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SIG SAUER Captain Max Michel, Jr., Captures USPSA Area 3 Title

Monday, August 6, 2012 15:52

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SIG SAUER Captain Max Michel, Jr., Captures USPSA Area 3 Title

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EXETER, NH --( title="AmmoLand Reports" target="_blank" href="/r2/?url=http://www.ammoland.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ammoland.com)- Max Michel, Jr., successfully defended his title at the United States Practical Shooting Association Area 3 Championship this weekend in Grand Island, Neb.

In his return to the USPSA Open Division, Michel battled the blistering heat and the blazing competition to retain his title.

Michel won the 2012 Area 6 and Area 1 Single-Stack Division titles with his signature SIG SAUER 1911 Max pistol.

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SIG SAUER Captain Max Michel, Jr., Captures USPSA Area 3 Title

“Looking at the field at Area 3, it looked like a solid group of Open competitors,” Michel said. “I was hoping it would turn out to be a good race and I wasn’t disappointed.”

Michel finished with a final score of 1837.9943 match points, some 57.3658 points ahead of the runner-up.

Next up for Michel is the USPSA Area 7 Championship in Harvard, Mass., in early Sepetember.

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About Max Michel, Jr. /> By anyone’s account, Max Michel, Jr., is one of the best shooters in the world. With three World Speed Shooting Championships (2009, 2007 and 2005), six USPSA National Championships (2011, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004), three U.S. Steel National Championships (2011, 2009 and 2008), 39 USPSA Area Championships, and nearly 100 Major Championship wins, Michel has become a dominant force in the pistol shooting sports. Michel also owns multiple World Speed Shooting records as well as the only Action

Shooter to win all USPSA Area Championships in the same season (2010). As an international /> competitor, Michel has represented the United States in the last five International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) World Shoots and returned home each time with team gold medals.

About SIG SAUER, Inc. /> SIG SAUER, Inc. is the largest member of a worldwide business group of firearms manufacturers that includes SIG SAUER GmbH & Co. KG in Germany and Swiss Arms AG in Switzerland. This global network of companies gives SIG SAUER a world-class firearms knowledge base, unparalleled design expertise, and extensive manufacturing capacity, enabling the company to respond quickly and effectively to changing market conditions and the needs of its military, law enforcement, and commercial markets worldwide. SIG SAUER is an ISO 9001: 2008 certified company with over 600 employees. For more information on SIG SAUER, any of its products, or the SIG SAUER Academy℠, log on to www.sigsauer.com.

2012-08-06 15:47:57

Source: http://www.ammoland.com/2012/08/06/sig-sauer-captain-max-michel-captures-uspsa-area-3-title/

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