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STARmedic/Bruce

Thanks for the heads up and we hope you'll throw a log in the fire here.

Just got off the phone with Flinch.....And am gonna have a no BS answer for him on the where, how, when and why of his rifle by tomorrow evening.

Bruce

Bruce where you located? In-laws are in Del Rio and we visit now and then. Maybe next time we're in town a cup of coffee and doughnut may be in order.

This is gonna get good. You da' man Bruce!

Just figured out who you are.Welcome to the Campfire and let us know the final outcome of Flinch's rifle or parts of a rifle...

Happy Birthday Huntr

Im the largest Irish guy in Brackettville, well known by everyone in the town due to my occupation. A cup of joe would be perfect would love to sit down with anyone from this board and shoot the breeze. My girlfriend works and is from Del Rio and her family all lives out that way, apart from her mom who lives in Katy. In the next few months I may be goin to school in College Station to finish up my current career path.

Take care and God Bless..

Bruce

Jeez, not another Aggie. You seem like a smart guy, one would think you could get into a better school. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Seriously, welcome to the campfire.

Bruce
You get Flinch's parts back and I will make a personal donation to your textbook fund!
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If the stock or metalwork needs a refinish, I'll happily oblige. Polane T and Cerakote - my dime. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

MtnHtr

Jeff,

[bleep] dude,you were greeted with open arms,on numerous levels. There was a time,when you were received largely as "Family",on this and other Boards.

Whatcha have done,is a sickening slap to the face of everyone,who has ever granted you a glimmer of credence. I suppose it is just testimony,that you saw fit to remove all doubts,in that you've retained nary a whit of selfrespect or accountability.

I feel like an azzhole,for going to bat for you,on multiple occassion. For those that I quietly asked for discretions,I apologize profusely and pronounce my own stuptitude,in light of your circumstances. I was under false illusion,that there was intent to satisfy and I hope I didn't cost anyone loot.

Dude,you're a piece of [bleep] and a KING sized portion to boot............................

I'll toss $100,even though Flinch is an azzhole...............(grin)

I now feel REAL lucky my situation turned out smelling like roses, but then again, I wasn't exactly the nice guy that Flinchy is.

Dude,I'm glad I didn't hang your satisfactions.

You WAS right,I was WRONG.

My apologies,even though you fared well.......................

Further,ala the 'Hide:




"To the Snipers Hide Community,

Celt (AKA Jeff Hicks) is the biggest liar and thief I have ever had the misfortune to meet. The reason Jeff didn't get paid was he didn't do any work! Since Dan, Mary and I have tried to turn HD around, we have invested another 150,000 dollars and spent a tremendous amount of time (free to HD) as well as completing 60% of the backorders. Most of these guns were completed by Clay and Alex while Jeff got paid for them.

Furthermore, my wife Mary went though the old financial records and she discovered Jeff�s fraudulent activities. We are having these turned over to the Country attorney for pursuit of criminal charges.

Since we have become involved with Jeff Hicks, we discovered that he hid old bills, lied to customers, and stole corporate funds. Additionally, various customer-furnished and/or inventory parts have mysteriously disappeared.

Mary and I have communicated directly with various customers in attempting to resolve old issues only to find out the extent of Jeff Hicks� lies and how he took money from people long before we ever became involved. The problems with HD were going on long before we ever entered the picture. It was Jeff Hicks who mislead the customers and took monies without any intention of completing their work. He told people that their guns were done and got them to send money (which he spent) and the parts were never even ordered much less completed!

The SH community knows, particularly those customers who were deceived and/or ignored, that the source of the problem was Jeff Hicks. I challenge Jeff to sue me if this is incorrect. He is simply a liar, thief and possibly more. I will not address other issues regarding his character that have come to light but I assure the members of the SH community that I am not worrying about being sued for slander by Mr. Hicks.

As far as Bruce�s statements on the Hide, I know that he is correct and support what he has said. While I didn't know everything that he revealed (since he had left before I came into this unfortunate situation), I understand him to be a man who is honest to a fault and I am sorry he has been caught up in this whole thing too.

As to my earlier defense of Audie, I stand corrected! And he will no longer be communicating lies, misrepresentations, etc. to any of you because his services have been terminated, wholly and completely, as of today. (I think this is the only honest statement Mr. Hicks has made on the Hide insofar as I am aware.)

The only thing that has happened since the new owners have come on is that suppliers were finally getting paid and guns were going out (albeit at significant personal cost)! I realize that I am angry at this point in time; however, I stand by what I have said, and these statements have not been made lightly. To those of you with whom Mary and I have had personal contact during my short tenure at HDR, I trust that you feel we have treated you with respect, honesty and fairness. We were unaware of the seriousness of HD�s problems, and have endeavored only to try to ameliorate them to the best of our abilities as we became aware of them.

I realize it is not much consolation to those of you who believe you have received the short end of the stick with HDR, but please bear in mind that we are in the same sad boat as you, only worse, since we have invested a tremendous amount of personal funds, while receiving not one red cent. We were totally unaware of the situation when we got into the business, and in essence, we are the biggest losers of all. Jeff Hicks is the only individual who walks away with cash, paid to him faithfully, over years� plus anything else he could steal.

Finally, Jeff leaves HDR, after single-handedly creating the mess, and having dedicated absolutely no effort, not even perfunctory, in trying to clean it up. We, unfortunately, are left trying to clean up after his lies, misrepresentations, and thievery. We will continue to endeavor to rectify, to the best of our abilities, this unfortunate situation, just as we have done over the last four months... as Celt fades out, under cover of darkness that thieves find so appealing�
Respectfully and Sadly Submitted,
Herbert Shriver"

JBelk did screw a lot of people too, though I doubt that guy is building much of anything now.

He was another one that deserved everything he got.

MH,
How about we split the deal on Flinch's rifle. One of us do the paint, and the other do the Cerakote.

I'll spring for either.

I'm serious too, Flinch. Shoot me a PM, and I'll send you my address.

LMAO thinking of the night I received the rifle, after well over a year, and broke the freakin McMillan within 10 minutes. That WAS a classic. I called them up the next day and demanded something instantly and was give the tactical in exchange which was later traded for the best damn rifle I've ever laid hands on, a Sisk 7 Rem Mag with a Nesika action.

Ain'tthatabitch!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Utterly speechless here after reading Stick's quote off SH.

MtnHtr <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />