Colt Combat Commander .38 Super - Killer Deal

[RedGoat]

The Old ( as in age ) Bob Lee of the most recent books .

Young and middle aged Bob Lee favored .45acp in his 1911 's .

Hunter ages his characters pretty closely for the years the books are set . Bob Lee's age was fixed by his Millitary service , being a senior NCO in 1966 .

Even more specifically, by his birth being a plot element of Hot Springs ( featuring his father Earl ) happening in 1947 . That would be a little continuity fuzzy to make Earl a 20 y.o. Gunners Sgt in his own timeline .

But not picking on Hunter , he's still much more timeline correct than most authors of continuing series characters. Most authors that do age their characters, do so at 1/2 to 1/3 the real passage of time .

But still, the Bob Lee character didn't switch from .45 to .38 Super , and .308 to 6.5 Creed until well into his 70's .

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Within the Hunter Universe , the big gap l want to see filled , is the middle years of Carl Henderson. In Dirty White Boys set in early '90s he was drizzled over the hill OSBI LT alluding to his long history of gunfights . In Hot Springs set in 1947 training under Earl he was young rookie . There's got to be a whole series worth covering his interviening exploits .

My personal favorite Hunter book is the tale about where Bob's father, Earl, engages the services of a number of notable gun writers of the 50's, 60's and early 70's to help raid an illicit prison camp located in the backwaters of the Louisiana swamps. I can't remember that book's title off the top of my head.

 

[HayesGreener]

My personal favorite Hunter book is the tale about where Bob's father, Earl, engages the services of a number of notable gun writers of the 50's, 60's and early 70's to help raid an illicit prison camp located in the backwaters of the Louisiana swamps. I can't remember that book's title off the top of my head.

Pale Horse Coming

 

[RedGoat]

Pale Horse Coming

That it! Thank you. My old memory has "holes in its pockets" and sometimes little factoids like that fall out and get lost.

 

[ChanceMcCall]

You are correct according to what I've read / seen / heard on the interwebs. Down there, any preceding laws banning the ownership of firearms chambered for a "military" cartridge is a moot point for the law abiding (and I'm certain there are far more of 'em than we give credit for), but it has not always been that way.

I'm very aware of the changes. I used to, starting in the early 1960's, spend a month in Saltillo almost every year. In those days we carried Ruger .44 magnum carbines and Colt .38 Supers and Browning tip ups while we were down there. We also used to buy, very cheaply, old Colt Single Actions by the bucket loads to clean up and repair to resell to collectors back in Illinois. Those were the days.

I no longer travel to Mexico since I am no longer to legally carry a gun there. The few exceptions were for Cuban cigars at border towns when I still smoked.

 

[Biggfoot44]

My personal favorite Hunter book is the tale about where Bob's father, Earl, engages the services of a number of notable gun writers of the 50's, 60's and early 70's to help raid an illicit prison camp located in the backwaters of the Louisiana swamps. I can't remember that book's title off the top of my head.

As noted above , Pale Horse Coming .

People like " us " loved it , because we recognized all the Characters . But we're a Niche , and they went over the heads of the general public readership .

 

[Gofer]

I always had a secret hankering for a 38 super. Don’t know why-just one of those itches. It won’t do anything that my 9mm commander won’t do but it might be pretty cool. I feel myself swirling around the 38 super drain…