Knoxville, TN - Spandau/SDS Imports hosted the inaugural Oktoberfest Classic in conjunction with Hillsdale College and the Halter Shooting Center from 9/16-9/17. With nearly 50 competitors there was a great showing of talent, and the weather was immaculate for breaking clays. There was a great showing of Hillsdale Collegiate shooters as well as The Army Marksmanship Unit.

Spandau presented 6 guns for prizes including our Premier Target, Premier Field, and Spandau Target. We had an Army Marksmanship Unit sweep of the podiums in both Skeet, and Trap with some stellar scores shot in the final. Logan Lucas won the trap after shooting a 40 in the finals and was the recipient of a Spandau Premier Target. Derek Haldeman finished in 2nd place receiving a Spandau Premier Field. Seth Inman finished 3rd winning a Spandau Target.

Mark Staffen won Gold on the skeet side of it also receiving a Spandau Premier Target. Hayden Stewart took placed 2nd receiving a Spandau Premier Field, and Christian Elliot placed 3rd receiving a Spandau Target.

Spandau would like to thank all the competitors that came out and tried out the products and competed in the Oktoberfest classic. We’d also like to express thanks to Hillsdale College and the Halter shooting center staff for being fantastic hosts and putting on a world class event, as always.

About Spandau Arms:

The Spandau Brand embodies the bold tradition, heritage, and elegance of sporting arms held throughout the world. When shooters demand their guns work in the highest competitive moments, they can count on a Spandau product to be there for them.

Our products are at home in the duck marshes of Louisiana, or the podium of the Olympics. We offer a wide breadth of products for the discerning sportsman. Our products are crafted by generations of craftsmen from one of the oldest firearms manufacturing regions in the world. We pride ourselves on our artisanship and delivering the consumer a shotgun that belongs in any gun club in the world.

Our Premier over under shotguns are finished by hand. Full stop. From the checkering of the stock to the engraving on the receiver you receive a hand-crafted firearm. Each gun is slightly different because of that and is as individual as the end user that shoots it.

Our hunting guns offer the end user a bespoke firearm in the gauges that the discerning sportsman has come to expect of any serious, high-end firearms manufacture. We offer a variety of 12-, 20-, 28-, and .410-Gauge shotguns that are at home in the pheasant fields of North Dakota, or your local sporting clays course.

One of Spandau’s biggest market focuses is our future. The sport we all adore, and the game we love to chase all depends on one thing. Our youth shooters, and their respect for the sport we love. Therefore, Spandau is proud to introduce a youth shotgun from the start. We do not believe in the youth market as a second aspect of business, but the core of our focus. Our guns are designed by former youth shooters and National Champions in the shooting sports, as well as avid sportsman. This allows Spandau to give the end user exactly what they are looking for in a youth focused target gun, weekend sporting clays gun, or a serious hunting gun.

There is a Spandau for every season.

About SDS Imports:

SDS Imports is a premier manufacturer and importer with offices in Knoxville, Tennessee and southwestern Turkey. Established in 2017, the founding partners of SDS Imports have decades of combined experience in importation, manufacturing, and engineering across various industries, from firearms to plastics to large scale distribution. The expertise allows SDS Imports to work closely with their partners around the globe to ensure success in the US market. SDS technical staff assists manufacturing partners with on-site engineering initiatives, compliance expertise, and marketing efforts to ensure success in the diverse US firearm market. SDS maintains strong relationships within the industry to afford new brands the opportunity to enter established sales and distribution channels, reach new customers with targeted marketing and offer unwavering customer support. SDS is the exclusive distributor for Tisas USA, Tokarev USA, Spandau USA and Military Armament Corporation.

Contact: Neil Sanders – Director of Marketing 214-707-7775