Ryan Busse

Ryan Busse was born near the Kansas homestead of his great-great-grandfather. He grew up using guns and working on the family ranch, where his father taught him how to hunt and shoot. In 1995 Busse began a career in the shooting sports industry and for the next twenty-five years he served as vice president of sales for Kimber, one of the largest and most influential firearms companies in the country. Busse directed the sales of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of high quality guns and was nominated several times by industry colleagues for the prestigious Shooting Industry Person of the Year Award - the same award presented to Charlton Heston, Bill Ruger and NRA chief Wayne LaPierre. For much of his life, Busse has also been an outspoken advocate for the environment and has also served in many leadership roles for conservation organizations. He remains a proud outdoorsman, gun owners and amateur chef. Busse lives with his family in Northwestern Montana.