collection I will keep..
I pretty much became an excellent reader back in the 50s from reading Jack’s stories in my Dad’s Outdoor Life magazines. When my Dad died young from a heart attack in 1960 he had subscribed so far ahead from subscription renewal specials that the magazine kept arriving every month for about 10 years!
I've read most of his books and loved the ..270 Winchester cartridge. Jack also liked and wrote a lot about the 7X57mm Mauser cartridge. Perhaps his most interesting book was published after his death. Called "The Last Book", it tells of many things he couldn't while alive.
Great video. I’ve always enjoyed O’Connor’s writings and have always thought the 270 Win is among the top five cartridges ever made. Thank you for sharing. EDIT: One further thought. I’ve often thought it would be pure awesomeness to shoot Jack’s Model 70 in 270 Win. Here’s to the 270 Win. 🍻
Don't remember exactly what year I was introduced to Mr Jacks writings but it was in the mid 60's and I learned much. There will never be another Jack O.
I went to Catholic school as a kid, and in our modest library was a copy of O'Conners "The Big Game Rifle".I must've signed it out constantly, and it changed my life.
Had the great fortune of growin up in south east Idaho, while O'Connor and Keith were boxing with each other in the pages of my Dad's magazines. Never met either of 'em, but O'Connor was damned sure an easier read. For many years, indeed, clear through my military stint, I never went over 5'8", and a buck forty. Best Bud, Jim turned me on to his 270 while stationed in Montana, and as I used it more 'n more, my 308 and 35 Whelen stayed home, or at least stayed in camp with the scatterguns. Honest, I miss both them old Idaho transplants. Hope they kept huntin an writin on the tuther side!
My father and Jack were the most important people in my target shooting and hunting that began several decades ago. I will always appreciate their effect on my life.
When I was a teenager, I read O'connor's Complete book of Rifles and Shotguns. I learned so much from that book! I sighted my .22 caliber Remington 511 according to his instructions was deadly on small game up to 75 yards. Although I've never owned anything more powerful than a .30-30, I developed a strong interest in ballistics--muzzle velocity, sectional density, trajectory, all thanks to Jack O'Connor. He was a superb writer.
@@LTArms…. There’s an NRA magazine article of the first, and maybe only, time Keith and O’Connor met. The author relates how that rivalry would play out in person. As disagreeing authors their articles were good at keeping magazine sales up. It was mutual beneficial for their careers
Jack’s wife was a keen shot and she used the 30/06 as her Heavy Rifle in Africa. She would use it for the Big Five as she detested the recoil of the 375 H&H magnum.
Excelente biografía y relato.En España el 270 es uno de los calibres preferidos de los recechistas puros y Jack O'Connor una referencia siempre nombrada en libros y artículos en lengua castellana.Aqui tiene grandes seguidores de su trayectoria y sus trabajos.
Grew up reading everything I could find by O’Connor, and of course I have a Model 70 in 270 Winchester. Now I learn this tasty tidbit that Jack was a graduate of my Alma mater, the University of Arkansas!
Thanks for the great story! I have owned and hunted with several rifles in .270 Winchester since the late1960s...all because of articles penned by Jack O'Connor.
I was 12 years old when Jack passed. Was a sad day for this young kid who ran to the mailbox every month longing for my Outdoor Life magazine to arrive! Outdoor writers have never been the same. Nobody could take you up in the mountains with you like Jack did monthly!
For my first gun, I really wanted a 7 mag. My dad talked me into a 270. He referenced Jack and all his exploits with a 270. I've not been sorry I bought a Jack O'Conner.
Grew up reading Jack O’Connor in Outdoor Life and pretty much bought and read all his books, still have a few. Fine turned my rifles and shot guns because of the interest he generated in hunting and firearms. He is a legend. We’re watching from Missouri. Great video, very interesting and well done. Thank you.
I absolutely love the stories Jack wrote. I started reading his articles in left over magazines about 1960. My grandfather and my favorite uncle both hunted with model 70s in 270s. I’m sorry to say I’ve never owned one.
Loved those outdoor magazines. Outdoor life was my favorite but Sports Afield and Field and Stream were also read. Jack O'Conner was always read first. Today I go on Ebay and get the magazines of the 50's and 60's. They aren't the same today. I like the old commercials in them as well.
My literary intro to shooting was two fold, Townsend Whelen and Jack O'Connor. I owned two, .270 rifles but never hunting larger game than deer and antelope, settled on the .243 which I learned to shoot from either side and knew exactly where the bullet was being placed. It destroyed less meat than the .270, in my opinion. In over forty years of hunting only one animal received a second shot and that was with my .270, I flinched!
He was a .270 advocate but it is my understanding is that he knew its limitations and he also liked the 30-06 and recommended it as well especially when a bit more umph would be required.
