Hunting has always been in Andy Carrie’s blood. He learned how to hold a gun before he turned 10. He tells stories about rubbing shoulders with royalty when he was a teenager working as a gamekeeper in the Scottish Highlands — including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

So much so that he decided to open his very own gun store.

It’s a new venture for the Scotsman, who landed in Ouray five years ago after a multi-decade career as a project manager in the oil industry across Africa, South Amer...