Practical Performance Products was established in 1990, with the online site coming along in 2012.  The website is a work in progress and I welcome you to check back often to see what has changed.

This business came about from a personal need to locate a variety of harder to find items for my shooting endevours, as well as those of friends and family, starting as far back as 1982.  Accompanying this, was learning gunsmithing from established smiths and continuing to work with a couple of them over the years.  I started attending local gun shows providing products to the “public”.   A few years down the road “Practical Performance Products” was born.  As the years passed, I began attending more shows, expanding my product line, sales base and gunsmithing experiences.

With retirement from my “day job”, the website was initiated and the business has evolved into a retirement project, with gunsmithing being a major component.  The direct importation of various firearms parts from around the world is the other mainstay of our shop.  This has resulted in more variety over time and the attendance at shows as time allows.

Covid, of course, had a major impact on us, as it did with many small independent businesses.  Several suppliers went out of business during this time and many others significantly reduced their inventory and product line.  We continue to try to find products world wide for our customers.

Family assists with the business and together we bring more than 150 years of shooting experience and knowledge to the table.  This experience ranges from recreational sport shooting, through hunting, instructing and competition, to professional armed service.  We enjoy what we do and that is why we do it!  We are a family business and members of the shooting community.

As the Federal Government has become openly adversarial to the firearms community and firearms users as a whole, it has become increasingly difficult to source, import and provide for the firearms community.  We will strive to continue to provide what we can for as long as possible.

My wife is an invaluable member of this company and without her dedication and efforts I would not be able to continue to offer services and products to our customers on my own.  Many of you who know us from the shows are already aware of this.  I thank you for your business!