I met Mr. Petrov in 2007 when I lived in Anchorage. What a great guy. His knowledge of everything guns was absolutely astounding. I learned a lot from him. I really enjoyed sitting with him in his gun room as he showed me the ins and outs of his rifle collection. These weren't just rifles or guns to him, they were much more than that, they were his passion and his life's work. He reminded me of some sort of gun archeologist or detective... thousands of hours of research, and finally the prize to show for it. Just amazing.
His upstairs research room looked like something out of a mad scientist movie....thousands of papers, books, and other materials scattered about several desk....in an "organized mess". A virtual library of gun related research.
What a guy. What an amazing guy.