Author Topic: Donations for 2009 Shoot (Read 3820 times)

quickdtoo · « **on:** January 13, 2009, 11:58:51 AM »

To add to the barrel Larry is providing I have a certificate for a free accessory barrel including fitting and shipping coming from Remington/H&R along with some other goodies.

Tim

Wingman26 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 13, 2009, 12:47:06 PM »

That sounds pretty nice!

Ditchdigger · « **Reply #2 on:** January 14, 2009, 05:14:33 AM »

Sounds good Tim,now just ship it all to Marv and I,and we'll make sure it gets there.

Digger

Hofs01 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2009, 10:46:04 AM »

WOW thats real nice of them.

stimpylu32 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2009, 09:30:54 AM »

Tim

Next time you talk to your guy , tell him Thank You for me , that should make someone very happy come summer .

After the shoot when I list the Donors please make sure you get his E-mail info added so we all can say thanks .

Richard

quickdtoo · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2009, 12:15:05 PM »

Richard, I would, but he wishes to remain anonymous so a thank-you by post will have to do for now, he does read here.

Tim

chip-don · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2009, 01:28:03 PM »

WELL THANKS AND THANKS

everyone with a handy has another barrel they would like to try it is why we like them

petemi · « **Reply #7 on:** February 06, 2009, 10:44:49 AM »

Tim, thank Mr. Anonymous for me........but please make him aware he's significantly contributing to some serious illness

Whoever he is, ya gotta love 'im. Thank you SIR.

Pete

quickdtoo · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2009, 11:59:20 AM »

I'm sure he knows the extent of his contributions to our malady, he's even affected himself as a Handi owner and reads here regularly.

Tim

quickdtoo · « **Reply #9 on:** April 14, 2009, 12:34:01 PM »

Ok, I got all the stuff now, several Marlin lockback knives with two blades and holster, a bunch of Marlin lockback pocket knives, a nice Marbles belt knife, several Marlin baseball caps, a cleaning kit and the certificate for a free barrel fitting. Just let me know where to send them so they'll get to the shoot.

Tim

Graybeard · « **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2009, 01:22:43 PM »

Prolly should send them to Dan. I can provide his address if you need it. That's where I have stuff sent when I get the donations. That's where Larry sent the barrel.

Graybeard · « **Reply #11 on:** April 20, 2009, 12:52:30 PM »

I spoke with Michael Ryan at Midsouth today and they will again support the PD shoot with door prizes. I made a follow up e-mail and gave him Dan's address to ship the stuff to.

I also spoke with Zach Waterman at Nosler who is apparently now my new contact there. He too will be shipping their items for the door prizes to Dan.

I didn't speak with Steve Johnson at Hornady but did send him an e-mail and will follow up with a phone call later. They usually do support us so if I've not waited too late then I'm sure they will help out.

As I was typing this I got a call back from Matt at Sierra and he asked me to follow up with an e-mail but wasn't in a position to say for sure if they will be able to or not. He said they get lots of such requests and they collect them and set down at end of month and go thru them and decide which they can support.

Hofs01 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 20, 2009, 12:54:38 PM »

Thanks for your time Bill!

stimpylu32 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 20, 2009, 04:20:29 PM »

Thanks a ton Bill , with the e-con-a-me

like it is , the fact that their willing to do anything is surprize and we all should be thankful that there are still companies willing to help out .

Again , THANK YOU

stimpy

Wingman26 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2009, 05:11:55 PM »

One more ATTA BOY! Added to the list!

snowbelt45 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 21, 2009, 12:51:40 PM »

Sponsorship and donations by all the companies and individuals are greatly appreciated by the shooters!

Datil · « **Reply #16 on:** April 21, 2009, 03:05:54 PM »

ALL people donateing door prizes A big Thank You!

Marv.

Graybeard · « **Reply #17 on:** April 22, 2009, 12:16:19 PM »

I have gotten confirmation from Hornady, Midsouth and Nosler that they will be shipping something to Dan for door prizes. What I do not know.

Hornady specifically said no bullets would be in the box as they just are having too much trouble keeping them in stock and cannot and are not donating bullets at this time. They will be shipping what I requested for my use in Product Reviews but he said they'd ship as they become available and it could take quite some while until I get them all.

Nosler pretty much said same. They will ship my review stuff if in stock or maybe as it become available. There might or might not be bullets for door prizes but maybe.

I expect the Midsouth items to run about same as last year. I did ask Michael if he could see his way clear to do so to ship me 500 of their Varmint Nightmare bullets which I'd divide up into packages of 100 each to give to five folks as door prizes to let folks sample their private brand of bullets. I am not sure if he will or will not be able to do this.

