DN: I don't have the dates for Major Askins, either.
Col Askins (the son) wrote in his "The Shotgunner's Book" (Stackpole 1958) on page 126 - "Major Askins, my father, died when he was 86 and hunted until the last few months of his death."
Col. Askins (the son) wrote for "The American Rifleman" magazine for a number of years. In one article he wrote about the last several years of his father's life and implying the father had been poorly treated. I can't remember if the father's birth or death date was mentioned in that article....but it's a lead.
After Col. Askins made his "born again Baptist" quip, I never saw him in The American Rifleman again. The editor should have taken the fall too, for letting it get into print. I gifted my complete American Rifleman collection, so I no longer have acccess to find the article.
In April 1992, Wolfe Publishing Company reprinted "Modern Shotguns and Loads" by Captain Charles Askins.
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