Artilleryman, we couldn't agree more. We were shocked to see that Peter and Kathryn Jorgensen used almost every picture we provided, plus a couple of their own. To say that Mike and I are pleased is the understatement of the millennium! We almost needed Cat Wisperer's GPS gadget to find The Artilleryman office on a mountain top in Vermont. Absolutely incredible views of the lush, green Vermont mountains and valleys spread out in all directions. The Jorgensens and the Artilleryman staff were very cordial and friendly; we really enjoyed our visit. At the beginning of the article in the Editor's Note, Peter wrote this preface:
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Editor's note: During the summer Tracy Kunze and Michael Couture visited our Vermont office.
They were on the road from their homes in Colorado, showing the functional and accurate scale
cannon they produce as Seacoast Artillery Company. The men worked in quality assurance in the
aerospace, aircraft and computer industries. They met in 1976 at a Colorado School of Trades
gunsmithing school where they built and shot a variety of target rifles and small cannon." If you want to get a copy, or, better yet, start a subscription, at only $18 per year, The Artilleryman magazine can be found at the following address and phone no.:
Historical Publications
234 Monarch Hill Road
Tunbridge, VT 05077
Phone: 1 (800) 777-1862
They also publish the excellent newspaper, The Civil War News, which has more good info. on this subject than any other publication that we have every read.
Almost forgot! Pretty soon Bill Graham, (Graybeard), will have to start paying Mike and I for our GBO traveling salesman gig. Just below is the blurb we managed to get in the current issue of the Artilleryman magazine. Just think of all that money; maybe we could even make more than the moderators do!!! Mike is looking up 28 foot, 350 h.p. boats as I type this.
"Readers interested in the rifling machine
can find 15 pages of photos and text at
www.gbocannons.com, "How to Make a
Rifling Machine, A to Z.""
Regards,
Tracy and Mike
