Is Wildcatter still around?
Posted:
Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:21 amby hatari
Anybody have any current info on Wildcatter?
I've been trying to get in touch with Tim for a while now, but my addresses and phone # for him are no good since he left Fenton. Hope all is good with him.
Thx.
Re: Is Wildcatter still around?
Posted:
Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:28 amby Hoot
hatari wrote:Anybody have any current info on Wildcatter?
I've been trying to get in touch with Tim for a while now, but my addresses and phone # for him are no good since he left Fenton. Hope all is good with him.
Thx.
Sorry to report that Tim passed away August 27, 2019.
Hoot
Re: Is Wildcatter still around?
Posted:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 3:47 pmby hatari
Hoot,
Thanks for the info. I’m sad to hear the news but suspected as much.
I first got to know Tim back in the early ‘90s when he started converting M1 Carbines to .45 WM. I helped field test them, with two safaris in South Africa taking game.
Tim had a contract to import M1 Garands and Carbines from Korea and was going to covert and sell them. The Clinton gun ban killed that deal and Tim was temporarily screwed.
He then jumped to the AR platform and the .450 Professional came out of that. Tim wanted me to do another safari field testing the .450 Pro, but the AR platform is prohibited in most African countries so it never happened.
for a decade I was not shooting or hunting as much as I coached baseball, so Tim and I didn’t talk much and obviously lost contact with him.
Tim was a fun guy with big ideas. Passionate about what he was doing. Im very sorry to hear he’s passed.
Thanks again for the update.