Gary Reeder
when Charlie called me about the bullets at first he was
Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 17:38

just sort of solemn and quiet when he asked me to do him a favor. When I asked him what did he need, that I would be happy to do whatever, he brightened up and began telling me about this new bullet. I could tell he was so proud of that bullet. When he asked if we would try them out on a hunt, I told him sure I would. He sent me a big box of the bullets he wanted us to try out for him. It was the middle of winter, 2002 I think, so not much hunting going on til spring. I loaded up a batch of them and figured it best to try them out in something that had a lot of punch, like the 454. By mid spring, I was ready to try them out on some coyotes and then in the fall try them out on a Bison at the Celebrity Handgun Hunt. But that was not to be. In mid spring one of his friends, I thought he said he was Charlie's partner, called and gave me the info about his death. He was also the one that told me about the Mossad. And like I mentioned earlier today, whether that was true or not, I have no idea. I was also told he died outside Atlanta whereas the story above mentioned Georgetown. I have no idea which is right or if they are the same place. Either way we lost a brilliant man, a designer and developer. I didn't know Charlie as a close friend, just as a casual friend. I always feel privileged that he came to us to help him push his innovative bullet. And at the same time I feel ticked off that so many companies are copying his design and none of the credit goes to Charlie.