Philosophy Our philosophy for Montie Gear products is pretty straight forward. We provide "Heirloom Quality Products That are Troublesome Gap Tough". Heirloom Quality Many products in today's world are meant to have a limited life time. A good example is that cell phone that you need to replace every two years. It works great, but over time technology changes and the fragile electronics have a limited lifetime. We want to design and sell products that have a very long lifetime and may actually get passed along to your kids or grandchildren. Many rifles get passed along from parent to children, sometimes marking a rite of passage. Granted a shooting rest isn't as special as your Grandfather's rifle. However, we work to design and sell products that are simple, elegant and high enough quality that you will want to pass them along to your kids or grandchildren. Troublesome Gap Tough Troublesome Gap is a place in Western North Carolina, near the peak of Hap Mountains and overlooking Spring Creek, NC. My parents purchased the property over 40 years ago. I grew up spending time there. We cut firewood for heat, picked blackberries and raspberries, and spent some great weekends up there. Troublesome Gap is remote and rugged, the prefect place to test our product prototypes. Troublesome Gap Tough means our products are rugged and easy-to-use. A delicate, hard-to-use product is a liability in the field. We avoid that by making sure all our products provide a great customer experience and are built to last, even in demanding conditions. Our "Troublesome Gap Tough" products live up to the name : tough. We guarantee our products will provide 100% satisfaction. You should be able to say that any Montie Gear product you have is truly Troublesome Gap Tough and Heirloom Quality. Contact [email protected] or visit www.montiegear.com.