17-year-old Ryan Leonard of Oregon City, Oregon

Steel Challenge Shooting Association

PIRU, Calif. -(Ammoland.com)- When the last shots were fired in the Steel Challenge’s Open Rimfire pistol event, it was 17-year-old Ryan Leonard of Oregon City, Oregon, who outgunned the likes of Glock’s Dave Sevigny, Blackhawk’s Todd Jarrett and Smith &Wesson’s B.J. Norris to claim the World Speed Shooting Championship title.

Leonard posted the fastest score on three of the eight stages – 5 To Go, Smoke & Hope and Outer Limits – to finish in a final time of 69.76 seconds to edge out Team Glock’s captain Dave Sevigny of Smyrna, Ga. by 1.45 seconds.

Sevigny topped all shooters on the stage Showdown and posted a final time of 71.21 seconds.

Finishing third and 0.41 seconds behind Sevigny was Todd Jarrett of Hopewell, Va. shooting for Blackhawk and StrikeForce Manufacturing. Jarrett took top honors on two stages, Pendulum and Speed Option.

Fourth place went to B.J. Norris of Tyler, Texas, the defending Steel Master champion who posted the fasted time on the stages Roundabout and Accelerator to finish with 72.09 seconds.

Rounding out the top five was the defending Women’s Open Rimfire champion, Jessie Abbate of McDonough, Ga.

The Rimfire event is the first leg of the three event contest that decides the Steel Master w3inner. The second is the iron sight centerfire pistol event shot in either the Limited or Production division. And the third is the Open pistol contest, the main event of the World Speed Shooting Championships.

Steel Challenge competition resumes Friday morning at the Steel Challenge ranges in Piru, Calif. when competitors will shoot the Limited, Production and other iron sight pistol events.

For more information on the Steel Challenge and the Steel Challenge Shooting Association, visit www.SteelChallenge.com or follow @SteelChallenge on Twitter.

Glock's Dave Sevigny

About the SCSA:
The Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA) is the national governing body of the sport of Speed Shooting and organizer of the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships. To learn more about the Steel Challenge Shooting Association and the Steel Challenge visit the Web site at www.steelchallenge.com. There you will find diagrams of the stages of fire, complete listing of past results, a list of past champions, world record times and more.

Remington 700 SPS Tactical AAC-SD Rifle with Suppressor

Remington Arms Company

Madison, NC --(AmmoLand.com)- The new Model 700 SPS (Special Purpose Synthetic) Tactical AAC-SD centerfire rifle, chambered in 308 Win, features the time-proven Model 700 action, the number one choice of police and military marksmen and one of the most popular bolt-action rifle series in America, with some of the latest performance-driven features including a threaded muzzle.

This mid-year introduction to Remington’s expanding line of tactical rifles and shotguns is designed to impress from the bench or in the field at a very affordable price.

At the core of the 700 SPS Tactical AAC-SD is the machined solid-steel, cylindrical Model 700 receiver design ensuring uniformity, strength and solid bedding area. Unique to this precision rifle is the 20-inch heavy-contour clean barrel, threaded to accept AAC and all 5/8-24 threaded flash hiders, muzzle breaks and suppressors. The tactical-style carbon steel, hammer-forged barrel is the perfect balance between handling in tight spots and delivering pinpoint accuracy. With a twist rate of one in 10 inches, this rifle is optimized for accuracy. These specialty, bolt-action rifles are shipped with a thread protector installed.

The rock-solid barreled action is bedded into a well-designed, Hogue Overmolded Ghillie Green pillar bedded synthetic stock with a semi-beavertail fore-end for added stability. This soft-touch, sure-grip stock is extremely comfortable for extended, long range shooting and assures a positive grip in both stressful situations and inclement weather. The dual point pillar bedding guarantees a solid interface between the action and stock to help insure cold bore accuracy and prevent point-of-impact shifts. Add Remington’s X-Mark Pro externally adjustable trigger, designed to “break-like-glass” and set at 3 ½ pounds from the factory, and this rifle delivers surgical-like accuracy.

Other key features include receiver drilled and tapped for the addition of optics; distinctive, laser-engraved “Tactical Rifling 1 in 10” roll mark; convenient hinged floorplate magazine with 4-round capacity; non-reflective, black oxide external metal finish; and sling swivel studs.

