Greg
has been a high-technology business consultant specializing in
start-up technology businesses since 1985, and is CEO of Quinn
Consulting, Inc, a leading international technology consulting
organization. Born in 1957 and an NRA Life Member, Greg functions as
VP of Business Development for Gunblast.com, and directs all
business activity for our company. Greg is active in local and
national political circles, and is an ordained Baptist Minister.
Greg serves on the Board of Directors of several technology
organizations, and is CEO & President of CoreTech
International, Inc. a leading green-technology construction
products organization.
He
is honored to have been appointed as 2003
Honorary Chairman representing the state of Tennessee in the
Business Advisory Council of the National Republican
Congressional Committee (NRCC). Greg has been honored as Businessman
of the Year for years 2004 and 2005 from the NRCC, and in late
2005, was awarded their highest honor, the Ronald Reagan
Republican Gold Medal. Greg was inducted into the Platinum
Round Table for 2006 for his work in tax reform to help small
businessmen everywhere, and was honored by the NRCC's Business
Advisory Council as a 2006
Republican of the Year from Tennessee.
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Greg
Contributing Writers
(Listed Alphabetically)
William Bell
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Born in 1954, William Bell, a.k.a. La Vista
Bill (SASS #11869), has been writing about guns since
1983. He is a veteran
of almost 29 years in law enforcement and presently works for the
Bureau of Customs & Border Protection, Dept. of Homeland
Security. A firearms instructor
for some 15 years, Bill has also written articles for Combat
Handguns, Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement, Guns of the Old
West, Glock Auto Pistols, Police, The Backup (CD-ROM magazine),
Wild West, and Police Marksman.
Bill has been honored by membership in the
Shootists and the Western Writers of America. He is an NRA Life Member and a member of the Masonic
Lodge, plus an avid reader, book collector and student of the
Old West. He also does
a passable job singing A Boy Named Sue when accompanied
by Boge on the guitar. We are proud to welcome Bill as a contributing writer here
at Gunblast.com!.
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R. K. Campbell
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We are proud to welcome R. K. Campbell to the Gunblast.com
family.
An established and well-respected outdoors writer,
Bob writes for Shotgun News, Handguns, SWAT Magazine, American
Gunsmith, Knifeworld, Police, Women and Guns, and GunWeek,
among others. He is Contributing Editor of Women and Guns
and Executive Editor of Boar Hunter. Bob has also published
occasionally in Tactical Knives, American Handgunner
and Guns, and he is a regular at Krause Publications' Gun
Digest and Handguns. He also wrote a significant
portion of the 4th and 5th Editions of Assault Weapons.
Bob has also authored three books: Holsters For
Combat and Concealed Carry (Paladin Press), The
1911 Semi Auto (Stoeger Publishing), and The Handgun
In Personal Defense (The Second Amendment Foundation).
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Bob
Mike Cumpston
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Born in 1947, Mike is a native of central Texas.
He is a member of the National Rifle Association, the Texas
State Rifle Association, and a certified Texas Concealed Handgun
Licensing Instructor.
Mike is a freelance writer whose articles have appeared
in American Handgunner, Guns Magazine, the TSRA
Sportsman, and Front Sight. In addition, he has contributed
articles to such high quality Internet publications as The
Centurion (Miles Fortis) and Sixgunner.com.
We are proud to welcome our long-time friend Mike
Cumpston to Gunblast.com!
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Mike
Glen Fryxell
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Glen has been fascinated with guns and hunting his
entire life, and started hunting early, primarily with a bow and
arrow during his teen years, and more recently with handguns. He
is a chemist by training, and professionally his interests have
centered around environmental chemistry, nanostructured materials,
molecular self-assembly and biomimetic processes. On the personal
side, he is a hunter, shooter, reloader, and guitar player of marginal
repute. He has been casting bullets and reloading ammunition since
the 1980s, and has hunted primarily with handguns over the last
15 years, over much of the western US. His fascination with the
use and performance of cast bullets in the hunting fields, in conjunction
with his technical background in materials science and chemistry,
led him to study the fascinating field of metallurgy in his spare
time in an effort to more deeply understand bullet performance in
the hunting fields.
Please join us in welcoming Glen to Gunblast.com!
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Glen
Bill Hamm
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Bill was born in 1945 and grew up in rural Alabama.
