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Greg Summers, Ben Summers and Brandon Reyes of Axcel Sights and Scopes

Leading Technology, Proven Results

By Michaelean Pike

You have to be careful when you spend any amount of time with the guys from Axcel Sights. Whether you talk with them about the company’s exceptionally high-performance sights, their commitment to improving the experience for archers and bowhunters, their interest in supporting the industry as a whole or their incredibly bright future, it won’t be long before you’ll find yourself—no matter how happy you are with your own job—wanting to be a part of what’s happening at Axcel.

This is thanks in no small part to the people behind Axcel. Down-to-earth, genuine, upbeat and passionate about quality, these guys clearly demonstrate that good people with good ideas can create something truly great. The company’s slogan—Leading Technology, Proven Results—isn’t just a handful of catchy words. Axcel’s cutting edge technology is backed up by countless tournament wins and downed animals alike.

Many of those good ideas start with Greg Summers, who founded a company called S&S Machine, Inc. back in 1985. The “S&S” stood for Summers & Sons, and to the present—when Greg worked with his father and brother—as well as the future when Greg would be joined by his own sons.

“I began S&S Machine with my brother Dan and my father as part owners,” says Greg Summers. “I was the major owner, and it was kind of difficult being my dad’s boss.”

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