Hi Guys,
First and Foremost: My apologies to all of you who received from 71
to 240 copies of Sgram #73. We have absolutely
no idea which computer cog slipped! During the scramble here to shut it down
and stop the flow, some of you may not have gotten even one copy. If so,
please refer to the website for that and any other issues you may have
missed.The initial picture of the "IPSC
30th Anniversary" pistol is on the website. We're still a week or so away
from a "picture series". We will have a couple at the SHOT Show and Mr.
Prommersberger will have a couple at IWA. Additionally, if I understand
correctly, the picture series and descriptive words will also be posted on
the IPSC website.
Check out the inventory page on the
website. We're almost half way to re-establishing that stock. Again, further
attempts on our part to shorten your lead times on standard products.
Final count for "new product" introductions
at SHOT will be three. (plus new finishes, options, etc.) All of the new
"part" introductions have been done on the "2005 Price Sheets".
Thanks to you all, we ended Fiscal
2004 up just over 35%. Current projection for 2005 is a slightly more
reasonable 26-27%.
Huge recognition is due to the STI
Distributors who made the greatest gains in 2004. The two most notable are
(for the second year in a row), Manfred Gruber of Bignami in Italy,
and newcomer Roger Sigman in the United States of Florida . Right on
their tails was Karl Prommersberger of Germany , Freedom Ventures in Canada
, and Brazos Custom Gunworks in the U.S. of Texas. Honorable mentions
must go out to the staffs of Dawson Precision in Texas, Shooters Connection
in the Kentucky Outback, and Action Shooter Imports in Australia. These guys
didn't do less, they just didn't increase as dramatically. The "comers" to
watch in 2005 are in Malaysia, France, and the Philippines.
As long as we're passing out "Kudos", how
about congratulations to our Dealers of notable improvement for this year?
Thunder Mountain Custom Rifles in Arizona , Action Shooting Supply in
Louisiana , and Dougs Shoot N Sports in Utah ! Saaaaaaaaalute!
Just reminders (again): Our factory
minimum order went up from $250.00 to $500.00 as of January 3, 2005 . You
may want to adjust your inventories accordingly. Several gun prices went
down on Jan. 3, 2005. Corrected prices are on the website and on the new
price list.
We'll have our whole crew at the SHOT Show
this year (Dave S., Pauletta, Don, Ed, John, Lori, and Dave C.), as well as
"guest luminaries" Roger Sigman (our Florida Distributor), Michael Voigt
(our Marketing and Technical Advisor), and Sam Conway (author, instructor,
and STI promoter). There is even a rumor that THE Dave Dawson (noted
STI Distributor, shooter, gunsmith, entrepreneur, and businessman) will also
be joining us for a couple of days. If this gang can't answer your question,
it shouldn't have been asked!
Have fun. Do good. Sell a
bunch. Not necessarily in that order!
SHOT SHOW BOOTH # 5467
IWA BOOTH #3-133
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