I come from a family with a long history of gun ownership. I enjoy both hand guns and rifles which I own several, with a recent acquisition of a Rugar Old Army 44 black powder revolver, which I'm thoroughly enjoying. My primary interest is target shooting and self defense. I attended my first hunter safety course at 10 years of age and took possession of my first firearm, A Marlin 39A lever action 22, which 49 years later, I still own
I spent 3 years in the Navy and another 31 as a civilian working with experimental ordnance for the Navy and DOD. During a time of my career, I worked on the gun line where we did lot acceptance testing and I had the pleasure of personally firing several thousand rounds of a 5" 54 and 120mm with a 1944 German Howitzer. The first several hundred were fun, then it became a job.......
After years of buying my ammo, I'm finally going to the next level and I'm learning to re-load. In my search for information, I stumbled onto this site. Looks like a great place to learn something, and hopefully offer something in return.