
While pursuing his wide range of interests with equal passion, he has also left his mark in community service, not only locally but also in other countries. He has published several articles on historical stereo-photography in Stereo World. He is a member of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc., and a past president of the Oregon chapter of the foundation. Michael Carrick is a diligent historian and a member of the Historical Society of Marion County, Oregon, and the Mission Mill Historical Association of Salem. He is a life member and a Distinguished Fellow of the International Association for Identification, an organization of police scientific investigators founded in 1916, and has published several technical articles in their journal. He still serves as a consultant, lecturer and instructor for the firm, with his responsibilities continuing to take him to all quarters of the globe. His large collection contains examples of all the weapons-he prefers to call them "tools of survival"-carried by Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery.įormerly he was the owner of Lightning Powder Company of Salem, Oregon, manufacturers and distributors of equipment for crime scene investigators. He has written articles for Gun Digest Reloader's Manual, The Gun Report Magazine, Muzzle Blasts Magazine, and other specialized publications relating to antique firearms collecting. Michael Carrick is widely known as a collector of rare firearms.
