Thread: M1 carbine
View Single Post
Unread 07-21-2012, 06:45 AM   #17
sheepherder
Lifer
Lifetime Forum
Patron
 
sheepherder's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal...
Posts: 8,197
Thanks: 1,416
Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by rolandtg View Post
There's no real significance, Elmer Keith, developer of the .357, .41, and .44 magnum cartridges worked as an inspector at the Ogden, Utah arsenal during WWII.
My Speer Reloading Manual states that major D. B. Wesson (of S&W fame) designed the .357 magnum in 1935, but although I have read several articles & one book about Elmer Keith, I did not know he was an inspector at that arsenal during WW II.

I've always enjoyed his exploits and his anecdotes, but like all such stories, they get better the more they're told...
__________________
I like my coffee the
way I like my women...
...Cold and bitter...
sheepherder is offline   Reply With Quote