For most of my life, I kept two worlds separate.
There was the professional world — the one with pressed shirts, tax codes, deadlines, and the steady rhythm of a calculator. That world demanded a certain kind of discipline, a certain kind of quiet. It was a good life, an honest one, and it carried my name in a way that needed to stay polished.
And then there was the other world.
The world of walnut grips and blued steel.
The world of old catalogs and handwritten notes.
The world of men like Gil Hebard, whose influence stretched far beyond the pages of a catalog.
The world of the 1946 K-22 Masterpiece — a revolver that, for many of us, was not just a firearm but a rite of passage.
That world was mine too, but I kept it tucked away. Not hidden, exactly — just quiet. Like an old friend you wave to across the street but never stop to talk to because you are late for a meeting.
So consider this an introduction to an old friend.
Not just the guns, or the stories, or the history — but the man who has been walking alongside them for decades.
I have spent a lifetime collecting, studying, photographing, and preserving pieces of American firearm culture. I have met characters, handled treasures, and followed trails that led me deep into the past. And now, for the first time, I am ready to tell those stories in my own voice.
You will see more of me on the site — in the articles, in the commentary, in the little notes that only a collector with a few miles on him would think to add. You will see the fingerprints of a lifetime spent appreciating the craftsmanship of another era. You will see the man behind the camera, behind the research, behind the words.
Retirement Changes Things
It gives you time to breathe, time to look backward and forward at the same moment. And somewhere in that space, I realized something simple:
I do not have to keep these worlds separate anymore.
GunCollectorsClub.com has been around for years, but it has mostly been a place for information — clean, factual, organized. Useful, yes. But it did not have much of me in it. I built it, maintained it, and cared for it, but I stayed behind the curtain.
Back when I was running a public accounting firm, a search for my name increasingly pulled up GCC. As the site gained traction, I had to step back and maintain a modest degree of separation.
Site timeline
From personal hobby site to collector reference library
Gun Collectors Club did not begin as a polished reference site. It started as a personal project, grew through years of collecting, writing, photography, and research, and eventually became a structured library for firearm history, identification, and collector education.
The timeline below gives readers a simple way to understand how the site evolved.
- 2006 — Domain registered The GunCollectorsClub.com domain was secured, giving the project a permanent home.
- 2008–2015 — Early blog era The site developed through personal posts, firearm notes, photographs, and collector observations.
- 2016–2023 — Research-heavy growth More pages became model-focused, history-focused, and collector-reference oriented.
- 2024–2026 — GCC becomes a reference site The site shifted into a deeper resource with serial number guides, timelines, firearm profiles, and original photography.
- 2026 — Full redesign + author steps forward A cleaner design, stronger structure, and more personal author voice begin the next chapter.
