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https://www.americanhunter.org/content/melvin-forbes-and-family-announce-gunsmithing-scholarship/

Stumbled onto this article tonight……a good place to send an end of year donation.

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Ya, nothing in it for me of course but I’ve enjoyed his guns, story and talking with him a few times over the years. Visited with him in 2012 or ‘13 on the way to the 24HCF hog hunt and he couldn’t have been more gracious.

Myself and a friend both figured it was a worthy cause.

I know the folks running the gunsmithing program at Montgomery Community College very well. They are top-notch instructors with very well-equipped workshops/labs for the students.

Moreover, unlike most schools, MCC is very pro-gun. If the president of the college attends the NRA Annual Meeting to promote their gunsmithing program, I think it says something.

In full disclosure, to keep myself busy during the pandemic I got an associates from them in Hunting and Shooting Sports Management. The program was online yet very comprehensive.

Wish I would have ordered a rifle back when he was making them. I have several based off his designs but not one of his. He really was a genius at what he did.

What a great opportunity to learn a trade.