Fred has over 40 years of full time gunsmithing experience. He has deloveped educational material for American Gunsmithing Institute and created the ciriculum for the Firearms Technology program at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, MT.

He has taugh for the NRA Short Term Gunsmithing programs at three seperate colleges and was the Firemarms Technology Coordinator for the program at FVCC for six years.

Fred's first book was Wilcat Cartridges in 2005. Since that time he has written for numerous gun magazines and produced six more books. He is most proud of "P.O. Ackley, America's Gunsmith" published by Gun Digest books.

Zeglin's current project is the "Gunsmithing Student Handbook Series" These books are college level material covering very specific subjects in the gunsmithing field. Fred plans to add to the series either writing them himself or in cooperation with industry experts.