Reeder Custom Guns - my earlier life was pretty dull compared to these guys

Gary Reeder
my earlier life was pretty dull compared to these guys
Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 16:01

I got into radio when I was 17, right out of high school. I stayed in radio as a rock DJ for 22 years before retiring in '85. Along the way, I played drums for a bit. I did a little stock car racing on a dirt track in Paducah Ky. In '78 while still in radio in Nashville, I started a gun shop with a partner. I was Ops manager of the station and the owner bought a new station on an island off Sarasota Florida, and wanted me to go down there and run it for him, so I left the gun shop and moved to Florida. While working at the radio station off Sarasota, I started a little shop in my garage in '81 and started building custom XP-100s and Contender barrels and a few 1911s. In '85 after a lot of partying and rock concerts and after concert parties, I retired from radio and moved to Santa Fe and opened a new shop building guns full time. Both my parents lived in Florida and were in ill health so in '87 I moved the shop back to Florida to be with them. Both of them passed away and I wanted to be back in the mountains so in '94 I moved my shop to Flagstaff and have been here for 24 years.

In my younger years I was an Army brat and lived for many years in Italy, Austria and Germany so moving a lot came second nature to me.

Question - Jim Taylor, 2018-09-12, 06:30
- In the Late 70s I was a 3 time - Brant, 2018-09-12, 17:01
- Humnae Wildlife Eviction and Exclusion - R.J. Fitzgerald, 2018-09-12, 14:42
- Falconry for 8 years, Red-tailed Hawk on cottontails, possum - Rsim, 2018-09-12, 13:30
- Although not considered a Misfit - steve todd, 2018-09-12, 11:26
  - And why wouldn't you be a Misfit?... - Huey, 2018-09-12, 13:55
    - Thank you - steve todd, 2018-09-12, 15:22
- Wuzza - Da Duke, 2018-09-12, 10:11
- I was a White Water river guide and trainer - Blake, 2018-09-12, 09:58
  - I think my wife and I rode through there in 94? - WB, 2018-09-12, 10:27
    - Yep that’s how it works. TVA dam controlled water flow (nm) - Blake, 2018-09-12, 12:55
- Did a LOT of motorcycle road racing back in the 90s. - Amede, 2018-09-12, 07:12
  - Never did any racing, it still do track days - Blake, 2018-09-12, 13:18
    - If my math is right that's about a 98-99 mph average! (nm) - WB, 2018-09-12, 13:59
    - Never got the chance to ride there. Alcorn - Amede, 2018-09-12, 13:22
      - Great track layout. Three blind corners if - Blake, 2018-09-12, 17:50
- Anytime Jim asks a question I brace myself, but - WB, 2018-09-12, 06:52
  - Bravo Scotty. (nm) - SPB, 2018-09-12, 09:51
    - my earlier life was pretty dull compared to these guys - Gary Reeder, 2018-09-12, 16:01
      - I'm sure i ain't the only one - steve todd, 2018-09-12, 19:27
      - Talking to a guy about U'r tower climbing the other day! - WB, 2018-09-12, 18:47
        I forgot about that. Working at the radio station I - Gary Reeder, 2018-09-12, 20:52
        I don't think I could have done that. No. I know I couldn't. (nm) - Jim Taylor, 2018-09-13, 17:00
        I was much younger and dumber then. In my mid 20s. (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2018-09-13, 17:06
        It's amazing as I get older - Jim Taylor, 2018-09-13, 17:18