Sierra merely said they will put the request in with others and evaluate it at the end of this month. We might or we might not have door prizes from them and I honestly do not know when or if I'll know for sure from them.

The bullets I asked for personally for product review from them were in stock but in small quantities so I'm getting less than half what I asked for. He told me that three other writers had asked for handgun bullets in the last hour via e-mail and none of what they asked for was in stock and he had previously mentioned two other writers who got nothing they asked for as nothing they asked for was in stock. He said Sierra has zero bullets for 9mm, .40 or .45 in stock.

All said they are working over time making bullets trying to fill orders and that they are going out to distributors as fast as they are made and nothing much is being held in stock. They can't keep up with orders even tho they are working over time and to full capacity trying.

The real question is who are the bullets going to? The distributors are getting more really than normal but the retail dealers don't seem to be getting many. Who is buying them up and where are they going are questions no one seems to have answers to.

stimpylu32 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 22, 2009, 12:58:44 PM »

Were the bullets are going ? I have not a clue , Maybe ending up in a wearhouse somewere waiting for the price to go but I don't think so .

Best guess is that everyone that has a chance to grab a few boxes more is doing so , worried that they may become outlawed or taxed to the extream , don't see that happening either .

Anything that we get from them will be more than we had , so a big THANK YOU to all .

stimpy

chip-don · « **Reply #19 on:** April 22, 2009, 11:47:56 PM »

The president has been very successful in stimulating the shooting sports economy

Wingman26 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 23, 2009, 10:52:33 AM »

Quote from: chip-don on April 22, 2009, 11:47:56 PM

The president has been very successful in stimulating the shooting sports economy

I think that's the only accomplishment that he can really claim!

d_hiker · « **Reply #21 on:** April 23, 2009, 11:38:56 AM »

Someone had to stimulate the economy

Graybeard · « **Reply #22 on:** April 23, 2009, 11:45:30 AM »

More good news on the donation front.

I spoke with Rich the owner of Mueller Optics today. He has agreed to again provide a scope for the prairie dog shoot this year as he has each year so far. I sent him an e-mail with Dan's shipping address to ship it out so it will be waiting for the prize presentation.

Rich says business is down by 40% his year which I really don't understand. He obviously isn't getting the sales boost from obama's actions. He is also reconsidering dropping out as a GBO Sponsor but has not made a final decision yet. He says he is not seeing the hits from GBO he should be. I forgot to ask him if he is looking at the URL for the forums as well as Home Page or only the Home Page URL. I did mention it in the e-mail follow up however.

Clicks to sponsor banners from the site very often do make the decision on whether they continue to sponsor the site.

stimpylu32 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 23, 2009, 02:45:28 PM »

Bill

Don't know if it will make a diffrence to Rich but on the links page , he's #1 on the Rated list and #3 on the top 5 visited sites list , with 392 hits .

stimpy

PHATINJUN · « **Reply #24 on:** May 03, 2009, 06:34:19 AM »

I would also like to thank all who have donated and spent time getting the donation. Even though I will not make it this yr .So thank you!! I know drawing the names is quite a lot of fun for all attending and looked forward to. Also thank you Rich for the scope donation I know it's just a drop in the bucket but I am getting 2 more Muellers for a couple of new guns I know they ain't Leoplods but in my book they are as close as you can get for the money I will have six total and just love the 4-14 APV and got them in both matte and silver. Have fun guys. Kurt

d_hiker · « **Reply #25 on:** May 03, 2009, 05:50:52 PM »

I have 4 Mueller scopes and love them. I had never heard of them before joining GBO and hearing the good reviews of them.

Graybeard · « **Reply #26 on:** May 03, 2009, 05:57:22 PM »

We should have door prizes on the way from Hornady, Midsouth, Mueller and Nosler. Sierra I'm still not certain on but they have supported us in the past each time I've asked so I assume they will but I've not gotten a firm response from them yet.

I have a couple more folks I need to talk to and see if they will or won't. Lee Precision has supported us at least a couple times I think so I should call and ask. I'm also going to ask Zen-Ray. I really have no clue if they will or will not but I'll try to check tomorrow.

Dan if you see this please advise me when you get boxes in from these folks so I can be sure they have shipped as promised.

Ditchdigger · « **Reply #27 on:** May 04, 2009, 04:05:34 AM »

Ok guy's,lets have a list of the sponsers so I can have a banner made up. Maybe a few logo's will help also. Digger

Graybeard · « **Reply #28 on:** May 04, 2009, 07:48:37 AM »

Here ya go.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #29 on:** May 04, 2009, 09:20:16 AM »

Here's a couple more.