The Product
Quickdraw is completely made in the USA with aircraft grade aluminum and industrial components. The internal levers are all stainless-steel hardened and precision made. All parts are precision billet made on CNC machines in the Dallas Metroplex area. All aluminum parts are anodized for long life and nice finish. The stainless-steel parts are black iron nitrided for surface hardness and long life. The concepts applied to high precision rifle triggers have been incorporated into this design based on years of experience in the firearms industry.
The Owners
JERRY STILLER
Jerry is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas. He has worked for Texas Instrument and, after that, went to work as a defense engineer specializing in various technical fields at Raytheon where he designed multiple platforms used in the military today. In 1986, Jerry founded High Performance Engineering. HPE was involved with creating drag racing software, engine building, and drag racing electronics. Jerry has also always been into precision rifles and later formed Stiller’s Precision Firearms in 1998. SPF had over 20 CNC machines and other dedicated equipment to produce over 4000 bolt action receivers in-house per year. SPF became one of the largest bolt action companies in the US, supplying custom builders and gunsmiths with ultra-precision parts to build their products and companies on. SPF sold in 2017, and Jerry started Holeshot Arms to continue working in the highly competitive 22 benchrest market. Holeshot still supplies the world’s most accurate 22LR rifles to competitors worldwide. Jerry also enjoys participating in the 22LR rifle competitions across the US. When Jerry met Wade Owens, they bonded over precision shooting and drag racing. After looking at the current drag racing market, they decided it was time to bring something new to the table, and thus Quickdraw was invented!
WADE OWENS
Wade started out going to the drag races at a very young age. His dad and uncle both drag-raced, and that set the hook deep by the age of 3. Wade and his dad bought a car in 1983 and worked on it together to attend a newly reopened dragstrip in Sikeston, MO. Hot Wheels cars and Hot Rod magazines drove him straight into the drag racing world. Street racing was a passion, and every weekend, he looked for someone to compete against. In 1991, he bought a ’69 Camaro Super Stock car and raced in the NHRA. Then, he followed that up by building an NMCA Super Street car, then went back to NHRA with the Stock Eliminator Car that garnered 11 class win Wallys. A new No Prep backside car is in the works, and he is looking forward to this new challenge. In 2017, Wade opened Customs and Classics, LLC, where they perform high-end restorations and repairs on muscle cars and street rods.