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I am a 48 year old firearms historian living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
I was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and lived in 11 Canadian cities and towns ( Burlington, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Surrey, Agincourt, on a farm in rural Brock Township, Peterborough, Guelph, Cambridge, and Calgary) before moving to the United States; first to Raleigh, North Carolina in 2001, and then to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2017.
I hold a history degree ( summa cum laude) from North Carolina State University where I was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior. My honors thesis was on the rise of Smith & Wesson as an example of an early Chandlerian modern enterprise.
At various times I have also attended Brock High School, Trent University, Fleming College (from which I graduated as a geological technician), Niagara College, Durham Technical Community College, Fayetteville State University, Baton Rouge Community College, Louisiana State University, and Indiana University Bloomington.
My primary research interests are in early American cartridge load revolvers. I focus heavily on the Smith & Wesson Model 1, but I also study guns like the Slocum revolver, those of Lucius Willson Pond, the Manhattan Firearms Company, and Rollin White, to name a few.
I sit on the board of directors for the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association and am the secretary/treasurer of the Smith & Wesson Historical Foundation. I'm also a member of the American Society of Arms Collectors.
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I am a 48 year old firearms historian living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
I was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and lived in 11 Canadian cities and towns ( Burlington, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Surrey, Agincourt, on a farm in rural Brock Township, Peterborough, Guelph, Cambridge, and Calgary) before moving to the United States; first to Raleigh, North Carolina in 2001, and then to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2017.
I hold a history degree ( summa cum laude) from North Carolina State University where I was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior. My honors thesis was on the rise of Smith & Wesson as an example of an early Chandlerian modern enterprise.
At various times I have also attended Brock High School, Trent University, Fleming College (from which I graduated as a geological technician), Niagara College, Durham Technical Community College, Fayetteville State University, Baton Rouge Community College, Louisiana State University, and Indiana University Bloomington.
My primary research interests are in early American cartridge load revolvers. I focus heavily on the Smith & Wesson Model 1, but I also study guns like the Slocum revolver, those of Lucius Willson Pond, the Manhattan Firearms Company, and Rollin White, to name a few.
I sit on the board of directors for the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association and am the secretary/treasurer of the Smith & Wesson Historical Foundation. I'm also a member of the American Society of Arms Collectors.