George Herter was a character, to say the least. He made a living making and selling things he liked, and while eccentric at times, many of his wares were quite good. By his own estimation, everything he made was the Best Thing Ever. I’ve seen the old catalogs, and some of the claims are hilarious.
Hyperbole aside, I have some of his 6.5×55 ammunition, and it’s very accurate. Some folks think he used Norma components. By all accounts, his ammunition was good stuff. He was also known for developing some interesting wildcat cartridges.
His company went out of business years ago, so I was quite surprised to see people showing up to the range recently with newly-minted pistol ammunition bearing the Herter’s name and crest. More sobering have been the two catastrophic failures I’ve seen it cause.