He was a great hunter. This last custom rifle he had built was in the 280 rem. He passed away right before it was finished. I would've loved to see how he liked it. I live in Arkansas. I wonder if i have walked some of the places. That he had been to.
As a boy l subscribed to Outdoor Life just to read the articles by Jack O'connor. Through his eyes and words l traveled the world over and felt like l hunted every animal he did. I bought my first 270 because I felt like he would want me to have one. I have owned a lot of different guns in my 77 years but I have always owned a 270 of one kind or another. I visited the Jack O'connor museum in Hells Gate National Park in Idaho and looked at his 270's Eleanor's 7X57 and all the other rifles that were made famous in his writings. I was like a kid in Disneyland! When my wife and I left l stopped at the front desk and made a donation as admission was free, my wife who did not hunt asked the man behind the counter "Who was this Jack O'connor?" The man looked at her and said "Sweetie that question is grounds for divorce in Idaho"! It's a shame so many youngsters hunting today will probably someday ask the same question. Mr O'connor was one of my childhood heroes and shall remain so.
The ability of any hunter can be enhanced by the use of a fine rifle chambered in a capable round; Jack O’Connor chose the Winchester Model 70 in 270Win for most of his career. JOC said that the 270Win was a great choice if the hunter did their part, O’Connor certainly did his part!
Jack O'Connor is a marvel! At74 years of age I still think about his tremendous words of wisdom, gifted common sense, and logic. This contributed to his experience in the field and not from an easy chair in an office in promotion of a product. Today after numerous caliber experiences I still favor the 270 Winchester. He impacted me as to bullet placement and bullet performance. From his writing and hunting experiences one built trust and confidence in the man himself. A true one of a kind person. Only wish I could have met him and sat in on the stories and discussions. Thank you for a great video!
Elmer Keith fan myself, but Jack O’Conner on rifles was perfect. Still can’t bring myself to own anything smaller than a .30-06 for game, but a great writer nonetheless.
Jack was an enigmatic combination of Western toughness and a consummate rifleman. While no one questions O'Connor's affinity and affextion for the .270, he also favored the 7X57 Mauser caliber and used it to good effect.
I remember getting his books at the library a bunch as a kid. Recently I picked up The Art of Hunting Big Game in America. One thing that really strikes me is that despite him being a died in the wool "western hunter" (he doesnt even have a chapter about whitetails in this book), there is more big timber wisdom in his single chapter about hunting brush than you could find in a decade's worth of any current hunting magazine.
Proud to have had him in my home town in Lewiston, Idaho. Met him a few times at the local sporting goods store, which is still there. There is a Jack O’Conner Museum near by. Also home of CCI and Speer bullets.
@@LTArms it was a few times between the ages of 16-18. What was I going to say? Lol I just stood there and listened to the older guys talking. I now have a newer Model 70 in 30/06 I’m thinking of rebarreling to 270 in honor of him.
When I was in high school, graduated in 1977. My school had a special room that had old books, ect. Well they had all outdoor magazines. Read his articles clear back to mid 60's. I read all his articles. I hunt today, because I set & read these magazines evenings, instead of going & getting I nto trouble.
I have recently re-read Jack's "The Hunting Rifle". He had a kind word to say about the then almost forgotten .280 Remington (and the .284 Winchester). The .280 was loaded to lower pressure than the .270 to function in auto-loading rifles and did not "set the world on fire, sales wise" as Jack put it. The .270 vs. .280 in a way mirrors the .243 Win. vs. .244/6mm Remington story. Both Remington designs were good, but Winchester got in first and created legendary cartridges.
The art of writing was a large part of his lore, and I still remember describing how some writers wrote piffle about Elk cartridges because of the "cruel pinch of want" was just trying to survive as a writer.
I bought my first rifle, a used Savage 110 in 270 30 years ago. I've owned dozens of rifles since then and have taken quite a few deer with a variety of cartridges, but a few years ago I wanted a rifle to do "everything" and not get beat up with recoil 😮 so I bought another used Savage 270.. shoots as well as the first one ( thats now buried in the safe, waiting for me to refinish and restock it, including replacing the iron sights) 😀
Love, love,love all the details and info. Growing up in the 70s in a small at based town, I was immersed Jack O'Connor writing. Thus, I'm a true blue .270 man. All in all, great video. But , please pronounce it Coos Deer LOL jmp
Thank you! Believe it or not the actual pronunciation is “cows” deer. It has been slowly turned into “coos” over the years but Dr. Coues who named the species pronounced his own last name “cows”. It is kind of like the M1 Garand. He actually pronounced his last name like “Garrend” but it just came to be pronounced “Guhrand” over the years.
