Pat Spurgin

Pat Spurgin

first markswoman in history to win Olympic Gold medal Born in Billings, Montana now living in Fairbanks, Alaska competed and won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles the first Olympic Champion in Air Rifle for Women while a student at Murray State University, Kentucky Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray, Kentucky is named after her 2014  torchbearer for … Read more

Dudley Brown

Dudley Brown

(1965)– 1996 founded (and executive director) of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners– president National Association of Gun Rights NAGR– 2014 NAGR Revenue $12,451,900– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Brown About Dudley Brown Dudley W. Brown is one of the leading figures in the “no-compromise” wing of the gun rights movement. Raised in South Dakota, he worked as Northern Colorado director for U.S. Senator William L. Armstrong and … Read more

Rob Morse

Deck Stripe Rob Morse

writes the SlowFacts blog  host of the Self-Defense Gun Stories Podcast co-host of the Polite Society Podcast Author at AmmoLand.com Contributes to the Politics and Guns Podcast About Rob Morse Rob Morse is a civil rights advocate, writer and podcaster whose work focuses on armed self-defense and the real-world experiences of ordinary gun owners. A … Read more

Rob Pincus

Deck Stripe Rob Pincus

Graduated Military College of Vermont with a degree in Political Science Officer in the United States Army Reserve San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office as a Training Officer 2001 staff writer with S.W.A.T. Magazine 2003 – 2007 Director of The Valhalla Training Center in Montrose, CO 2005 Personal Defense Firearms DVD Series  2007 Range of the … Read more

Chris Knox

Chris Knox

– Son of “Neal” Knox– Co-Maintains FirearmsCoalition.org and GunVoter.org– Compiled and edited, The Gun Rights War About Chris Knox Chris Knox is a Second Amendment writer and editor and the eldest son of Neal Knox, one of the most influential and outspoken figures in the modern gun rights movement. Neal Knox was a championship rifleman and … Read more

TALO

since 1965 started by fishing and hunting wholesalers in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma commissions limited editions of firearms 1997 started embellished Colt 1911’s and Walther PPK’s July–December 2007 with the Ruger John Wayne Vaquero   Colt Glock Ruger North American Arms Mossberg Sig Arms Walther Talo Distributors Inc 120 Pleasant St, Framingham, MA 01701 (508) … Read more

Cartridges of the World

1965 Cartridges of the World

1965 Frank C. Barnes Author 1965 – 1st edition 1969 – 2nd edition 2016 – 15th edition 2019 – 16th edition About Cartridges of the World Cartridges of the World is one of the most widely used reference books on ammunition ever published. Frank C. Barnes wrote the first edition, published by Follett Publishing Company … Read more

Amanda Suffecool

July 16 Third-generation gun geek 2002 NRA certified instructor 2010 – Eye On The Target Radio Chairman – Portage County Republican Party 2014 began a CCW Fashion Show https://gunstreamer.com/watch/strong-women-amanda-suffecool-eye-on-the-target-radio-grpc-2019_FS5gJ2FXkLOklZV.html About Amanda Suffecool Amanda Suffecool is an Ohio-based firearms educator, radio host and author, and an engineer by trade. She co-hosts Eye On The Target Radio … Read more

SeOPA

Southeastern Outdoor Press Association SEOPA is the nation’s premier regional outdoor communicator’s organization May, 1964 Founded at Fontana Village, N.C by Tennessean Evan Means 1965 Treasury contained $35.26 for publication of a newsletter 1973 Tom Rollins executive director 1974 SEOPA boasted 95 active and 39 corporate members 1976 Meetings were decreased from twice annually to once … Read more

ECRA

ECRA

European Cartridge Research Association 1965 – founded as European Cartridge Collectors Club (ECCC) with about 50 members residing in a number of different European countries Emile Timmermans, founder http://www.ecra.info/   About the European Cartridge Research Association The European Cartridge Research Association (ECRA) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the study of the historical and technical … Read more