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Charles Askins, Jr. (October 28, 1907 � March 2, 1999), also known as Col. Charles "Boots" Askins, was an American lawman, US Army officer, and writer.[1] He served in law enforcement (US Forest Service and Border Patrol) in the American Southwest prior to the Second World War.[2] Askins was the son of Major Charles "Bobo" Askins, a sports writer and Army officer who served in the Spanish American War and World War I.[3]

Great book. Here it is free for download in many formats:

http://archive.org/details/americanshotgun00aski

Nice that it's public domain.

Col.Askins was also a man you did not want to cross. Read his book "Unrepentant Sinner" to see what I mean.

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.

I reached into my bookcase and pulled out a tattered copy of Guns & Ammo, June 1976. The Col. Askins was the "Shooting Editor" under Elmer Keith, who was the Executive Editor.

It is a great book and should be a "must have" in any serious library. For those with the electronic ability it is available electronically on Google Books, as so many other great shooting books are. I stiller prefer paper but this beats not having them at all.