Elgin Gates Explained

Elgin T Gates (7 November 1922 Wyoming — Idaho Falls, Idaho 16 November 1988)^[1] was an American hunter, adventurer, author, and firearms and ammunition technician.^[2] He was responsible for proposing and testing the super magnum cartridge family in the 1970s in collaboration with Dan Wesson,^[3] which led to many wildcat designs, as well a few production cartridges such as the .357 Remington Maximum.^[4]

Gates was a central person in the development of handgun metallic silhouette shooting,^{[5] [6]} and served as president of the International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association.^{[7] [8]} During his leadership of IHMSA, Elgin published a newsletter titled The Silhouette where amongst others John Taffin contributed.^[9]

Before Gates died in 1988, his impressive big game trophy room was destroyed by fire.

References

1. Web site: Elgin T Gates . . English. 2019-09-04.
2. https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2019/6/10/a-look-back-at-the-weatherby-rifle American Rifleman | A Look Back at the Weatherby Rifle
3. Web site: Elgin T. Gates Hunter & Adventurer . africahunting.com . Monish . English. 2010-07-21 . 2019-09-04.
4. https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2021/1/17/the-357-maximum-too-hot-to-handle American Rifleman | The .357 Maximum: Too Hot to Handle
5. https://sksc.org/front-page-2/matches/ihmsa-international-handgun-metallic-silhouette-association/ IHMSA – International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association – South Kent Sportsmen's Club
6. https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2012/9/10/the-super-mags American Rifleman | The Super Mags
7. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lunching+with+legends%3A+a+reminiscence.-a0158387331 "Lunching with legends: a reminiscence"
8. Web site: IMSSU - History of Metallic Silhouette Shooting . 2020-09-29 . 2020-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200406224638/https://www.imssu.org/history.aspx . dead .
9. Book: Gates, Elgin. The Gun Digest Book Of Metallic Silhouette Shooting. 2. 1988. DBI. 978-0-695-81273-7.