Gil and his wife Vicki are both NSCA Level III coaches and have been professional shooting coaches for 31 years on three continents. Gil has co-authored 16 books as well as countless articles in numerous magazines worldwide.  The Ashes are contributing editors for Clay Target Nation and were the shooting editors for Sporting Clays Magazine.

Gil and Vicki have a website called the OSP Knowledge Vault the houses all their books and articles as well as 5-6,000 videos on wing and clay shooting and 200+ pod casts that members can down loaded in audio or written form. Gil is an authority on chokes and shot shell efficiency do to his research and his shot spread analysis that has become the gold standard in the industry.