In his “Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns “ Jack wrote that if he was of allowed to have only one rifle to hunt the world over it would be a .375 H&H Magnum. Of course he went on to write that if could have a second rifle it would be a 270 Winchester. Happy hunting boys and girls!😊
Should throw in Elmer Keith. I grew up on both. Slow heavy bigger bore Vs 270 Win Zipper. Use Both, a 270 and a 35 Wheelen👍 And Jack had several big bores for Africa
I have done a lot of reading over the past 60 years. Mostly by hunters / outdoorsmen from both this continent and Africa. I am not saying it is true, but I have seen where other hunters state that Jack shot a hell of a lot more animals with a typewriter than with a gun.
We in Australia had our own jack O'Conner, Nick Harvey who was our most decorated and editor of the sporting shooters magazine,he hunted all over the world on dangerous game in Africa and north America, we also had another famous hunter his name was Col Allison both very extraordinary hunters I loved reading their tales , I met Nick briefly whilst I was hunting down on the Macquarie river at the back waters of burrendong dam in central NSW Australia, he was fairly old even back then in about 1984 we were both hunting goats and pigs I watched him effortlessly walk the hills he had a long stride like my grandfather. God bless all our greatest hunters
Were people born in AZ territory before statehood in 1912 still considered to be American Citizens? Ive been reading about Tombstone in the 1880s ... Curly Bill, Wyatt Earp, Jake Paul etc.
Actually coos is a common misconception. It really is "cows" deer (we swear), there are videos based on the pronunciation due to the common mispronunciation. Dr. Coues pronounced his name “cows”, and this is technically the correct pronunciation of the diminutive deer species he described.
The original pronunciation was "cows", after the Dr. Coues who named them but it has been slowly mispronounced over time and become commonly known as "coos". He pronounced his own name "cows" kind of like the M1 Garand, which is named after Garand who pronounced his name "Garrend" but it became "guhrand" over time.
Dr. Coues pronounced his name "Cows". It has been slowly changed in pronunciation to "coos" over the years, but we figured we would pay homage to the man who named them. ;)
Jack O Conner G.O.A.T at everything he did.Long live his memory and the 270 win.
Agree 100%
Jack himself said the .280 was a better cartridge, but you are right, he was the best.
I've got many of his books. My Dad was a big fan . He had a Savage 99 250-3000 shot hundreds of deer with and some moose. Then he started reading outdoor life magazine, became a o'connor fan, got a 270 win. Never looked back . I have his rifle now , and I plan on giving it to my son, I have a 1950 winchester m70 in 270 win. Great rifle and caliber. My Dad would read outdoor life magazine to me when I was very small. If Dad was alive, he would be 107 tomorrow ,ww2 veteran second wave on Omaha beach, fought in the battle of the bulge 2 purple hearts 5 battle stars and other medals great Dad.
You're Dad was a true American, that is fantastic!
The Way it Ought to Be 👍
Your dad was a man among men. Salute.
I wasn't a great reader as a boy until my mother bought me a subscription of Outdoor Life. I was soon reading everything that Jack wrote. I now have most of his books and I became a sheep hunter because of him. His passion for sheep lead me to pursue taking all North American Wild Sheep. I finished my SLAM with a Stone sheep near where Jack and his wife had taken Stones. Love this episode!!
Thank you for watching! That is awesome that you have achieved the grand slam, not a lot of guys can say that!
Great story and congratulations on the sheep slam. If you don’t mind me asking, did you use a 270 Win? If so, did you use 130 grainers?
Near Toad River BC?
My mother bought me a subscription to Outdoor Life, and my twin brother a subscription to Field and Stream, when were done we'd swap and read the other...hunted, fished and been shooting ever since then
@@nmelkhunter1 The first rifle I bought was a 270 Win and I used it for years on everything. Eventually shot the barrel out but by then I had several other rifle cartridges. For whatever reason, I never replaced the 270 Win. So to answer no I didn't actually use the 270 on any of my sheep, which is the only regret I have with my SLAM. If I ever get another chance to hunt a sheep (which will likely not happen), I will find me a 270 Win for a swan song!
I have a 1950 vintage model 70 in 270 win with a Lyman 3X scope.
I affectionately call it the "Jack O'Connor Special". I use it for everything.
Sounds like a beauty!
Hes the reason me and a million other hunters love the .270 and still a very capable caliber.
One of the best!
I was in first grade just learning to read (1937) and my dad subscribed to Outdoor life and my world expanded, the monthly editions couldn’t come fast enough. I became a very good reader, an asset that has lasted to this day and like you I saved up to buy my first rifle ,it was a Remington model 721 in 270 caliber. I paid 72.00$ for it,I could have bought a Winchester model 70 for 96.00$ but I didn’t have the 14.00$ , a mistake that I regretted the rest of my life.
@@Nello353 Amazing! Glad to have you here!
THANK YOU!
