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Article: Filling A Need
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- The Shooting Industry
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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Mitch Mode, owner of Mel's Trading Post in Rhinelander, Wis., said he decided to stock a few of Keystone Sporting Arms' Crickett rifles with pink stocks for Christmas and he quickly sold out.
"Those little pink .22s really stand out on a gun rack," Mode said. "They definitely draw attention and they're eye-catching."
He said he wasn't all that surprised to sell out of the pink rifles because he has noticed an increase in young girls getting involved in the shooting sports.
"We have so many young girls coming in here now who go deer and bear hunting with their parents. It's a good thing," Mode said. "That pink rifle fits the girls and it fills a need."
Arlene Minto, treasurer for the Camo ...