Last Friday Sept 30th Arnold Jewell left the range. Arnold Jewell, for those that did not know him, brought us the awesome Jewell Trigger. Jewell triggers set the standard for how a trigger is supposed to function. Arnold was brilliant, funny, and a hoot to be around. They broke the mold when he was born for sure. He will be missed!
Services will be held Saturday Oct 8th at Lux Funeral Home in New Braunfels Tx. Viewing is from 12:00PM - 2:00PM. Services will start at 2:00 PM. According to Brian the obituary should be up tomorrow if you go to Lux Funeral Home website. Anyone that knew AJ knows we lost one of the best.
Kris Whitman
Kris, thanks for posting this. I was very saddened to learn of Arnold's passing. We go way back, even in the flying game before either of us became involved with benchrest. Arnold Jewell was indeed, 'One of a Kind !" I will sure miss him. It's also been a great pleasure and honor to get acquainted with you and your brothers and enjoying shooting matches with you at Howard Deitz's range.
We have lost a great number of our benchrest brothers in recent times. Just last week we attended the services for Cecil Tucker, one of the pillars of the Midland Shooters Association.
Arnold Jewell was one of the smartest men I've ever known ! I enjoyed many hours of conversation with him as a guest at his home in New Braunfels. Of all the subjects we discussed, there is no doubt, the most memorable is the one on GRAVITY ! Yep, gravity.
You would think that two old fliers like me and AJ could never disagree on something as basic as gravity. I forget what brought it up but AJ looked me straight in the eye and stated, "There is no such thing as the force of gravity !"
AJ went on for hours trying to explain something that was completely contrary to what I had always believed and staked my life on daily. He referenced several words of both Newton and Einstein. I finally decided to keep an open mind about it and remember who was offering this new (to me) theory. At the time, I had been studying "Orbits" of objects in space and knew there was a helluva lot that I never thought of before. And so,,,,,,,,,,,,,AJ and I agreed that we would keep the open mind that I have always been proud of and discuss the subject at a later date, Unfortunately, there would never be another opportunity.
"So Beggs" you ask; "Did you ever learn the truth about the matter? " Damn right, I did ! When I stepped off the end of a curb in a parking lot and broke two ribs when I hit the ground !
So, I'll certainly admit there is much that I do not understand, and at the age of 79, I know that's the way God intended for it to be.
Kris, say hello to the brothers. Until later,,
Gene Beggs