“Cows” deer.
You are indeed an astute historian and purveyor of the science of wildlife. Your proper pronunciation of Coues deer cannot be overstated.
We’ve heard it pronounced so many ways 😂
Well, in the modern day, they are colloquially known as "coos". There are plenty of words that were pronounced differently hundreds of years ago. That doesnt invalidate how its pronounced today, or then. It will forever be "coos" at this point, like it or not.
Growing up in the 50’s I loved reading Jack’s column in ‘Outdoor Life’. A good friend of my father’s had a gun smith shop off his garage, to me at 7 or 8 he looked just like Jack O’Connor wire rim glasses and all, I think I thought he was. I remember countless nights setting on a stool drinking 7Up listening to Frank and my dad share gun and hunting stories while they drank whiskey n’ 7. My first hunting adventure ( at age 7) was with he and my father hunting quail in the California desert with a .410. After some 70 years it is an addiction I’ve never been able to shake, or wanted to, the only treatment is buying another gun or work on developing another reload.
Jack O'Connor was one of my two favorite outdoor writers. He was the first. My Grandfather got the big three magazines of the day, Field and Stream, Sports Afield, and Outdoor Life. When he finished with them, he would send them across the field to me. I read every word, but Jack Oconnor was my favorite writer. Skeeter Skelton would join him later, and they'd go back and forth as to which was "my favorite," mostly depending on who I read last. I was never really a rifleman, but still loved to read Jacks stuff. When I did buy a rifle, I fell back on what I had learned from Jack, and picked a Winchester Model 70, but I went with 30/06 rather than 270. Sears didn't sell a 270 and Sears was the only place around that sold guns. I used a shotgun for most of my hunting, and turned to handguns for my pleasure shooting, but Jack O'Connor always occupied a place on my book shelf.
That’s great to hear. Love these stories/reminiscing! Did you see our Skeeter video?
Jack O’ Conner and Outdoor life is where big game hunting started for me , I never missed his articles and story’s of his hunts !
I also was impressed with the .270 Win ctg performance over many others ! Even today it’s still a great big game hunting cartridge!
Jack’s books are extremely well documented and written !
at least spell name correctly.
It is a fantastic cartridge!
@@The93ssfdGotta love spell checker and auto correct !
@@normanmallory2055 If i can read what is said and know what is meant, I could care less how it's spylt.
I’ve had my .270 Win for over 30 years and I would never get rid of it, it does everything I ask it to do.
One of the best all-arounders for sure!
My son has taken moose elk mule and whitetail deer wolf and Russian boar in Saskatchewan and Alberta Canada. If I remember correctly only the elk at 500yds needed 2 shots. He was thinking of buying another rifle in one of the new vogue calibres. I said bs to that! Keep your 270 and one shot kills on game. The young man would do well to listen to his dad. I love the writers of the day. Jack and Peter Capstick being two of many favorites. The wisdom and experience of Randy Selby is a favorite podcast. Many shooters would do well to read listen and learn from the generation who developed our passion to what it is today.
@@kdean8129 great advice!
I salute LT Arms. Excellent video! Seeing Ron Spomer giving Mr. O’Conner the praise he does, speaks volumes.
Much appreciated and thank you for watching! The Spomer video on his .270 is great!
I started reading Outdoor Life in 1963. Jack O' Connor's magazine articles and books always made me feel I was right there with him, whether hunting deer in Mexico or stalking Dall Sheep in the far north. I have a near complete collection of his books.
Hang on to those treasures!
I also was a Jack O’Connor fan since my childhood.. I had a complete collection of Jack’s books, including letters where we had corresponded. When the Jack O’Conor Museum opened, I donated my complete collection of books, to the museum. Since then, I have managed to obtain another complete collection of Jack’s books, with the exception of “Boom Town”.. This collection I will keep..
@@dave4344 Wow, that is a very generous donation.
I pretty much became an excellent reader back in the 50s from reading Jack’s stories in my Dad’s Outdoor Life magazines. When my Dad died young from a heart attack in 1960 he had subscribed so far ahead from subscription renewal specials that the magazine kept arriving every month for about 10 years!
If the subject matter interests you it definitely makes it way easier to learn from!
I've read most of his books and loved the ..270 Winchester cartridge. Jack also liked and wrote a lot about the 7X57mm Mauser cartridge. Perhaps his most interesting book was published after his death. Called "The Last Book", it tells of many things he couldn't while alive.
His list of works is impressive. Will have to dive into "The Last Book"
Excellent presentation. Thanks for sharing new information on Jacks life.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Another great video ! I read all his stuff when I was a kid ! Championed of the Winchester model 70 in 270 !
Thank you, glad you are liking these. We'll keep them coming!
