About EAM

My interest in firearms and shooting sports began when my father introduced me to them at an early age. I have had the bug ever since. During college, where I earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering, my interest in competition shooting and wildcat calibers began. Being on a limited budget, as most college students are, I realized that I was going to have to do most of the gunsmithing myself; So, I set out to learn how.

Just prior to my college career, I had worked as a civilian apprentice with the US Army, where I spent most of my time with the resident machinist. Therefore I already had gained most of the machining skills that gunsmithing requires. However, I lacked the firearm specific knowledge. I read everything I could get my hands on about gunsmithing and wildcat calibers and set out to work on my own projects.

After college I joined a local, private gun club. I spent a good amount of time at the range tinkering and testing. During this time several of the other members of the club encouraged me to start gunsmithing for the public, but I resisted. After a few years of gentle encouragement, I looked into the difficulty of obtaining an FFL. It was not as difficult as I had originally thought. I sent in the paperwork and four months later I was a licensed dealer and gunsmith. I now build hunting rifles, tactical rifles, AR15's, turkey shoot guns, etc. and perform maintenance and repair on all types of firearms.

Sincerely,


Eric Ashley Michael