Available in the widely popular 308 Win chambering, the Model 700 SPS Tactical AAC-SD with Threaded Muzzle is the perfect tactical bolt-action rifle and available at a very affordable price. Suggested retail price: $756.57

Bushnell Outdoor Products

Overland Park, KS - -(AmmoLand.com)- Bushnell introduces the new DOA™ (Dead On Accurate) riflescope reticle that provides both hold-over aiming points and trophy estimation of both whitetail and mule deer. There are two DOA reticles available on a variety of Bushnell riflescopes – the DOA 600™ and DOA 250™. Both are etched glass reticles that are easy to see in any light condition and are unaffected by recoil.

Bushnell Dead On Accurate Scopes

The DOA 600 is calibrated for centerfire rifles with aim points calibrated at 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 yards. The DOA 250 was designed for use with in-line muzzleloaders (with magnum loads) with aiming points at 100, 150, 200 and 250 yards.

Trophy hunters will appreciate the new Rack Bracket feature of the DOA reticle. To estimate the antler size of a potential trophy deer, with the scope at full power each aiming point has a Rack Bracket reference linethat measures 24 inches (the average distance between the tips of a mule deer’s ears) at the indicated yardage. The Rack Bracket hash marks on each crosshair indicate 17 inches or the average width from ear tip to ear tip for whitetail deer.

Range estimation is based on 100-yard zero and average ballistics of centerfire and in-line muzzleloaders. One MOA aiming points provide greater measure of accuracy at all indicated ranges.

The new reticles will be available on the following Bushnell riflescopes:

Muzzleloader-DOA 250
Trophy 3-9×40 w/ 6″ eye relief
Trophy 3-9×40 w/ 6″ eye relief Realtree AP

Centerfire-DOA600
Trophy 3-9×40
Trophy 4-12×40
Elite 3200 3-9×40
Elite 3200 3-9×50
Elite 3200 4-12×40
Elite 6500 2.5-16×42
Elite 6500 4.5-30×50

Suggested retail price for the Trophy Model ranges from $149.99 to $159.99. The Elite 3200 Models sell for $299.99 to $399.99 and the Elite 6500 Models sell for $749.99 to $949.99.

About:
Bushnell Outdoor Products is a global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer products based in Overland Park, Kansas. Bushnell Outdoor Products sells its products worldwide under the Bushnell®, Tasco®, Serengeti®, Bollé®, Uncle Mike’s Law Enforcement®, Stoney Point®, Hoppe’s®, Butler Creek®, Kolpin®, Millett®, Uncle Mike’s®, Final Approach® and Simmons® brand names. For information about any of these brands or products, please contact Bushnell Public Relations at (913) 752-6105.

Brenneke Ammunition

Germany – The German firm Brenneke®, long known for their superb shotgun slugs, is now introducing their revolutionary Quik-Shok® Copper centerfire rifle bullets to U.S. hunters in loaded cartridges.

The Brenneke Quik-Shok Copper bullet is a completely lead-free design, providing a combination of excellent penetration with “controlled fragmentation” that results in a more powerful terminal effect than conventional rifle bullets can produce-regardless of bullet material.

While a conventional rifle bullet expands slowly and progressively during penetration, creating a single wound channel, the Quik-Shok Copper expands very quickly upon contact, then separates into four segments that continue to penetrate deeply. The result is a highly dynamic terminal action that creates expansion far larger than the bullet’s initial caliber, four wound channels versus just one, increased hemorrhage and more primary shock and blood loss than ordinary bullets can generate.

The principles of the Brenneke Quik-Shok Copper have been successfully researched and field-tested for well over 20 years. Traditional lead-based bullet designs are not adequate to create a lead-free projectile with exceptional accuracy, good velocity and fast, humane effectiveness on big game. The Brenneke Quik-Shok Copper’s distinctive design addresses these concerns, the result be ing a projectile with effectiveness that meets or exceeds that of any lead-based construction.

The Brenneke Quik-Shok Copper will initially be offered in 155 grain weights for the .30-06 and the .308. Additional calibers are planned. The .30-06 loading produces 2,953 fps velocity and 3,001 ft. lbs. of energy at the muzzle, while the .308 generates 2,789 fps and 2,675 ft.lbs. at the muzzle.

While best known in the U.S. for their slugs, Brenneke has manufactured rifle bullets since 1898, and tens of millions of Brenneke bullets have been sold around the world. The firm pioneered many elements of bullet construction taken for granted today, including one of the first boat-tail designs in 1910 (the Brenneke TIG®, or “torpedo tail”), and a sharp cutting edge “wadcutter” bullet in 1930. Both of these designs continue to be manufactured today. The new Quik-Shok Copper is the latest in a long line of projectile innovation that dates back over 100 years.

See the new Quik-Shok Copper at Brenneke’s booth no. 6842 at the SHOT Show 2009.