Great video. I’ve always enjoyed O’Connor’s writings and have always thought the 270 Win is among the top five cartridges ever made. Thank you for sharing.
EDIT: One further thought. I’ve often thought it would be pure awesomeness to shoot Jack’s Model 70 in 270 Win. Here’s to the 270 Win. 🍻
One of the best all-rounders for sure!
No doubt a awesome cartridge.
@@jasongibson8114 Yes sir! The mulies and pronghorn I’ve killed with my Model 70 Featherweight in 270 would disagree! 🤠
Grew up reading Jack O'Connor!
Miss having the sporting magazines.
Would love it if we had another Jack O'Connor these days!
it was jack o connor that got me into guns and hunting, thanks jack!
That’s great!!
Don't remember exactly what year I was introduced to Mr Jacks writings but it was in the mid 60's and I learned much. There will never be another Jack O.
Definitely. He is sorely missed!
I went to Catholic school as a kid, and in our modest library was a copy of O'Conners "The Big Game Rifle".I must've signed it out constantly, and it changed my life.
Schools kept good books in the library back in those day!
Thanks for the biography. I have read his articles for many years but never knew much about him. He was an unique individual to say the least...
You’re welcome, thank you for watching!!
I love reading his books and articles it inspires me to keep my hunting alive
Love to hear that!
Had the great fortune of growin up in south east Idaho, while O'Connor and Keith were boxing with each other in the pages of my Dad's magazines. Never met either of 'em, but O'Connor was damned sure an easier read.
For many years, indeed, clear through my military stint, I never went over 5'8", and a buck forty. Best Bud, Jim turned me on to his 270 while stationed in Montana, and as I used it more 'n more, my 308 and 35 Whelen stayed home, or at least stayed in camp with the scatterguns.
Honest, I miss both them old Idaho transplants. Hope they kept huntin an writin on the tuther side!
Great comment and memories. Thanks for posting!
My father and Jack were the most important people in my target shooting and hunting that began several decades ago. I will always appreciate their effect on my life.
When I was a teenager, I read O'connor's Complete book of Rifles and Shotguns. I learned so much from that book! I sighted my .22 caliber Remington 511 according to his instructions was deadly on small game up to 75 yards. Although I've never owned anything more powerful than a .30-30, I developed a strong interest in ballistics--muzzle velocity, sectional density, trajectory, all thanks to Jack O'Connor. He was a superb writer.
Agreed, he did an amazing job. Thank you for watching!
I've enjoyed your video, and you've made me curious about this gentleman.
My best regards, a fellow hunter from Burgundy, France
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Jack O'Connor certainly has his place in history, despite his famous "disagreements" with the legendary, cantankerous, Elmer Keith.
Definitely! We are doing a Keith treatment too, maybe we'll feature some hilarious stories.
Keith's writing was as coarse as Jack's was elegant. Editing Elmer's writing only made it read better, and I doubt if Jack enjoyed doing it.
@@LTArms…. There’s an NRA magazine article of the first, and maybe only, time Keith and O’Connor met. The author relates how that rivalry would play out in person. As disagreeing authors their articles were good at keeping magazine sales up. It was mutual beneficial for their careers
As much as Jack O’Connor love the 270 he used other cartridges. Had no aversion to big bores.
Jack’s wife was a keen shot and she used the 30/06 as her Heavy Rifle in Africa. She would use it for the Big Five as she detested the recoil of the 375 H&H magnum.
She goes to 7 by 57 Mauser most of the time
@@tomhipple541 One of my favorite cartridges along with the 6.5x55 Swede.
Jack was right about the 270winchester and I'm a 300weatherby guy. I like it smokin hot. A great writer he was.
Absolutely. Gotta love those Weatherby cartridges!
Excelente biografía y relato.En España el 270 es uno de los calibres preferidos de los recechistas puros y Jack O'Connor una referencia siempre nombrada en libros y artículos en lengua castellana.Aqui tiene grandes seguidores de su trayectoria y sus trabajos.
¡Gracias por mirar!
Gracias a ti por tus buenos trabajos.
I started reading Jack O'Connor as a boy, kept reading until he passed. Have most of his books. First new rifle I every got was a .270Win.
Sounds like he left a huge impression, that is great!
I used to love to read the "This happened to me" section in Outdoor Life.
Grew up reading everything I could find by O’Connor, and of course I have a Model 70 in 270 Winchester. Now I learn this tasty tidbit that Jack was a graduate of my Alma mater, the University of Arkansas!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
In 1974 I had a white tail buck scored by Mr O’Connor. I remember vividly his trophy room adjacent to his home in Lewiston.
Amazing!
Jack ' is my hero an I walk the Maine woods with my Remington 7400 270 win ,
A man like him we will never see again ,RIP sir
Unfortunately true
Thanks for the great story! I have owned and hunted with several rifles in .270 Winchester since the late1960s...all because of articles penned by Jack O'Connor.
