Welcome to the Firearms Engravers Guild of America web site! Please take some time to look around at the various links and information.

Whether you are an enthusiastic beginning engraver or a serious collector, FEGA has something for you. Our memberships are open to anyone interested in engraving, even if it isn’t firearms. The strength of FEGA is its members. The willingness to share information and techniques made the Guild grow from about 35 members in 1981 to nearly 600 on our 28th year. Our Annual Exhibition and meeting is now a showcase of engraving in which the standards of engraving of the world are judged.
I’ve had the lucky opportunity to join FEGA as a Charter Member and also as a novice engraver. The first meeting I attended was in Tulsa Oklahoma where a few engravers were bunched together in a large gun show. Since then we have evolved to an exclusive show combined with the American Custom Gunmakers Guild, I have not missed a show since Tulsa. The engravers that I met and admired had an “open arms” policy to share what they knew. Along the way we all became friends as well.

It is with great pleasure and honor that I can serve as President of FEGA. I’ve seen FEGA grow from its humble beginnings to what it is now. Hard work from the members and officers has given us a color quarterly magazine, seminar videos and a quality web site to name a few of the improvements. “THE ENGRAVER” quarterly magazine has become “the” publication for engravers around the world. We invite you take a look at a sample issue on the web site. There is a link provided.

It is my intent to keep moving ahead and making more improvements but not lose sight of the past. The guild strength has been the members.

Perhaps you are the next person to experience the “family” of engraving friends or even help the Guild into the next 25 years. I invite you experience what FEGA has to offer and what you may have to offer FEGA. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you may have at fega@fega.com.

Enjoy the site!
Sincerely,
Rex C. Pedersen, President

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