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Our readers have spoken, and they’ve voted Randy Luth as the “Readers’ Choice” among this year’s OL 25 honorees (December/January). Luth received 53 percent of the votes, and beat out an impressive list of conservation volunteers, outdoor trendsetters and passionate hunters and anglers.
Luth, who founded DPMS/Panther Arms in 1986, has worked tirelessly to advocate for and educate people on the use of service rifles as viable hunting firearms. “The journey has been so long and difficult in the black-rifle business,” he says. “Now, in the 21st century, we are finally making some headway in getting hunters and shooters to realize that all we make is a cool-looking rifle that happens to shoot a little faster.” It’s that type of progressive and affable attitude that drew online voters to Luth and his commitment to rifle hunting and safety.
Runner-up kudos are due to John Annoni, who garnered 36 percent of the online vote. Annoni, a teacher from Pennsylvania, started a curriculum that offers hands-on training and education in weapons safety and outdoor experiences to inner-city kids; since its inception, the curriculum has blossomed into a federally recognized program called Camp Compass Academy.
Click here to see all of the 2008 OL25 honorees.
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Comments (8)
Congrats, Randy! You deserved it.
Rock on, Mr. Luth! You're an inspiration to all honest outdoorsman.
Congrats to Randy, and congrats to Mr. Annoni as a runner-up. I was really impressed with all of the OL 25 bunch this year. What an inspirational group of people.
I agree. The list was impressive this year. Congrats, Randy!
Way to go Mr. Luth. You should be as proud as we are of you.
BTW--I also know of the fine works of John Annoni---heard about him on the Ray Eye radio show out of St. Louis. Keep it up, John!
Way to go Randy and John! Our sport needs more guys like you two.
I think it's a little ironic that before Jim Zumbo made his remarks about black rifles no outdoor magazines had any articles about them and after Zumbos comment every outdoor magazine won't stop singing the praises of black rifles. There is nothing wrong with black rifles but I think it's time we stopped kissing up them just to be popular.
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Rock on, Mr. Luth! You're an inspiration to all honest outdoorsman.
I agree. The list was impressive this year. Congrats, Randy!
Congrats, Randy! You deserved it.
Congrats to Randy, and congrats to Mr. Annoni as a runner-up. I was really impressed with all of the OL 25 bunch this year. What an inspirational group of people.
Way to go Mr. Luth. You should be as proud as we are of you.
BTW--I also know of the fine works of John Annoni---heard about him on the Ray Eye radio show out of St. Louis. Keep it up, John!
Way to go Randy and John! Our sport needs more guys like you two.
I think it's a little ironic that before Jim Zumbo made his remarks about black rifles no outdoor magazines had any articles about them and after Zumbos comment every outdoor magazine won't stop singing the praises of black rifles. There is nothing wrong with black rifles but I think it's time we stopped kissing up them just to be popular.
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