History
of Silver Seitz - 100% American Made:
The
Seitz Trap Gun was built by Tom Seitz, well known by all
trapshooters. Tom, with his wife Sue, lived in Salem,
Oregon and manufactured Seitz Trap Guns. He had
manufactured a total of 45 guns. Tom passed away in
October, 1988.
We (Bill
Jacobsen and Jerry Phillips) had become good friends with
Tom and Sue Seitz.
Sometime after
Tom's death, Bill and Jerry began talking about
manufacturing a gun. During one of their discussions,
they decided to call Sue Seitz to see if she would be
willing for us to build and carry on the Seitz named trap
gun.
After meeting
with Sue, she agreed as long as the gun was a top quality
trap gun like Tom would have wanted.
They decided to
name the new gun the "Silver Seitz" - Silver for the Silver
Dollar Trap Club and of course Seitz to honor Tom Seitz.
Jerry's company
in Parkton, Maryland - AIM Inc. - is one of the nation's
leading manufacturers of precision components and assemblies
for the military defense and for commercial products.
Jerry's knowledge in this field explains why we have one of
the finest precision built trap guns in the world . . . .
and so the Silver Seitz was born. |