GBR-V was a great experience, and all who attended enjoyed it greatly.
Mr. Completely and
KeeWee work harder than we can imagine to put this meeting together every year, but it also requires the support of others. Below is the list of contributors, borrowed from
The Smallest Minority:
"Bill Brassard Jr., Director of Communications for the
National Shooting Sports Foundation. The NSSF provided the pizza dinner Saturday night, and Bill is the gateway through which bloggers can get media credentials to attend the annual SHOT show in Las Vegas.
Rachel Parsons of the
NRA, who provided a very nice breakfast for us Friday morning before we headed off to the range, but was unable to make it herself due to illness.
Randi Rogers AKA "Holy Terror" of
Glock, who provided a certificate for any standard Glock handgun.
Charles Brown of
Hi-Point Firearms and
MKS Supply, who provided a certificate for a 9mm Carbine.
Kerby Smith of
Para USA who provided a 35% discount coupon for any new Para pistol
Lori Petoske of
Ruger Firearms who provided very nice briefcase-style range bags for all of the bloggers, plus cups, hats and other swag.
Larry Weeks of
Brownell's, who unfortunately couldn't be with us as this year he was a range officer at the USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals being held in Las Vegas. Brownell's provided AR-15 mags, one of their top-of-the-line range bags, and other great stuff.
Colin Anthony of
MidwayUSA, who provided shirts, a stack of excellent pistol range bags and other stuff, plus a discount code for blog readers (and another one to come!)
Patrick Harlan of
Crimson Trace, who provided a certificate for any in-stock Lasergrip, and some very nice pistol rugs and other swag.
Leupold, who through Allen Forkner of
Swanson*Russell, provided a damned nice
VX3 scope.
Jamie Klund and Gary Shank of
Cabela's who hosted a tour of their 125,000 square-foot Reno store, and let us fondle the rare firearms in their Gun Room, (including a $30k Single-Action Army!) Cabela's also gave us some discount coupons that most of us made immediate use of.
The Cowboy Fastdraw Association, who put on a match for Rendezvous attendees Sunday at absolutely no cost to us. It was, to coin a phrase, a blast. Special thanks to "Quick Cal" Eilrich and the
Sage Hills Reno Rustlers Cowboy Fast Draw Club who ran the match.
The
Palomino Valley Gun Club who run a fine range, and the
Western Nevada Pistol League who let us shoot their steel on Saturday.
Richard Brengman of
Special Interest Arms, who brought some of his stuff to Friday's Show-'n-Tell for us to look at and handle. Richard lives an hour or so away in Gardnerville, NV, and said he thought some other local manufacturers might be interested in attending next year.
Derek of
The Packing Rat, who donated an
Air Venturi Bronco break-barrel air rifle. Derek is also the unofficial photographer for the Rendezvous.
And the
Silver Legacy Resort and Casino who treated us well all weekend.
And thanks also to all the attendees who helped us raise money for Project Valour-IT."
A few more: The bloggers were greatly honored to have Jeff Bader from
Soldiers' Angels attend this fund raiser.
Springfield Armory donated a stack of hats, and ball point pens.
Front Sight Institute provided a certificate for a deeply discounted training session.
Caleb provided a personally autographed NRA hat!
And, Thank You, Kevin, for putting this list together!
