Gary Paul Johnston is a highly regarded firearms writer, having authored more than 1,700 articles in dozens of magazines and periodicals worldwide. Johnston joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1963, and during his 28-year career in law enforcement he tested hundreds of firearms. This knowledge has served him well as a law enforcement officer and as a student of firearms, their history, and ammunition.
Noted arms historian Thomas B. Nelson is considered a legend in the field of firearms in general and assault rifles in particular. While in the U.S. Army, Nelson was assigned to Foreign Material Section of the Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground. At Aberdeen, he attended the Army Ordnance Technical Intelligence School. Later, while stationed in Virginia, he worked in the conventional weapons division of the Technical Intelligence Agency. After military service, Nelson worked at Interarmco (later Interarms) for nine years. In 1963 he published the classic reference The World's Submachine Guns, and in 1967 he coauthored the original volume of The World's Assault Rifles with Dan Musgrave. He was the founder of Collector's Armoury, Ltd.
Biography from the archived Paladin Press catalog.
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