Having had many interests over the years, guns have been a
constant part of my life!
I have been a very successful competitive shooter, winning
several states and a national championship in Police Combat. I started
my competitive shooting with the Keystone Military Shooters back in the 70's
during the beginning days of IPSC. I got started in PPC when I joined the SCID (State
Correctional Institute at Dallas). I did that for a couple of years and
then joined the Sheriff's department and we formed a four man team.
For several years we competed very successfully, winning many states matches
and National titles both as a team and individually.
Currently all my shooting is just for fun, but I do carry
daily, as I have for the past forty years. I reload all my ammunition
on a Dillon XL 650 press. Having had many reloading machines over the
years including the infamous RCBS Green Machine, Dillon by far is the
best bang for the buck.
I also dabbled in the R/C hobby for 20+ years starting with
pulsed gliders and spending 10 years and sixty thousand dollars
flying Helicopters. Having gotten to the point that my scale machines
were winning contests and my aerobatic skills had improved to the point to
that I became the teacher. I quit the hobby when I became bored and
tired of spending 2 to 3 grand for wrecked machines every time I wanted to
learn something new.
Being involved in computers for over forty-three years, varying
from large scale mainframes such as the IBM 360, or 3090 down to the
midrange AS400 series and PCs since their inception, I have taken my
interest in photography from the film/chemical darkroom stage in the mid
60's to the digital age!
My first digital camera was the Epson Photo PC 500 to my
current Nikons DSLRs with all the goodies.