Lyons, Larry

Larry Lyons was born in Dowagiac, Michigan, home of the Niedner Rifle Company. He built his first custom rifle at age thirteen and started a wholesale gunstock business at age twenty; since then, he's been a licensed, practicing gunsmith for thirty-five years. He had a long-running gunsmithing column for "Guns & Ammo" magazine and a general firearms column for "Michigan-Out-Of-Doors"; he has also been published in "Muzzle Blast," "Muzzle Loader," "Outdoor Life" and several other magazines. He now lives in Michigan where he is a forest fire fighter, gunsmith, and freelance writer.