Thank you, thank you to all of the 280+ of you who have clicked the “SUBSCRIBE” button over the last year or so. Thank you to all of you who have commented, favorited, messaged, questioned, corrected, shared, and even laughed at the videos I have uploaded here on YouTube. It has been a privilege to work on these videos not only because getting to play with incredibly expensive and fine firearms is exciting to say the least, but, because it has provided me with an opportunity to make friends with like minded people who share my passion for shooting sports and self defense.
Over the last year I have had to deal with a number of personal challenges, not the least amongst them the loss of my job. As, I’m sure, others know when you lose a job you go through an initial period where you think that the loss is only going to be short lived and you try to carry on business as usual to some extent. But after a few weeks and then months your world is turned upside down. I nearly lost my car, my home, and my future. To keep my head above water I sacrificed all but two of my wonderful firearms, my M&P9 and my SIG P220ST. I say this not because I am looking for sympathy. In fact I say this to give you an idea of what lead me to the point I’m at now.
It goes without saying that producing these videos cost me nothing but time. I already owned a fantastic camera and computer, yet, the products I review do come with a sometimes hefty price tag. I am not a professional and I never claimed to be one. I do not have the sponsorships some of the other guys do, so everything I do is on me. My ammo expenditure from November 2009 to June 2010 was over 3,700 rounds (Almost all of which I already had stockpiled).
So let me get to the point, if you are still reading this and haven’t already tuned me out. I currently stand at 280 subscribers on YouTube and who knows how many more who frequent the page but have yet to subscribe. I will be posting a link to a video here tonight or tomorrow in which I explain in more detail my upcoming plan. But for now let me give you the summary. Over the next few weeks I am looking to raise a total of $1500 via $1, $2, $5 donations from friends on YouTube and the various forums that I support and am a part of. It is my goal to use these funds to purchase a AR platform rifle in conjunction with my own money to start a new custom build project and to more importantly begin a local project of taking high school age children who do not necessarily take to more traditional sports and begin a youth 3 Gun team or 2.
I want to build a program that takes to the more fringe students and teaches them safe handling of firearms as well as other practical uses of “sporting rifles” while instilling in them the appreciation of the American Rifleman’s heritage without the costs associated with participating in the larger programs that cost hundreds of dollars.
I will be running the donations through PayPal for security and donor safety. If you don’t have a PayPal currently you can get one for free at PayPal.com. For those of you who already have an account you can donate by send a gift in the amount of your choosing to natetinstman@gmail.com. Please make sure you select “gift” as the type to avoid fees being assessed to either account. If you would like to donate in a different amount you can. Any amount is appreciated.
In return for the generosity I will be taking the names of donors (with their consent only) and putting those names on a custom print of the team photo once we have it and will make it available online so that you can have a picture of the youth 3-Gun team with the names of all the donors at the bottom. You can provide us the name you would like printed through the PayPal website in the comments section of your donation. If you would like to use your YouTube profile name that is excellent as well.
Lastly, if we make the $1000 dollar mark I will take the names of all the donors and put them into a random drawing for a Motorola Droid. It is not BRAND NEW but it is only 3 weeks old. I won a Droid 2 at work so I am offering this up to you guys. It is for Verizon Wireless and is absolutely incredible. I have added a picture below. 
Thank you in advance to all of you who decide to donate and good luck in the drawing. If you have questions or would like to contact me you can by emailing me at natetinstman@gmail.com.
