My husband has a lot of interests. He was a scuba instructor, he liked ice climbing, camping and boating, and his passion was shooting. He belonged to the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association and was on the Canadian Bisley Team in the Queen's Prize full bore rifle shoot in 1986. He didn't win but he did okay and he found it exciting just to be at such a prestigious shoot, with people from all over the world. He still has a varied collection of firearms, makes his own ammo and heads out to the shooting range every once in a while.
One thing he was not interested in.... my hobby of genealogy.
That is until I started researching his family and discovered his ancestor was an armorer.
Nicholas Juchereau, besides taking care of the Quebec holdings of his uncle, Noel Juchereau, sieur des Chastelets, was a distinguished captain of the Régiment de Carignan-Salières and it was his duty to arm his men. So while in France in 1645 he chose Jacques Nolin as his armurier. His duty was to make and repair all weaponry, including firearms.
Now I piqued my husband's interest, and it only got better when he learned Jacques' great-grandson went on to become a well-respected fur trader.
Check your local library or archives for lists of gun makers, like the 1967 book on Colonial Australian Gunsmiths and for rifle associations.
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