Team SIG Earns Multiple Wins at U.S. Steel National Championship

By Justin Stakes

Team Captain Max Michel Wins Rimfire Division Title; Phil Strader Wins Single Stack Division Title

Newington, NH -(AmmoLand.com)- SIG SAUER, Inc., is pleased to announce that Team SIG members Max Michel, Jr., and Phil Strader claimed two division titles competing at the 2016 U.S. Steel Nationals held March 18-20 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

Team Captain Max Michel claimed the Rimfire Pistol Open title, while Phil Strader was named this year’s Single Stack Division winner. During the three days of competition, more than 200 competitors from across the United States, Canada, Central America and Japan tested their skills in eight stages of fire made up of all steel targets.

Using an electronic timer that records times to 0.01 of a second, competitors completed five runs on seven stages of fire and four runs on the last stage, with one “throw-out” run allowed per stage. Each competitor’s best runs on each of the stages were used to tally scores for individual stage results and a combined score of all eight stages was used to determine a final match score.

In this year’s Steel Nationals, Team Captain Max Michel had a remarkable run, earning a spot at …Read the Rest

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