As with many Southern boys, he learned to handle guns, shoot, and
hunt at a very early age. His interest and love for guns has always
remained steadfast. Bill traded $10 and a good bicycle for his
first, very own, handgun when he about 14 years old. That gun happened
to be a Ruger Single-six
Flatgate .22 and he has had a thing for Rugers ever since.
While he has owned many different makes and models
of guns over the years, Bill began to really focus on collecting
Ruger single action revolvers in the early 1980s. He was honored
by the Ruger Collectors Association (RCA) in 1995 when he
was asked to represent them with his collection of
Ruger .44 Magnum Flattops and
Super Blackhawks at the NRA Annual Convention in
Phoenix, AZ.
Bill is a Field Representative for RCA, Life
Member of the NRA, a member of various gun collectors associations...and
our friend.
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Bill
Jesse L. "Wolf"
Hardin
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A fine writer, a wonderful illustrator, photographer,
poet, musician, historian, hunter, outdoorsman...Jess is a man who
wears many hats, and wears each with aplomb. A Renaissance man in
the truest sense of the word, Jess is nevertheless a plain-spoken
and down-to-Earth guy. He has written four published books, along
with hundreds of articles in publications as diverse as Shoot!
Magazine, Guns, Gun Digest, International Militaria Collector, Gray's
Journal, Wilderness Way, and Mother Earth News. He lives
in a remote area of the mountainous Southwest, where he can live
the life of a true Mountain Man. He looks the part; he walks the
walk; and he has the ability as a writer, storyteller and illustrator
to take us on his adventures with him, and to truly make history
"come alive".
Please join us in welcoming Jess Hardin to Gunblast.com!
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Jess
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Frank "Paco"
Kelly
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Paco was born in New York during the 1930s.
He went into the military in the mid-1950s and was transferred to
Africa in 1957. He trained military units in small arms -
a service the US was providing for some African countries during
that time. Over a two-year period in Africa while providing
training, Paco was also able to hunt and do ballistic testing.
He did two short tours in Southeast Asia and then
was discharged. He entered the New York School of Technology
and graduated in 1965. He entered Federal service with the
Dept. of Treasury in 1966 as criminal investigator. In 1968
he was transferred to Virginia. In two years he made so many
criminal cases on Federal drug violations that the Governor of Virginia
appointed him Director of the then-new Virginia Division of Drug
Abuse Control in 1970. He was the youngest State Commissioner
appointed in Virginia and the first New Yorker to hold the rank.
During his 5 years of service, the drug abuse statistics for the
State of Virginia fell from 3rd place in 1970 to 47th in 1975.
Paco returned to Federal Service in 1975 and worked
for the Dept. of Justice until he retired in 1984. He now
lives in Tucson with his wife Barbara.
In the 1990's Paco began studying for the Ministry
and today is Associate Pastor of a Church in Tucson.
He is also the current President of The
Shootists, a gathering of writers, firearms manufacturers
and enthusiasts from across the country. Their annual meeting,
called "The Shootists Holiday" is a week-long affair
that brings some of the top "gun" talent in the country
together.
A prolific writer, Paco has written thousands of
articles and several books over the years. For a number of
years he was Technical Editor of The Fouling Shot, the publication
of the The Cast Bullet Association. He was a Field
Editor for The Sixgunner, the publication of J.D. Jones
and Handgun Hunters International. A book that he wrote
in the 1980's - LEVERGUNS, AN AMERICAN HERITAGE (now long
out of print) is sought after by collectors and shooters.
Paco has invented a number of tools for reloaders/experimenters
over the year and is currently producing tools to increase the accuracy
and efficiency of the .22 Rimfire.
Paco continues writing. His articles can be found
on the Internet on Gunblast.Com,
Sixgunner.Com and
his own web site, Leverguns.Com.
We are honored to have the legendary Paco Kelly
as a member of the Gunblast.com team.
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Paco
Charles "Butch"
Kent
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The
photo of Butch Kent shows him in action&or reaction, as he fires
some of Jeff's handloads in a Ruger No 1 in 45-70.
Butch loves almost all shooting sports but most of all, he
loves the challenge of working with a fine firearm and getting the
most out of it with home brewed ammo. He has been reloading since
1968 when he acquired his first centerfire rifle. Since then, Butch's
handloads have kept him shooting his collection of rifles and handguns.
Whether its on paper or in the field after game of any size, he
has perfected a load that ensures the best accuracy and performance
of the firearm in use.
His
recent retirement from a career in the nuclear power industry provides
more leisure time and new opportunities for hunting and shooting
adventures. Now that he has joined the Gunblast staff of contributors,
hell be sharing some of his pet loads and experiences at the range
and in the woods.
