Welcome to the world of professional gunsmithing! A long time ago, my Grandpa, Bob Brownell, said, “Show me a town without a Gunsmith and I’ll show you a town with out guns” In support of this premise that a strong and vibrant gunsmithing community is the foundation to a strong and vibrant shooting and hunting community Brownells is proud to welcome you to its Second Annual Gunsmith Job Fair. This unique event, will bring together new and recent gunsmith graduates with employers from "big names" in the industry seeking talented gunsmiths INDEX Page IOWA SPEEDWAY Diagram 3 - 4 2008 Brownells GUNSMITH JOB FAIR SCHEDULE 5 Des Moines International Airport and Rental Car Information 6 Hotel Information 7 Local Dining Information 8 Newton Club Floor Plan 9 Employers Table Assignments 10 Employers Information and Bios’ 11-19 NRA and ATF Professional Panel Bios’ 20 Professional Gunsmith Panel Bios’ 21 Joe Bowman “Straight Shooter” Bio 22 Job Seekers Roster 23 Brownells Firearms Policy 24 Big Springs Range Safety Rules 24 Location Maps 25-31 Airport to Newton Newton to Brownells Grinnell to Brownells To Iowa Speedway Iowa Speedway to Newton Country Club Newton to Big Springs Shooting Complex Grinnell to Big Springs Shooting Complex Interview Information 32 – 37 Photo’s from Brownells Gunsmith Job Fair 2007 38 April 11 & 12, 2008 Iowa Speedway 3333 Rusty Wallace Drive Newton, Iowa 50208 Job Fair Location Exit 168 LEGEND Reserved RV Check-In/Guard Post Newton IOWA SPEEDWAY ENTRANCES Concert Stage Area Municipal Airport Ticket Booth 3 Concession Stands Restroom Buildings Security Center Luxury Suite/Newton Club Check-In Season Ticket Ticket Booth 2/Will Call Parking 1 First Aid Station Food & Beverage Parking Information/Guest Services Booth Newton Club Fan Walk/Ticket Booth 1 Parking Newton Club Parking Fan Walk/Shuttle Tram Stop A D1 Bus Parking RV Guest Hospitality Village Check-In Luxury E1 Suite B Parking Rusty Wallace Grandstand Parking C Luxury Suites/The Newton Club F 4 TV O Manatt Grandstand G SeasonParking Ticket Compound Media Center D2 3 Fan Walk Motorcycle H Parking Tech Inspection Building N 2 Competitor Garage P Media & Display I D3 Worker Team Parking 2 Infield Care Center r E2 e Parking Area/ 1 i T Rusty Wallace Drive r Iowa Speedway Drive e - Worker Souvenir Q i Exit 168 T a Tire Building T - e r Parking A Worker Midway a e Merchandise r V Exit 168 R V Administration/Maintenance Building A Parking Competitive Garage Area d ADA R V e M R v U r d e Dump Stations Parking e s v e D4 r R e Employee S s e Team RV Check-In/Guard Post R Parking J W3 Credentials Office Iowa Speedway Drive K1 K2 Team RV Parking General Campground Check-In Hospitality Village L Parking 1 3 Hospitality W2 Village Season Ticket 2 Parking General Parking Vendor Parking Lincoln Street General Parking X Tu nn Y el R oad W1 Credential/Infield 4 Overflow Parking Z General 5 Campground Iowa Speedway Drive Thursday, April 10, 2008 Tours of Brownells 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 200 South Front Street Montezuma, Iowa 50171 Friday, April 11, 2008 Job Fair Iowa Speedway, the Newton Club 3333 Rusty Wallace Drive, Newton, Iowa 50208 6:45 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 7:30 a.m. Welcome – Frank Brownell / Pete Brownell 8:00 a.m. Gunsmith Expectation Professional Panel Session 9:00 a.m. Break 9:15 a.m. NRA and ATF Panel Session 10:15 a.m. Break 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch ( Featherlite Suite, 2nd Floor ) 10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. GUNSMITH JOB FAIR Optional Breakout Session 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. ( Featherlite Suite, 2nd Floor ) SmartStart Workshop for Small Business This workshop designed for anyone who is considering starting a business. You will learn how to create a business plan, do market research, evaluate demand and business strength, consider different types of business ownership, and how to register your business. Presented by the Poweshiek Iowa Development Brownells Job Fair Banquet 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Cash Bar 6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. The Newton Country Club 601 W 12th St S Newton, IA 50208 Saturday, April 12, 2008 Day at the Range 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Big Springs Shooting Complex 4951 Hwy 146, Searsboro, IA 50242. Demonstrations, Exhibitions, Shooting Events Lunch provided by Woody’s Smoke Shack Brownells Gunsmith Job Fair is exclusively for employers and gunsmithing students, recent graduates, and working gunsmiths seeking employment in the firearms industry. We ask that only active jobseekers attend because we do not have the facilities to accommodate family