In his early youth, his family moved to California and he graduated Beverly Hills High School and Los Angeles City College.
His expertise in hunting and gunsmithing combined to make him one of primary authorities on rifles and loads for dangerous game.
We never knew that for sure, but I know he was with the anti-castro movement and he spent a lot of time in Rhodesia during the long bush war.
With Jack one never knew where fact, legend and myth intertwined – but I actually saw his Congo Cross awarded to him by Moise Tshombe for his courage in that long forgotten insurgency.
[6] This experience convinced him that a more powerful cartridge than the .458 Winchester Magnum was required when hunting dangerous game.
[7] A similar method was used by David Miller and Curt Crum to create cases for their early custom .458 Lott rifles.
The fire-formed cases were then run through a .458 Winchester Magnum full length re-sizing die with a set off of .125 in (3.2 mm).