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I only ever bought a chamber brush from him.
I bought a lot of reloading components and a Colt AR-15 (preban) from him, but it was all face-to-face deals either at a match or when I met him to buy the rifle. While he had problems at the end, early on, he had the potential to REALLY screw a lot of people over, since he didn't have the ability to charge credit cards at matches, he was recording numbers on a pad of paper, and I never heard of him charging anybody extra (of course, everybody knew exactly how to find him).
I remember buying parts, ammo, and safety indicators from him out of his vehicle, at the 600 yard line parking lot, after matches a few times. I did let him write down my cc info, and never did have a problem.
It's pretty unfortunate how he went sideways with all that stuff. He used to be a nice guy, helpful, and always had what I needed, and good to have a laugh with.
Some people don't do good with business, and some people handle things poorly. It's unfortunate that what used to be a decent fellow ended up being both of those bad things.
I have high respect for people that can do a good job in the gun business (most small businesses, actually) I used to do refinishing for people, and light repair/modification/cleaning work in my spare time. I was pretty happy doing it, but once people started calling that I did not know, and there started to be a lot of stuff to do, I realized a really strong potential to become one of those pariahs of the gun community we hear about, keeping projects too long, losing stuff, and being generally hated while trying to do things the way you do them. I cut it off, and will only work on stuff as I please, for friends who understand that I have a very full life.
The stuff about the hog hunting is pretty inexcusable. I guess we can all get fooled by a friendly guy once in a while. Hopefully folks will steer clear of doing business with him once the word is really out there.