I lived in the Midwest all my life until 2007 when the wife and I decided "let's do it." We always wanted to live near the mountains and I appreciate the view every day. I love older Marlin rifles, my 1874 Hartford Shiloh Sharps in 45/70, Smith revolvers, a few Ruger Blawkhawks, and a few bolt rifles.

Here is my latest, a new 10FP SR in .308 ... Athlon Midas TAC 6-24x50 FFP MOA scope with Athlon Precision low rings, a Glades Armory bolt knob/handle, EGW 20 MOA rail, Airsson Cheek Rest, and a throw lever from MK Machining is on the way. I still have the factory stock on as I haven't decided what I was going to buy so I painted it. I also haven't bought a bipod yet ... maybe an Atlas CAL model.




I am not a long range shooter by any stretch but hope to tune this up to where I can enjoy shooting at longer distances than before. It's nothing fancy and that's okay.

Here is my Sharps made in Big Timber, MT ... 32" octagon, MVA sights, in 45/70








Some of my Marlins ...


My camp gun ... .45 Colt BH with Patrick Grashorn elk grips


Looking forward to learning from you guys ... happy to be here