MODERN-DAY DE LISLE CARBINE
It started on a whim while in a rural town in Ohio looking for a local gun shop to peruse for a little bit of business and mostly grins. The Google map highlighted “Curtis Tactical Suppressors,” and the journey began. While driving down a dusty country road, the realization hit that this may either be an incorrect address or a small backyard shop, but plenty of damned good work takes places in garages and sheds across the great American nation. There was no hesitation.
Mowing the lawn in front of his house, the location of his former backyard shop, was Joe Jones. Jones is the founder and owner of Curtis Tactical, and by mere happenstance he happened to take a day off to perform yardwork on his large property. Introductions were made, and soon we were firing machine guns behind his house and learning details of his wares.
It was totally random and awesome. We blame a glitch in the Matrix. Or Elon Musk. Same/same.
Though Jones has been designing and building silencers for nearly a decade, it wasn’t until mid-2019 Curtis Tactical was officially
