I dont know how many of you Know who Wes Ugalde is, But I am sure there are a few. He passed away at 3:30 on august 28 2006 from cancer. My uncle Wes was a damn good gunsmith and was an all around damn good man. I just thought you all should know. thanks you all for your time.
thanks again,Graham Ugalde

Graham
Sorry for your loss. I had a TC bbl in 7MM TCU once.
I knew who he was.

Yes, your uncle was a gunsmith of the first order and a forward thinker when it came to long-range handgun shooting.

For those of you who can't place the name, Wes Ugalde was the "U" of the "TCU" cartridges (as in Thompson Center Ugalde)

Graham, condolences to you and your family.

Sorry about your (and the shooting community's) loss. Hopefully he is shooting on a very nice and grassy silouhette range right now.

LD

Graham, I am sorry to hear about your uncle.

Sorry to hear this, Graham.

I am very sorry for your loss. You speak highly of him, and I hope that means you have lots of pleasant memories of your uncle.

Sorry to hear about that Graham. I remember your uncle's work.

Graham

I am sorry to hear of your uncle passing away.

Using a TC Contender with a 10" barrel chambered in 7 MM TCU designed by your uncle I won 2 State Championships and set a Texas State Record of 35X40 standing in IHMSA Sillhouette back in the 80's.

We are diminished.

I am sorry to hear of your loss.

My thoughts and condolences go out to you and his family.

I haqve not owned 24 or 25 cal TCU, but own all of the rest . . . at LEAST one of each!

I hope he and Elmer and Jack, and Auggie Pachmyer, Paul Marquart, P.O., John Buhmiller, Al Linden, and all the rest of the good guys are sitting around having a beer up there, and shooting a few rounds too. You know, with all the good old guys moving on, it is starting to get damned lonesome down here...

sorry for your loss graham. the shooting world is diminshed by his passing.

may he rip.

Like the rest of our forum members...

our prayers are with you and your family and Wes's immediate family at this time of loss..

As said above by Alberta Canuck.. we sure hope he is sitting up in heaven and having a beer or two with the rest of his class of people and shooting the bull over our favorite subjects, and places they have been and hunts they have enjoyed...

good bless,
seafire and family...

Sorry to hear this. He was a great contributor to the shooting world, and will be missed.

uncle Wes has had a pretty rough year,his best friend and neighbor Skip Talbot passed away last year and he pretty much went downhill from there. I am heading out tomorrow to Fallon Nevada for the funeral on Saturday, So it will be good to see all the family. Thank you all for the kind responses. I look forward to posting more often and getting to know everbody.

thanks again,Graham Ugalde

Add my condolences to the rest,he was a major contributor to the shooting community of Contender fans and his legacy will live on.