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Kent;
Thanks so much for doing that brother.

Dwayne

He was divorced, and no children. I just talked to him maybe a month ago or so, no indication of any thing wrong. I know in times past in discussion one of the things on his mind was who would end up with his little spread.

I have know Greg for a decade or more. He would come into the store and we would talk about planting crops, welding, guns, dogs, machining, whatever. Greg did not always travel in a straight line and was sometimes hard to follow. Tolerance was not one of his virtues, but once you earned his respect you had it for life. We had a good relationship.

I had (have) a Krag-jorgensen single shot action. My dad had given it to me when I said I wanted to make a single shot 45/70. I showed it to Greg and he badgered me about letting him barrel and chamber it for me. Glad I finally let him do it. I test fired it one day at CCCC's place. Have a nice piece of walnut I got from another friend to make a stock. A work in progress that will someday be completed.

Like him or not, Greg was always being Greg and that made him unique. He enjoyed sharing what he had accomplished and would only ask your opinion if he valued your advice. Not one to mince words, you knew where he stood. He wasn't afraid to tell you to leave the kitchen if you couldn't stand the fire. He broke the mold after he made Greg!

Yep, he welcomed me here with a solid ball busting,,,I took it, and he accepted my explanation with "well we'll see how this plays out, I'll be watching you"...

I respected it, he shot straight and didn't like any lying or BS...Old school, they don't make em like that anymore.

Crap. Some real salt has left the meal.

I had not met crossfireoops, conversed, good bad or otherwise. But I always looked forward to what he had to say and the projects he posted. Now he's the stuff of legend.

There's something to be said about a man and his dog departing this world together. It seems he would've wanted it that way. I wish them both Godspeed.

cf

Please make sure that gathering is stickied here. I might haul my fat ass down there for that. Been thinking about making a SW gathering but never nutted up.

Damn. What a loss. Greg was a colorful character and a straight shooter.

RIP Greg and Gracie.

kent, i believe he had a younger dog along with gracie

RIP Sir..

His no having posted in so long, I was afraid this might be the outcome. So sorry to hear. RIP.

I don't suppose it would hurt to describe some of what i knew. I met greg quite a while ago, and he had moved to the sierra vista region with a wife, and that went sideways. We talked an awful lot about the border. What people didn't know really he at one time spent a lot of time in south america, and i remember a picture album of people in mexico he was close to.
Life was not easy on him, and he had to scrabble i think to make things go.
he ended up with a lot in the desert really, moved an ol 12wide trailer on it and was constantly improving things. He was a wizzard at that, from his garden area, fruit trees, solar, just a whizz at making things, and he really made a little garden spot out of it my opinion.
We use to talk a lot about his mother, as i had been in a similar situation taking care of my mother. I met her a number of times and she was quite the lady. He by far did the honorable thing with her.
I seem to remember some discussion about what would happen to his place if he went, as i don't think there was anyone around.
Our relationship wasn't always easy, as neither one of us is easy to be around all the time, but we got along for a lot of years.
He had expanded his little farm i believe to goats, rabbits, and some other stuff. Be a shame to see it go back into the desert.
He had a real talent with black powder metallic weapons. I think one of the first times i met him years ago was at three points at a shooting competition for that event.
My wife liked him, which is saying quite a bit. I will have to tell her shortly of this.
First time greg met her, danged if he didn't bow down and kiss her hand. Kind of impressive really.
I am tempted to drive down there, but i don't know if anything i could do at this point.
the more i think of this, the more i can only say, damn, just damn. Not something i wanted to hear.

My sentiments exactly.

I was worried about this when that other thread popped up a bit back.

I have a fondness for cantankerous old dudes, especially knowledgeable ones, perhaps that's why I enjoyed his posts.

You folks that still imbibe.......... tilt one to Greg for me.

Geno

PS, Cross wherever you are I will think of you whenever someone says they have a magical lubricant.

Man was Old School! Never met or corresponded with him but I enjoyed his posts.
Pulled no punches for certain. Fire won't be the same.
RIP Sir from SE Alberta.

'The death of expertise' is an argument that the internet provides a pretender with Google can compete with an actual knowledgeable person. The bystanders and those looking for useful information might not be able to tell the difference - to their loss.

There are a few things I know something about and on those topics I can cull the pretenders. Over the years I came to trust Crossfireoops on many of the topics I could not.

Damm that sucks.

He was a good fellow and a hoot to talk with.

Adios, mis amigos - vaya con Dios!
Hasta luego!

RIP, I too enjoyed his comments.

on getting to his gate i usually sat on my horn and flipped him off out of the truck window. kind of a ritual

The 'fire is greatly diminished. Rest in peace my friend.

George