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RIP Greg & Gracie

First time we crossed paths was the "infamous" Military Sniper Rifle" thread. Knew right then, as Cross ripped Lee24 a new one, that he was a genuine guy !

To those that knew him personally, I am sorry for your loss.

Will be missed & yes, for sure, we are diminished by his passing.

Godspeed, Greg.

Too good.... If she needs help moving the body tell her to send me a pm.

Very cool, thanks for the link. Hadn't seen that before nor the video.

Will do, thanks! If you don't mind, could you check just once for a pulse before the plunge.

I hope I live long enough to take a crap on your grave.

This is a sad loss. My condolences to all those who knew him better than I. Glad we were able to have a 24HR gathering at his place at least once.

You have to like a guy who builds cannons, expects to fire them, and does fire them. I have a secure place in my heart for the story he told about ambushing and killing a cattle-eating grizzly -- with a .270 and 150g handloads. Smiling here.

I always appreciated his updates regarding real-life southern border goings-on, I'm ~125mi off the northern border and we don't get any updates outside of Nat'l news. Never met, or talked with him, probably to my detriment. Enjoyed his building and fix-r-upper postings a lot. Struck me as a man that a savvy sheriff and judge could've employed to give direction to young folks who needed it and in such a manner that even one hell-bent on rebellion could've been harnessed and re-directed towards being productive in polite law-abiding society. Could've showed the directionless the value, respect, and pride derived from a job only performed and executed properly.

Will verify. My middle kid is interested in CSI stuff so I'll let her do a body temp check.

My firsh laugh of the day. Thanks.

scott, i think it would be messy, you would have to get in line. Ed had the right idea.

I only met him once but learned he could sure tell a story and he had a bucketful of them.

One of the things about greg that pops to mind, is somebody at some time, on one of those internet snarls, made a remark about him being a transplant and not a real arizonian.
well, i thought that funny, cause it is true he was not from arizona, but he was much typical of an ol arizona cowboy, i should know as my family goes back to the 1800's here, and a lot of the men folk talked and acted just like cross.
He had a very good knowlege of the region he lived in and border conditions.
And he was kind. He kissed my wife's hand the first time he met her, and sent us home with some fruit from one of his trees. She made a pie out of that fruit.
Gonna miss him.

Dam.. he and I got crossways of each other when I first came on the forum in a big way, but after a while I grew to respect him and look forward to his posts. Didn't always agree with his opinions, but he was one of the really good ones.

We could do with more like him.

Folks, this Campfire gang in the SW is a loose confederation - except when we really need to get something right, and then we pull together pretty well. Our compadres who join us from around the US are simply the best, and they add a full measure when they can.

The news regarding Greg's death has hit us suddenly, and hard, so we still are a bit disorganized as we calculate how to do our best in memory of Greg and to help with the situation in any way we can. The immediate challenge has to do with establishing credible rapport with the SO and medical examiner so we can proceed with a best effort. It would also help to have any solid info about any next of kin. If you know or have any access to such info, please PM that.

We won't waste space and your time with tidbits here, but for certain will post solid info and any eventual plan. Having experienced the great nature of many of you that live distant, we realize that you would wish to be involved in some way. Such opportunity will be a top priority.

P

Sad chit RIP....

Thank you for posting that , and damn photobucket to hell. I would have really liked to see all those pics. This kind of talent should not be allowed to be held for ransom like PB is doing.

Mack thanks for sharing that thread

Besides walking down memory lane it gives other members here an insight to just how special Greg was

Gonna miss that ole boy. Loved rereading that rifle build

Well, crap. I'm gonna miss his reports from the border and his curmudgeonly style.

I can't recall for sure, but suspect that I was a recipient of his barbs in one thread or another - but I took it as a compliment that he cared to respond. The man had my respect and I always thought of him as one of the 'Fire's best.

Greg and I didn't see eye to eye at times but he always had my respect

The phone calls between us were few but always lengthy. Now I wish they had been more so on both accounts.

He will be missed