Please
join us in welcoming Butch Kent to the Gunblast.com team!
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Butch
Terry Murbach
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We
are proud to welcome Terry Murbach to our staff at Gunblast.com. A
handgunner since 1951 and an Endowment Member of the NRA, Terry is one of our closest friends and
brother Shootists:
Terry has been a Shootist since 1990, and was honored as the 2010
Shootist of the Year.
Terry
is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Miss Healey's 4th-grade
class of 1954, Church Street School, Bowling Green, Ohio. In 1955 he
borrowed Elmer Keith's then-new, seminal "Sixguns
by Keith" from the school library, and kept it the
entire school year. It was FAR more interesting than Miss
Anderson's 5th-grade class; he says she didn't like him much
anyway, probably because he knew far more about sixguns than she
did!
In
his former career as one of our country's most respected gun writers
(he was on staff at "Handgunning" and "Peterson's
Handguns" magazines) and as a ballistician for two
different ammunition manufacturers, Terry has established himself as
one of the foremost authorities on handguns and metallic cartridge
loading; at last count, he loads for 135 different cartridges. Terry
is not the least bit dogmatic about cartridges, as they all have
their place in the scheme of things: each does what it can do, and
no more.
We
are gratified that Terry has agreed to emerge from his retirement to
pen a few articles for us. Please join us in welcoming him to
Gunblast.com!
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Terry
Joe Riekers
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Josef
Riekers (Joe) has been professionally involved in the shooting community
for nearly 20 years.
His business has evolved from field trial dog training, shotgun
importing and serving as an apprentice gun maker to his current
booking and outfitting
agency run by his wife.
Joe
has published books and articles on shotgunning and bird hunting
and hosted the former GunDogsUnlimited TV show.
He is currently the Shooting Editor for Covey Rise Magazine.
A
worldwide hunter, Joe has qualified for the Gold level in Safari
Clubs Introduced Trophies to North America.
After collecting over 400 big game animals, Joe now enjoys
introducing new shooters and hunters to the sport and providing
opportunities for hunters to pursue their dreams.
He also participates in and supports the Hunters for the
Hungry Program.
Joe
has a Masters Degree in Criminology with a minor in English and
Literature.
Full time, he is a Special Agent with a Federal law enforcement
agency, and will celebrate his 20th year in law enforcement
in 2008.
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Jim Taylor
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Gunblast.com is proud to welcome our friend Jim
Taylor as a contributing writer.
A true "renaissance man", Jim is equally
at home on his ranch, at the range (you should see him shoot a match
holding his revolvers upside-down "just to make it fair"),
or behind the Pulpit.
A Pastor for over thirty years, Jim has
permanently relocated to Africa, dedicating his life to mission work
there.
Jim has been Contributing Editor for The
New Gun Week, and Chairman of The
Shootists. In 2005, Jim was honored as the
Shootist of the Decade, joining the legendary John Taffin
as the only recipients of the award.
We welcome Jim's vast knowledge and expertise as
a member of the Gunblast.com team.
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Leroy Thompson
Leroy Thompson has been writing military, law enforcement,
security, firearms, and knife articles for more than 30 years.
He has had more than 1500 articles published and 37 books.
He specializes in tactical articles and tactical weapons.
But since Jeff Quinn is his hero, he wanted to do some writing for
GunBlast.com!
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Andy Tuttle
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SHOT Show)
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Andy is a school psychologist by day who works
with special education children but his passion is for exploring,
camping and shooting. His shooting experience began approximately 9
years ago with his best friend and a Lee Enfield rifle in 303
British. This set in motion a chain of events that eventually led
him to Mic McPherson, who built two custom rifles for Andy.
In gratitude and friendship, Andy helped Mr. McPherson set-up the Peggy
McPherson Benefit Account when she became deathly ill. Through
Mr. McPherson, Andy was eventually introduced to other Shootists.
Meanwhile, Andy was writing travel essays with photos of his camping
trips, and eventually firearm-related articles on Paco
Kelly's Leverguns.com. Andy eventually found another friend
and sponsor to get him into the 2008 SHOT Show where he met the
Quinn brothers, Jeff and Boge. Andy is perhaps best known for his
promotion of the Friends
of Billy Dixon Ultra Long Range Shooting Facility in
Hotchkiss, CO where he continues to seek the limits of how far he
can shoot his 71/84 Mauser, named “Old 3120”.
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