He and I did a lot of shooting together for articles we were doing to get two people's perspectives on guns and to help out with photography. The only .45-70 rifle I ever fired was his - a Marlin remake of an old model if I remember correctly. All I absolutely remember about it is that it had a curved metal butt plate that I nicknamed "scimitar". I only shot it once.

We also often made the trek from Austin to Amarillo together for an annual pheasant hunt with other writers on opening weekend. He was a great guy and a lot of fun to be around. So many of the guys I looked forward to seeing every year at the Texas writers' meeting passed on that I finally had to quit going. It became too miserable an experience.

I imagine that the P-38 ended up with Paul's son. I should check with him to see if he still has it and would maybe consider parting with it... That would put another sentimental pistol in my safe.