Good man! Thanks for watching!
He is the GOAT of hunting. thanks for this
You are welcome! Thank you for watching!
I was 12 years old when Jack passed. Was a sad day for this young kid who ran to the mailbox every month longing for my Outdoor Life magazine to arrive! Outdoor writers have never been the same. Nobody could take you up in the mountains with you like Jack did monthly!
Sorely missed. We need more like him!
Thank you for this awesome video of this true gentleman and legend of this great sport.
Glad you enjoyed it
This is great❤
Love the 270 Winchester.
It's one of the best all-rounders for sure!
Im currently reading Jacks 'The BIg Game Rifle'.
Absolutely fantastic.
Absolutely!
For my first gun, I really wanted a 7 mag. My dad talked me into a 270. He referenced Jack and all his exploits with a 270. I've not been sorry I bought a Jack O'Conner.
It does the trick every time! Thanks!
Very good...nicely done.
My dad (R IP), introduced me to Jack's books...I read them continually throughout the year. I learned alot from both...
Very cool!
Thank you!
You’re welcome!!
Still hunt with my Dad's pre-64 Win.mod. 70
.270win. Best deer gun ever made!
They are fantastic!
Jack became a pure inspiration for me. Read so much of his wisdom!
Definitely inspired many. Thanks for watching!
Love “JACK “ since a little lad
Grew up reading Jack O’Connor in Outdoor Life and pretty much bought and read all his books, still have a few. Fine turned my rifles and shot guns because of the interest he generated in hunting and firearms. He is a legend. We’re watching from Missouri. Great video, very interesting and well done. Thank you.
Thank you and thanks for watching. He was a definite legend!
My first rifle bought in 1982 was a Ruger model 77 in .270 Win.
Great rifles!
Thank you for putting together this video
You’re very welcome!
I absolutely love the stories Jack wrote. I started reading his articles in left over magazines about 1960. My grandfather and my favorite uncle both hunted with model 70s in 270s. I’m sorry to say I’ve never owned one.
Very cool! You still can get one 😉
Loved those outdoor magazines. Outdoor life was my favorite but Sports Afield and Field and Stream were also read. Jack O'Conner was always read first. Today I go on Ebay and get the magazines of the 50's and 60's. They aren't the same today. I like the old commercials in them as well.
They were way better than the new magazines are. Thanks for sharing!
I've been around elk hunting for many years and 270 is one of the most successful elk hunting cartridges I've ever seen.
It’s a great cartridge!
You Do Use The 150gr Bullets Right ??? Do You Handload For It ??? Thank You Rg
@@randyguapo7793270s were made for 130s. Mono or lead
Horse shit
Just one opinion
I always read his articles in Outdoor Life. Part of growing up with my dad and uncle
Great that you have those memories! Thanks for watching!
My literary intro to shooting was two fold, Townsend Whelen and Jack O'Connor. I owned two, .270 rifles but never hunting larger game than deer and antelope, settled on the .243 which I learned to shoot from either side and knew exactly where the bullet was being placed. It destroyed less meat than the .270, in my opinion. In over forty years of hunting only one animal received a second shot and that was with my .270, I flinched!
Two great writers!
Great video! Love the men that developed our sport ans sent their lives filling us with their knowledge, wisdom, and stories. Keep them coming.
Glad you enjoyed it! Will do!
He was a .270 advocate but it is my understanding is that he knew its limitations and he also liked the 30-06 and recommended it as well especially when a bit more umph would be required.
Yup, his wife was also a big .30-06 proponent. Used one alongside him in African safaris
He was a great hunter. This last custom rifle he had built was in the 280 rem. He passed away right before it was finished. I would've loved to see how he liked it. I live in Arkansas. I wonder if i have walked some of the places. That he had been to.
I bet you have! He was pretty prolific!
I have many if not all of his guns/hunting books and one book written about him. His writing was excellent.
Agreed. Sorely missed
As a boy l subscribed to Outdoor Life just to read the articles by Jack O'connor. Through his eyes and words l traveled the world over and felt like l hunted every animal he did. I bought my first 270 because I felt like he would want me to have one. I have owned a lot of different guns in my 77 years but I have always owned a 270 of one kind or another. I visited the Jack O'connor museum in Hells Gate National Park in Idaho and looked at his 270's Eleanor's 7X57 and all the other rifles that were made famous in his writings. I was like a kid in Disneyland! When my wife and I left l stopped at the front desk and made a donation as admission was free, my wife who did not hunt asked the man behind the counter "Who was this Jack O'connor?" The man looked at her and said "Sweetie that question is grounds for divorce in Idaho"! It's a shame so many youngsters hunting today will probably someday ask the same question. Mr O'connor was one of my childhood heroes and shall remain so.