members, friends, or other non-jobseeker. Des Moines International Airport (DSM) Airlines: Allegiant (702) 505-8888 American Eagle (800) 223-5436 Comair - Delta Connection (ASA) (800) 325-1999 Continental Express (800) 784-4444 Midwest Airlines (800) 452-2022 Northwest Airlines (800) 441-1818 United Airlines (800) 824-6200 US Airways (800) 943-5436 Distance From Track: 40 miles Rental Cars Avis Rent a Car (515) 256-5623 Budget Rent a Car (515) 287-2612 Enterprise Rent a Car (515) 256-5665 Hertz Rent a Car (515) 285-9650 National Car Rental (515) 256-5353 Thrifty Car Rental (515) 285-4004 Alamo Car Rental (515) 256-5353 Dollar Rent a Car (515) 273-6100 Hotel Information: Super 8 Motel - Newton Econo Lodge 1635 S. 12th Avenue West 1405 W. 19th St. S. Newton, IA 50208 Newton, IA 50208 641-792-8868 (641) 792-8100 30 Rooms Blocked Newton-Days Inn Newton Inn Hotel & Banquet Facility 1605 W 19th Street S 2000 W 18th St S Newton, IA 50208 Newton, IA 50208 641-792-2330 (641) 792-4200 30 Rooms Blocked Country Inn & Suites Quality Inn Newton 1710 West St South 1700 W 19th Street S Grinnell, IA 50112 Newton, IA 50208 Phone: 641-236-9600 641-792-7722 25 Rooms Blocked 25 Rooms Blocked Microtel Inn and Suites Holiday Inn Express Newton 11000 Federal Avenue 208 West 4th Street North Colfax, IA 50054 Newton, IA 50208 515-674-0600 641-792-3333 Dinning Okoboji Gill Culver's 1407 W. 19th St. South I-80 & Hwy 14 Newton, Iowa 50208 Newton, Iowa 50208 Godfather's Pizza 2426 1st Avenue E. Newton, IA 50208 Burger King Taco John's 705 1st Ave. E. 2106 1st Ave. E. Newton, Iowa 50208 Newton, Iowa 50208 Entertainment Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino 1 Prairie Meadows Dr Altoona, IA 50009 (800) 325-9015 Distance From Track: 28.3 miles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 40 21 BREAKOUT PANEL 22 SESSIONS 39 CHECK IN 38 37 36 35 34 33 A-L M-Z 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 CONCESSION CONCESSION STAND STAND MENS WOMENS ELEV. UP STAIRWAY Table Assignment 1 Murray State Jr. College 2 3 Power Custom 4 Ed Brown Products 5 Turnbull Restoration 6 Cylinder And Slide Shop 7 Les Baer Custom 8 Remington Arms 9 Gander Mountain 10 Wilson Combat 11 Volquartsen Custom 12 Springfield Armory Custom Shop 13 Ahlman's 14 STI International 15 Forster Products 16 HS Precision 17 Wichita Arms 18 Army Marksmen Unit 19 20 ``````` 21 ATF Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms 22 NRA National Rifle Association 23 ````````` 24 POWI-80 Poweshiek Iowa Development 25 American Pistolsmiths Guild 26 Iowa DCI Crime Lab 27 28 E ARTHUR BROWN CO INC 29 Caesar Guerini USA, LLC 30 Nowlin Manufacturing 31 DPMS 32 Sinclair 33 Brownells 34 Ballard Arms 35 Caspian Arms 36 Sprague's Sports Inc. 37 Chucks Gun and Pawn 38 Pine Tech 39 Trinidad 40 Montgomery EMPLOYER INFORMATION AHLMANS 9525 W. 230th St. Morristown, Minnesota 55052 www.ahlmans.com A full service gun shop with seven gunsmiths doing both repairs and full custom work. Equipped with modern lathe and mill. A factory warrantee station for Remington, Browning, Winchester, Weatherby and Llama/Bersa. Holds shooting events at their own range. Located West of Fairbault Minnesota in a rural area for great quality of life. CYLINDER & SLIDE 245 East 4th St. Fremont, Nebraska 68025 www.cylinder-slide.com A true custom handgun and custom pistolsmithing shop. We still specialize in building custom pistols or custom revolvers one at a time. There is no assembly line work at Cylinder & Slide Inc.; each of our pistolsmiths builds a complete custom revolver or custom auto from start to finish. Cylinder & Slide Inc. will customize or repair just about any make of quality revolver or auto. Cylinder & Slide also conducts the most through and comprehensive 1911 Pistolsmithing School available. GANDER MOUNTAIN 180 East Fifth St., Ste. 1300 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 www.gandermountain.com In the 1990’s, Gander Mountain focused on growing its retail presence in the Outdoor sporting goods market, and was determined in their choice to grow its gunsmith services within each new store as well. Today, Gander Mountain employs over 100 gunsmiths in eighteen states, and repairs tens of thousands of firearms each year. Gander gunsmiths repair and upgrade handguns, rifles, shotguns and muzzleloaders and also build custom rifles for select customers. TURNBULL RESTORATION P.O. Box 471 Bloomfield, New York 14469 www.turnbullrestoration.com One of the nations best known and well respected firearms restoration shops. Specializing in the faithful and accurate restoration of vintage firearms, as well as custom work & upgrades. Services include: metal polish, stock repairs & refinishing, complete re-stocking, checkering & carving.