From BJ Norris’ blog, he has the entire first page of results.
1. BJ Norris
2. Billy Abbate
3. Dave Sevigny
4. Todd Jarrett
Then skip down the list a little bit, an you find Phil Strader at 10th overall – with an iron sighted gun. Scary good.
BJ Norris wins Rimfire division at Steel Challenge
Picked up the update from Julie Golob – in the rimfire pistol match at Steel Challenge, BJ Norris picked up his first win of the event, taking top honors in Open division and the overall division win. Also from team S&W, Phil Strader took home the trophy for Iron Sight rimfire pistols.
That puts BJ right where he needs to be to pick up his second Steel Master title of the year, after winning his first at the US Steel Nationals earlier. As a team, the juggernaut that team SW has become continues to roll, with a good chance at wins in all the major divisions.
"Weady on the weft"
If this doesn’t make you smile then I don’t want to know you. Seriously, the mental image is enough to make me want to call my wife and say “let’s have some kids, yo.”
GunAddicts.Com
In two weeks, there will be a new online auction site for Canadian firearms enthusiasts, GunAddicts.Com. Good luck to them in getting off the ground!
heh
Apparently the Px4 Storm is the issue sidearm of the Canadian Border Services Agency (Canucki Border Patrol), which reinforces my belief that the only people who carry the Px4 Storm in an official capacity are folks that don’t have to actually shoot people.
Beretta delivers more Px4 Storm SD pistols
Hey, cool. Beretta has delivered a new run of the Px4 Storm SD pistol in .45 ACP. Apparently, the first run of these sold out in a hurry, and Beretta has been unable to keep up with demand for the .45 ACP “tactical” version of the Storm.
I’ve always thought the Storm was a cool design – the way the barrel locks up to the frame makes inherently a very accurate handgun, and when they introduced the Px4 Storm “C” model which uses a “constant action” system to produce a trigger pull more in line with modern striker fired pistols (the C is actually a single action only pistol) I toyed with the idea of buying one.
The Px4 Storm SD .45 ACP has a street price of around $850-$900, which puts it up there with the HK USP in terms of cost. Seeing as these things sold out on their first run, people apparently think that’s a worthwhile price to pay – and who am I to object? The entire Storm lineup of pistols are solid, well built guns that unfortunately haven’t gained a whole lot of traction in the LE/Military market, but seem to be popular with shooters for concealed carry.
If I had a sister
I would want her to marry this guy.
That’s a veteran giving it to Claire McCaskill, old school style. Well done, young man.
Embracing what we are
Every year, one of the most popular weeks of coverage here at Gun Nuts has been our coverage of SHOT SHOW, which started in 2008 when, while still blogging as Call me Ahab, I was able to get a press pass with the assistance of friends at NSSF and NRA. By 2009, I had switched the blog to Gun Nuts Media, but because it’s easier to renew a registration at SHOT than it is to change the name of the company you write for, I stuck with Call me Ahab on my press pass.
However, 2009 was the first year that NSSF allowed primarily Internet based media to get press passes under new, strict press guidelines. The new press passes had “Internet” on them where other passes would say “Broadcast” or “Press”, but the levels of access (in theory) were the same. My old Call me Ahab pass, having been issued prior to the guideline change, doesn’t say “Internet”, but rather “press”.
I’m getting ready to register for the 2010 show, and I had, for a brief time been faced with a tough decision born out of last year’s experience at SHOT. One of the things I had noticed last year was that certain vendors were wary, bordering on suspicious of the web based publishers. Initially, I had struggled with changing my registration over so it would be under Gun Nuts Radio, primarily becase I wanted to avoid that “oh you’re from the internet” reaction.
Ultimately, I decided to register under Gun Nuts and get that “Internet” stamp on my press pass. I realized that for me to advocate for people to take an evangelistic approach to growing gun ownership, but then to not take that same approach in growing and expanding new media would be downright hypocritical.
I’m proud of Gun Nuts, and what we have here. I’m proud that my monthly readership equals a medium sized gun magazine, and I’m damn proud of the people that are reached by Gun Nuts Radio. That’s why at SHOT in Vegas in 2010, my press pass will say “Gun Nuts Radio”, and I’ll wear my Internet tag with pride.
In the firearms industry, new media has tremendous potential to make a real impact, in part because some mainstream marketing solutions are closed to the shooting sports. Bloggers, twitterers (is that a word?), et al are poised to be huge in the shooting sports – and the only way to get rid of the “Internet” stigma is to get out there and be proud of what we are.
I should note that while some vendors were not welcoming to new media (I’m looking at you, Colt) others have embraced the web community with open arms. ParaUSA, Smith & Wesson, Daniel Defense, and many other companies have been proactive about creating a dynamic web presence, and I applaud what they’re doing. As new media pulishers, it’s important for us to represent our brand well, so that when companies dip their toes in the pool it turns into a rewarding experience.
Gun Nuts Radio – axes are now ground
In fact, you could say that after last night’s show, the edges on our various axes have been honed to a razor. I was a little taken aback by the number of complaints, especially at the end of the show – I ended up running out of time and couldn’t get to a couple of callers at the end. It was a great show however, and we even managed to get a report from Camp Perry from Breda. Check out the show, or click this link to download a handy .mp3 of the show.
Next week’s show, we’re hoping to feature some of the top shooters from Steel Challenge, which will have just concluded a few days prior, and crowned a new champion. Check it out live at 9pm next Tuesday!
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