Gary Reeder
Kase was completely different. growing up behind
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 15:10

the counter and getting to shoot every new gun that came out, he went from one to another. By the time he was 10 he was shooting the 30 Herrett in his Contender and took a lot of animals with it.



Along the way he dabbled with a Colt New Frontier in 44-40 along with a couple of custom 44-40 Ruger revolvers.

In the late 80s we were building a lot of custom XP-100s. his was one in 7-08 Improved.

Along the way he even got into a BAR in 416 Taylor.

In semi auto handguns by the time he was 13 he was a big fan of the Grizzly in 45 Magnum. He went to the Grizzly in 50 AE for a while but didn't like that. We both tried the Wildey pistols but that didn't take long to get our fill of them and dump them. I was always into the Auto Mags, mostly the 41 Auto Mag but also the 44, never really got infatuated by the 357 Auto Mag. Kase never got into the Auto Mags, instead staying with the Grizzly.In the early 90s we were friends with Seth Wesson, the son of Dan Wesson and we tried all the new 445 Dan Wessons that Seth sent us. Kase liked the 8" stainless 445 and put a scope on it. He stayed with that and still has it today.






After moving away from his Contender in 30 Herrett he found the 378 GNR in the encore and that was and still is his baby.

And all this doesn't take into account his love affair with big caliber rifles like the 416 Rigby, 470 Nitro, 450 Watts Magnum, 450 KNR in a Ruger #1 in his own caliber and more in his trips to Africa. Nor does it touch on his combat shooting with an AMT Longslide 45 ACP and a custom 38 Super I built for him along with one just like it for Colleen. So he has pretty much tried just about everything in handguns and rifles.