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THE ORIGINAL PRECISION SMALL ARMS WEBSITE WAS CONCEIVED DURING 2003 WHILST I WAS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF A COMPANY BASED IN THE COUNTRY OF SRI LANKA. TO THIS DAY THIS 450 EMPLOYEE STRONG, VILLAGE-BASED, LARGE SCALE MANUFACTURER CONTINUES TO PRODUCE AND EXPORT TO ABOUT 25 COUNTRIES THE FINEST STAPLE SET BRUSHES AVAILABLE IN THE WORLD (THINK HOME DEPOT PUSH BROOMS AND HORSE GROOMING BRUSHES). THIS WAS ONE OF MANY COMPANIES I PURCHASED OVER THE YEARS AS A SAN FRANCISCO-BASED MERCHANT BANKER. IN THIS INSTANCE, I ACTUALLY COMMUTED REGULARLY TO SRI LANKA AND MANAGED MOST ASPECTS OF THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE BUSINESS.  IT WAS ALL GREAT GOOD FUN. WHILE DOMICILED AT THE HILTON HOTEL IN COLOMBO, I DEVELOPED THE GENERAL LOOK, FEEL AND CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE YOU ARE NOW EXPERIENCING. LAUNCHED DURING 2004, THE PRECISION SMALL ARMS WEBSITE WAS DEVELOPED BY MR. SHARMILAN LOGANTHISN (WHO RAN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES DEPARTMENT OF THE BRUSH MAKER) AND A STATE-SIDE FELLOW BY THE NAME OF JEFF ZIMMERMAN. SHARMI EVALUATED ALL OF THE THEN COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE E COMMERCE PLATFORMS AND DECIDED ON IMPLEMENTING THE RUSSIAN-BASED XCART SYSTEM. WORKING WITH HIM OUT OF HIS HOME IN MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA WAS JEFF ZIMMERMAN. JEFF EARNED HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN PHARMACOLOGY BUT COULD PRETTY MUCH DO ANYTHING. JEFF DEVELOPED THE FRONT END OF THE PRECISION SMALL ARMS WEBSITE USING THE THEN STATE-OF-THE-ART SOFTWARE TOOL "JOOMLA" AND INTEGRATED IT TO THE XCART SHOPPING CART PLATFORM. IN THOSE DAYS THAT WAS A VERY BIG DEAL AND NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.  IN DUE COURSE JEFF MOVED ON TO BUILD WEBSITES FOR MANY OF THE MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS FRANCHISES IN AMERICA - LIKE THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS. SHARMI IS STILL ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN HELPING SRI LANKA-BASED COMPANIES DEVELOP THEIR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS. BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN ARE GENIUS CLASS GUYS.

NOVEMBER 23, 2020  MARKS THE LAUNCH DATE OF THE "NEW AND IMPROVED" FULLY-INTEGRATED, FRONT-TO-BACK, XCART- DRIVEN, E-COMMERCE ORIENTED WEBSITE FOR PRECISION SMALL ARMS. WHILE NOW A USA-OWNED COMPANY (WITH THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM STILL BASED IN RUSSIA) X-CART IS A MAJOR WORLD-CLASS PLAYER IN E-COMMERCE PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AT THE MOMENT INCORPORATES ALL THE INFORMATIONAL DATA AND CODE WRITING THAT JEFF ZIMMERMAN AND SHARMI LOGANTHISN BROUGHT TO THE ORIGINAL PRECISION SMALL ARMS WEBSITE IN ONE SEAMLESS PRODUCT DEVELOPED ENTIRELY BY X-CART PERSONNEL. IT INCORPORATES THE VERY BEST IN CODE WRITING AND E-COMMERCE DEVELOMENT TO BRING TO A  USER OF THE PLATFORM A SEAMLESS, THOUGHT PROVOKING, INTERNET-BASED KNOWLEDGE GATHERING AND E-COMMERCE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE. IN CLOSING, NONE OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HARD WORK AND COMMITTMENT EXHIBITED BOTH BY SHARMI AND JEFF YEARS AGO. AND SO IN CLOSING I HEREBY DEDICATE TH NEW PRECISION SMALL ARMS WEBSITE TO THEM. I WISH THEM LONG LIFE, MUCH HAPPINESS AND CONTINUED PROSPERITY.

LENN KRISTAL