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Title: Shooting Sports Loses Another
Post by: MikeBjerum on July 12, 2014, 10:42:16 PM

Rick Johnson was a great friend of mine, a friend and supporter of all shooting sports, and a world class gunsmith.  Most of the champions coming out of USPSA, Area 3 shoot guns made, customized, tweeked, and just plain messed with by Rick at Red Line Custom.

Many of you will remember my UPS weekend in Oklahoma.  It was Rick Johnson who built my gun for that trip.  He also worked on several of my other guns.  He was going to put a Claw Sight on my new Glock, and I was in heavy negotiations concerning rebuilding my old STI open gun from .45 acp to 9 major.

Rick's shop was about ten miles from our crematory, so I spent many hours sitting on a stool watching him work his magic and swapping tall tales as the time passed.

Below is the obit, and following that what Rick helped me do one hot June weekend.

http://www.hamiltonfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2591139&fh_id=13380 (http://www.hamiltonfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2591139&fh_id=13380)

That old fat man is wearing a Red Line Custom T-Shirt and shooting a custom Para

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/m58/FirstStep.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/m58/TableShot.jpg)

This is what Rick made possible for me:
Lifetime memories, and a trophy that I will never part with!
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/m58/1911.jpg)

Title: Re: Shooting Sports Loses Another
Post by: Timothy on July 13, 2014, 08:13:09 AM

Sorry for your loss, M58.

Our best to his family and you and yours...  God Bless.

Tim & Sue

Title: Re: Shooting Sports Loses Another
Post by: PegLeg45 on July 13, 2014, 01:01:16 PM

Sorry for the loss of your friend.
Prayers for family and friends to have peace and comfort.

Title: Re: Shooting Sports Loses Another
Post by: kmitch200 on July 13, 2014, 06:05:26 PM

Quote from: PegLeg45 on July 13, 2014, 01:01:16 PM

Sorry for the loss of your friend.
Prayers for family and friends to have peace and comfort.

What Peg & Tim said....I can't add anything more to that.

Title: Re: Shooting Sports Loses Another
Post by: jaybet on July 13, 2014, 07:38:26 PM

So sorry M.... there are so many of our contemporaries and our mentors that are moving on, it's disconcerting at the least. I hope you cherish all that he gave you.

Title: Re: Shooting Sports Loses Another
Post by: alfsauve on July 15, 2014, 07:36:57 AM

Quote from: jaybet on July 13, 2014, 07:38:26 PM

.... there are so many of our contemporaries and our mentors that are moving on, it's disconcerting at the least. I hope you cherish all that he gave you.

Let me "ditto" Jabet's sentiments.