Tyler
Tyler grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and like many young boys, was fascinated by the life of Daniel Boone. But his interest in historical firearms really blossomed when he was 9 years old and met a local gunsmith who agreed to build a flintlock rifle for Tyler. The youngster worked hard and invested all the money he earned mowing lawns into that first gun, a possession he still treasures today.
It was while serving in the Marines at Camp Lejeune that Tyler made his first visit to Colonial Williamsburg while on liberty. During that weekend trip, Tyler met master gunsmith Richard Sullivan. Those two days with Sullivan rekindled Tyler’s interest in the art of gunsmithing and Sullivan was equally impressed with Tyler. A few months after Tyler’s stint in the Marines ended, Sullivan contacted him and invited him to Colonial Williamsburg for an intensive 10-week internship. Tyler recently relocated to mid-Missouri and practices his gunsmithing craft in the historic John P. Sites Jr. Gunsmith Shop in Arrow Rock
Casting brass into a sandbox with Richard Sullivan to make a trigger guard and buttplate.