Episode 2703
Michael Voigt
Fri, 2024-Sep-27 00:01 UTC
Length - 2:12
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Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.
The random article for Friday, 27 September 2024 is Michael Voigt.
Michael Paul Voigt (September 23, 1958 – March 24, 2018) was president of the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) from 2000 to 2012.
He later worked for Surefire LLC in the Suppressor R&D division, in addition to working with Safariland R&D.
Michael has won numerous world and national titles in handgun, shotgun, rifle, and multigun through over 30 years of competition. A few of these titles include the IPSC World Championship Individual titles 3 times, IPSC World Team Championship 7 times, IPSC Continental Shotgun 2 times, IPSC Continental handgun 2 times, International Tactical Rifle Championship 5 times and USPSA multi-gun 14 times.
Michael Voigt was influential in the formation of Strayer Voigt Inc and their line of Infinity Firearms of modular wide-frame 1911s, also called 2011s. Strayer-Voigt, Inc. was started in June 1994 when its founder Sandy Strayer left STI International Inc to form his own company, and then joined forces with Michael Voigt who contributed both as a professional shooter and gunsmith.
Michael died in 2018 from cancer.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:01 UTC on Friday, 27 September 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Michael Voigt on Wikipedia.
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