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The Shooting Industry Masters will held Sept. 24-27 at PMC’s Desert Lake Country Club in Boulder City, Nev. The event, in its second year, supports the Step Outside Program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

Last year, 72 industry shooters competed in pistol, rifle and sporting clays to raise money for the program. This year, the number of shooters is expected to double.

“We’ve had a lot of companies that weren’t here last year, tell us they’re going to be at this year’s event,” said David Shaw, PMC’s vice president of marketing, who is also the event’s match director. “We could more than double the number of shooters. It will add to the fun of the shoot, and the amount of money raised for Step Outside.”
To increase the amount of money raised, firearms and accessories were raffled off at last year’s match. That will happen again this year.

“We’re looking for donations right now for the raffle.” Shaw said. “We will sell tickets at the event, but we’ll also send tickets to companies once they sign-up for the match. That way, they can sell tickets to those who will not be able to attend.”

Last year, raffle donations came from Charles Daly, Columbia River Knife & Tool. DPMS, FMG Publications, Para-Ordnance, Rossi Firearms, Ruger, Smith & Wesson, Stapel Knives, Taurus and Verona Shotguns.
The First Annual Shooting Industry Masters was a lot of fun, and this year’s match is shaping up to be even better. FMG Publications, publisher of Shooting Industry, GUNS and American Handgunner will field our team again. But don’t let our extraordinary shooting skills discourage you from forming a team and joining us for this great event in support of a great program.

B.C. Outdoors, a subsidiary of PMC/El Dorado Cartridge, is importing the Verona line of overand-under shotguns from Italy. The three categories of superimposed shotguns are the Hunting (pictured above), the Sporting and the Competition. All three offer Gold models with various options. Standard features include gold-plated, single selective trigger, steel receiver, ejector, ventilated top rib, coil spring-operated firing pins, checkered, oil-finished Turkish walnut stock, Verona Interchoke system (except on 28 and 410 gauges) and a combined barrel selector and safety switch.