Fantastic comment. Really appreciate you taking the time to leave this with us and thank you for watching!
There is a Jack O'Connor museum in Lewiston, Id. Well worth the time to go thru it. His rifles are there along with his wife's rifles.
It’s on the bucket list!
The ability of any hunter can be enhanced by the use of a fine rifle chambered in a capable round; Jack O’Connor chose the Winchester Model 70 in 270Win for most of his career.
JOC said that the 270Win was a great choice if the hunter did their part, O’Connor certainly did his part!
He absolutely did his part laying the groundwork!
Jack O'Connor is a marvel! At74 years of age I still think about his tremendous words of wisdom, gifted common sense, and logic. This contributed to his experience in the field and not from an easy chair in an office in promotion of a product. Today after numerous caliber experiences I still favor the 270 Winchester. He impacted me as to bullet placement and bullet performance. From his writing and hunting experiences one built trust and confidence in the man himself. A true one of a kind person. Only wish I could have met him and sat in on the stories and discussions. Thank you for a great video!
Elmer Keith fan myself, but Jack O’Conner on rifles was perfect. Still can’t bring myself to own anything smaller than a .30-06 for game, but a great writer nonetheless.
We'll be doing one of these (or a few) on Keith as well!
I have his "Shotgun Book". It's a great read.
Definitely!
Jack was an enigmatic combination of Western toughness and a consummate rifleman. While no one questions O'Connor's affinity and affextion for the .270, he also favored the 7X57 Mauser caliber and used it to good effect.
He did have a soft spot for the Mauser too!
I own only one centre fire rifle and it's a Winchester Model 70 controlled feed in .270 Winchester and I have it because of Mr O'Connor's writngs.
Good on ya!!
I remember getting his books at the library a bunch as a kid. Recently I picked up The Art of Hunting Big Game in America. One thing that really strikes me is that despite him being a died in the wool "western hunter" (he doesnt even have a chapter about whitetails in this book), there is more big timber wisdom in his single chapter about hunting brush than you could find in a decade's worth of any current hunting magazine.
All they do is try to sell products these days, it’s unfortunate
@@LTArms True, and I think that the understanding of game habit in a non' agricultural setting is becoming a lost art.
My holy grail rifle is the winchester model 70 jack o'conner edition of course in .270 win.
One of the best all-rounders for sure!
Proud to have had him in my home town in Lewiston, Idaho.
Met him a few times at the local sporting goods store, which is still there.
There is a Jack O’Conner Museum near by.
Also home of CCI and Speer bullets.
His challenger was Elmer Keith, from Salmon, Idaho. The big bore advocate.
You are lucky to have met him!
Keith’s house in Salmon was up for sale recently
@ true. And I believe his gun museum was also closed down.
@@LTArms it was a few times between the ages of 16-18. What was I going to say? Lol I just stood there and listened to the older guys talking.
I now have a newer Model 70 in 30/06 I’m thinking of rebarreling to 270 in honor of him.
You do a good job narrationing ❤
Glad you think so!
When I was in high school, graduated in 1977. My school had a special room that had old books, ect. Well they had all outdoor magazines. Read his articles clear back to mid 60's. I read all his articles. I hunt today, because I set & read these magazines evenings, instead of going & getting I nto trouble.
We wish schools still had archives like that!
"Cows Deer" your awesome Dude
Fantastic video. Keep up the great work, I’m subscribing.
Thanks, will do! Thanks for the sub too!
Great man
Absolutely!
I have recently re-read Jack's "The Hunting Rifle". He had a kind word to say about the then almost forgotten .280 Remington (and the .284 Winchester). The .280 was loaded to lower pressure than the .270 to function in auto-loading rifles and did not "set the world on fire, sales wise" as Jack put it. The .270 vs. .280 in a way mirrors the .243 Win. vs. .244/6mm Remington story. Both Remington designs were good, but Winchester got in first and created legendary cartridges.
A lot of people don't even know the .244/6mm exists! Great comment!
The 280 Remington is a excellent cartridge that was mishandled by Remington and should be up there with the 270 as a big game cartridge
The art of writing was a large part of his lore, and I still remember describing how some writers wrote piffle about Elk cartridges because of the "cruel pinch of want" was just trying to survive as a writer.
Absolutely was an artist in his craft.
I bought my first rifle, a used Savage 110 in 270 30 years ago. I've owned dozens of rifles since then and have taken quite a few deer with a variety of cartridges, but a few years ago I wanted a rifle to do "everything" and not get beat up with recoil 😮 so I bought another used Savage 270.. shoots as well as the first one ( thats now buried in the safe, waiting for me to refinish and restock it, including replacing the iron sights) 😀
They are great rifles!
