BFA, MFA, National Match Gunsmith, Owner/Gunning Arts, Inc. Since 1977
Past Shop Forman & Rifle Gunsmith for the First Army Marksmanship Training Unit
Past Shop Forman & Rifle Gunsmith for the First Army Marksmanship Training Unit
Professional Experience:
- Fulton Armory, Savage, MD Chief Gunsmith, National Match Gunsmith (8 years) - Retired
- US Army Marksmanship Training Unit #1, Ft. Meade National Match Gunsmith & Instructor, (Civilian, 8 years) Trained by Ray Parkinson
- US Army DIO Weapons Branch, Ft. Meade Small Arms Repair & Armorer, (Civilian, 1 year)
- Firing Pin Gunshop, Catonsville, MD Owner / Manager / Gunsmith (4/76 through 7/81)
- Army Marksmanship Unit, Ft. Benning, GA - AMU National Match Gunsmith Training
- US Army Counter Sniper School, Ft. Meade - Diploma, March, 1984
- US Army Small Arms Repair School, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD Audit, Fall 1987
- Built special weapons, M21 sniper systems, NM Guns for the 10th Special Forces Group, Ft. Devens, MA, US Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Ft. Meade MP Installation Special Reaction Team.
- Built NM rifles that won the All-Army National Match Championships in 1984 & 1985, plus accurizing work on over 5,000 other match firearms.
- NRA Life Member since 1974, Vietnam Veteran
In the MTU #1 Rifle Maintenance Van. 1986 All-Army Championships.
1984 - At the Ft. Meade Counter Sniper Range with one of the mid-range sniper rifles I built.
With a row of National Match M14/M1A rifles built while working at Fulton Armory and a midget shooter.
At the SOTI Weapons Maintenance Shop.
Charlie Maloeny instructing Sfc. Bill Amalung in the SOTI shop at Ft. Devens, Mass.
