Dedication
To my Mother and Father
My father taught me to take pride in the things that I own, to treat them with care, and use them properly so that they serve me well. It is because of him that I own a 10-year-old truck and a 30-year-old jeep, both of which run just fine with half a million miles between them. I also cannot thank him enough for teaching me to shoot at a young age.
My mother taught me the value of getting the most out of the equipment you own by learning how it functions, inside and out, so you can fix it if the need should arise. I can remember a time when I was all of about 9 years old and the iron in our house stopped working. My mom explained to me that you don't throw something away just because it is old. Fiddling with the ...