Brief Resume of Gordy's Gunsmithing Background
Own and operate a precision gunsmithing shop for over 36 years - since 1987. Highly experienced in bolt action accurizing, custom rifle building, and general gunsmithing
Background and trade school education in gunsmithing, mechanics and machining
Founder, co-owner, operator of Iowa 1000 Yard Benchrest Association, a club where we held registered IBS 1000 yard benchrest rifle matches from 2003-2010
Rangemaster for registered BR-50 rimfire benchrest matches for three years and local 200 yard Varmint Rifle benchrest matches for five years
Rangemaster for Varmint Hunter Magazine's annual Jamboree rifle matches (a prestigious five day event attended by people from all over the world)
Member of Varmint Hunter Magazine's "Gunsmith Advisory Panel"
Speaker at the Varmint Hunter Jamboree's technical seminars for a number of years
Author of numerous technical articles published by Varmint Hunter Magazine over the years
Instructor of a custom riflesmithing class for three years at the summer NRA Gunsmithing School in Oklahoma
Organize and instruct a number of ongoing classes/schools in Precision Rifle Building and in Long Range/1000 yard shooting (see website "Classes / Schools" page for details)
Conducted a number of precision rifle building classes for a Defense contractor's gunsmithing department to help them consistently build more accurate sniper/tactical rifles
Conduct training classes for five large bullet manufacturers and other manufacturing companies in high-accuracy gunsmithing and 1000 yard/long range shooting
Helped Grizzly Industrial design a "Gunsmiths Lathe" specifically for building high-accuracy rifles
Made a professional gunsmithing DVD with Grizzly Industrial: "Chambering a Championship Match Barrel"In the process of producing the "Extreme Accuracy Series" of precision gunsmithing DVD's for do-it-yourselfers and professional gunsmiths
Builder of a number of custom rifles featured in Varmint Hunter Magazine
Builder of rifles winning numerous National Championships in multiple disciplines, as well as numerous state, regional, and club championships over the years
Builder of rifles that have set several IBS 1000 Yard world records, and numerous state and club records around the USA
Builder of rifles winning multiple American F-Class regional and National championships, and Canadian F-Class Provincial championships, and rifles that have set F-Class records
Builder of many high accuracy rifles used by customers across North America to set records and win various rifle competitions including the Varmint Hunter Jamboree, Coyote Hunting National Championship, 1000 yard matches, 600 yard matches, F-Class matches, PRS matches, BR-50, Rimfire benchrest, 100 and 200 yard benchrest matches, sniper matches, NRA service rifle matches, as well as for varmint and big game hunting
Students who have been trained in my classes have built rifles that have won a lot of championships and set many records over the years