Frank W. James

[slow1911s]

Frank passed away this week. He was a high school classmate of my dad. And, I'm proud to say that I knew and shot with Frank. If you've picked up a gun magazine in the past 25 years, you've likely read one of Frank's many articles.

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[Kirk Freeman]

I am still devastated. The stroke took so much out of him. Horrific news.

I am happy that I got to know him well. And I am happy I got the chance to see him in the nursing home just down the road from me.

The gun culture lost an articulate, technical voice. We are diminished.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

The Frank I remember--booming voice, quick with a joke and an infectious "unique" laugh.

 

[oldpink]

Just curious here, but was Frank related to another gun writer, Garry James?

 

[Fargo]

Frank was an awesome fellow and I was blessed to make his distant acquaintance. We are diminished by his passing. RIP.

 

[451_Detonics]

I knew Frank pretty well, he would have the guns he would receive in for reviews shipped to our shop, got to play with a lot of oddball guns that way. Frank would always have me take them out and shoot them and tell him what I thought. He was a regular at the Original Jungle Lane Machine Gun Shoot at Dan Peterson's place in Battleground and wrote the match up for Machine Gun News every year. His book, "Project 64", was and is the definitive book on the HK MP5.

A great writer and person...he will be missed...

 

[indiucky]

The Frank I remember--booming voice, quick with a joke and an infectious "unique" laugh.

I am sorry to hear this...I have read him for years and never knew he was a Hoosier....

Kirk he looks like he could be an uncle of yours...Maybe it's the grin but you two kind of favor each other....

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I found this on Frank: The Michael Bane Blog: Frank James, R.I.P.

Kirk he looks like he could be an uncle of yours...Maybe it's the grin but you two kind of favor each other.

That is not me on the left.

 

[indiucky]

I found this on Frank: The Michael Bane Blog: Frank James, R.I.P.



That is not me on the left.

My bad...

 

[JulFor9]

I have read his biography and articles are really nice.

 

[gewehr3]

I met Frank several times at matches at the late Jim Reinholt's (another great loss) range near Winamac and at Wildcat. Always a pleasure to be around.

RIP