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Our Origins
Here we have some fun photos from Rick Smelko of our earlier days. There are some familiar faces here, and we can't remember some of the names. If you recognize any of the unknowns, please fill us in.
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Rick McAllister and Rick Smelko
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JC Brown
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Unknown
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Hans Apelles with Air Arms NJR
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Ken Reeves with TX200
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Dave Godfarb, Hans Apelles, Unkown
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Rick McAllister
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Dave Goldfarb with custom Career
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Uknown
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Ray Apelles
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JC Brown
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Bob Duncan
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Unknown
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Ken Reeves and Unknown
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Werner Wicka
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Abe Diez
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Unknown
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Jim Everett
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Rick Smelko
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Rick Smelko
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