More than the rifles Jack O'Conner used I'd like information of the scopes he had on those rifles.
We’ll see what we can find out 👍
@@LTArms Thanks.
Love, love,love all the details and info. Growing up in the 70s in a small at based town, I was immersed Jack O'Connor writing. Thus, I'm a true blue .270 man.
All in all, great video. But , please pronounce it Coos Deer LOL
jmp
Thank you! Believe it or not the actual pronunciation is “cows” deer. It has been slowly turned into “coos” over the years but Dr. Coues who named the species pronounced his own last name “cows”. It is kind of like the M1 Garand. He actually pronounced his last name like “Garrend” but it just came to be pronounced “Guhrand” over the years.
In his “Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns “ Jack wrote that if he was of allowed to have only one rifle to hunt the world over it would be a .375 H&H Magnum. Of course he went on to write that if could have a second rifle it would be a 270 Winchester. Happy hunting boys and girls!😊
Nice video, have all his books
Cool, thanks for watching!!
I used to read Jacks stories…
He did some great work!
Nice work, I particularly like getting the “cows deer” pronunciation correct
Thank you for acknowledging that!
It isn't mentioned, but his wife hunted with him occasionally and was quite a seasoned hunter in her own right.
She definitely was. Took her own African big 5
He Was The Real Gun Authority
Absolutely!
My boyhood mentor.
RIP Jack and Elinor.
Wish we had more mentors like this for future generations.
Should throw in Elmer Keith. I grew up on both. Slow heavy bigger bore Vs 270 Win Zipper. Use Both, a 270 and a 35 Wheelen👍 And Jack had several big bores for Africa
Winchester should release a new 760 in 270 or model 88 lever gun to commemorate the 100 th anniversary.
I mean a Remington. Lol.
They definitely should do that!
I have done a lot of reading over the past 60 years. Mostly by hunters / outdoorsmen from both this continent and Africa. I am not saying it is true, but I have seen where other hunters state that Jack shot a hell of a lot more animals with a typewriter than with a gun.
Elmer Keith and Askins said this a lot. "Killed more animals with his IBM machine than his rifle..."
Jack 270 O' Connor
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We in Australia had our own jack O'Conner, Nick Harvey who was our most decorated and editor of the sporting shooters magazine,he hunted all over the world on dangerous game in Africa and north America, we also had another famous hunter his name was Col Allison both very extraordinary hunters I loved reading their tales , I met Nick briefly whilst I was hunting down on the Macquarie river at the back waters of burrendong dam in central NSW Australia, he was fairly old even back then in about 1984 we were both hunting goats and pigs I watched him effortlessly walk the hills he had a long stride like my grandfather. God bless all our greatest hunters
We may feature these fellows in future episodes, thanks for bringing this up! Thanks for watching too!
Imagine the one periodical the US Military would choose today? I shudder to think what it may be.
Haha! 🤣
Were people born in AZ territory before statehood in 1912 still considered to be American Citizens? Ive been reading about Tombstone in the 1880s ... Curly Bill, Wyatt Earp, Jake Paul etc.
That's a good question. I think so but we'll definitely look into that.
Yes they were a citizen is anyone born on US soil wether it is a state or territory they're still considered a US citizen
I imagine the .270 Winchester was developed so that Americans wouldn't have to use the similar German 7x57mm Mauser cartridge. 😮
Agreed!
Those who think you need a cannon to kill animals are just piss poor shots.
More focus on well-laced shots and less on acquiring gear!
Sorry but factory 270 ammo is runnig low to mid 2900s with a 130. Real world velocity from a 24 inch barrel.
Maybe we'll do a video on actual velocities vs purported velocities in a future video. Thanks for the comment!
I guess he didn’t have any shotguns.
A few but did most of his writing and hunting based on the .270
Those are not cows deer they are Coos deer (Coues).
Actually coos is a common misconception. It really is "cows" deer (we swear), there are videos based on the pronunciation due to the common mispronunciation. Dr. Coues pronounced his name “cows”, and this is technically the correct pronunciation of the diminutive deer species he described.
Named after Army Sergeant Eliot Cous (cows).😊
@@LTArms Thank you sir I have never heard that.
I couldn't shoot an elephant.
Understandable. One positive outcome, though, is that the meat and all bi-products are typically used by local tribes as food, fertilizer, etc...
Coues deer pronounced coos deer, not "cowse".
The original pronunciation was "cows", after the Dr. Coues who named them but it has been slowly mispronounced over time and become commonly known as "coos". He pronounced his own name "cows" kind of like the M1 Garand, which is named after Garand who pronounced his name "Garrend" but it became "guhrand" over time.
Coues deer
Dr. Coues pronounced his name "Cows". It has been slowly changed in pronunciation to "coos" over the years, but we figured we would pay homage to the man who named them. ;)