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News | Friday, January 30, 2015
In a major development concerning the National Shooting Sports Foundation's leadership to halt discrimination in the provision of financial services and products to firearms related businesses due to "Operation Choke Point", top officials of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have admitted wrongdoing and said they would cease practices that had the effect of encouraging such disparate treatment.
Hornady® Manufacturin will be sponsoring a series of reloading clinics on Thursday, February 5, 2015, during the Safari Club International convention at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
Timney Triggers has been asking shooters and hunters, "What trigger would you like us to build next?" The response has been incredible and thanks to our customers' involvement, we're thrilled to announce their 2015 Customer's Choice for a 100% drop-in Timney replacement trigger: the Ruger American Rifle.
Mounting Solutions Plus (MSP announces the availability of the new EOTech 518 and 558 Holographic Weapon Sights. Both of the new EOTech sights are in stock and currently shipping from MSP.
TRUGLO® introduces its next generation of their awarding winning TFO® (Tritium/Fiber-Optic) handgun sights, the NEW! BRITE-SITE™ TFX™ (Tritium/Fiber-Optic Xtreme).
SHOT Show Industry Day at the Range is pleased to announce that Smith & Wesson is the 2015 winner of the Action Target Safety Award.
FTI, Inc. has recently developed a 'green' cleaner formula to add to the company's Tetra® Gun care product line. The new Tetra® Gun Cleaner Degreaser is a water-based formula designed to effectively remove lead and carbon fouling as well as pre-existing lubricant and solvent residue from firearm parts.
FTI, Inc.introduces the new Tetra® Gun Pistol Maintenance Kit custom-designed to include all the chemicals and accessories pistol shooters need to maintain their firearms in one handy kit.
Walker's® Game Ear® introduces the Ultimate Digital Quad Connect. The ear protection device offers state of the art digital technology including Bluetooth™ wireless, adjustable frequency tuning, up to nine times hearing enhancement, and sound activated compression.
Browning presented Larry and Brenda Potterfield with a donation of $49,315.00 at the 2015 SHOT Show. This donation to the MidwayUSA Foundation will benefit shooting teams that have an active Team Endowment Account with the Foundation.
The American Museum of Fly Fishing announced yesterday that Tom Brokaw will be honored with their 2015 Heritage Award. The celebration will take place on Friday, April 24, 2015 at The Racquet & Tennis Club in New York City. The Heritage Award will be presented by honorary event chair Lefty Kreh.
Lipsey's, a nationally renowned firearms distributor, had the honor of receiving the Daniel Defense Top Gun Distributor of the Year award for 2014.
Tom Gresham's Gun Talk (R) Radio, the original nationally-syndicated radio talk show about guns and the shooting sports, recorded a special Gun Talk Radio show from the Crimson Trace booth on Thursday, January 22nd, at the 37th Annual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show and Conference (SHOT Show) in Las Vegas, to air this Sunday, February 1st.
In the latest video in the "Roy's Insider Tips" series, American Handgunner Publisher Roy Huntington examines the effectiveness of .38 Special wadcutters at 100 yards
HatsanUSA Inc. announces Thomas F. Gowen and Sons as the company's Manufacturer Sales Representative Agency of the Year for 2014.
Ross Tyser has been recognized for his contributions to the SHOT Show Auction and his efforts to support the hunting and shooting sports at the recently completed SHOT Show.
Thompson/Center Arms' IMPACT! muzzleloader has been recognized as the top performing muzzleloader by Game & Fish/Sportsman magazine.
MidwayUSA announces the promotion of Brad Spears to the position of Logistics Manager - Inbound & Outbound.
As part of the annual SHOT Business Awards announced last week in Las Vegas, professional shooter and Team Smith & Wesson Captain Julie Golob was named "Person of the Year" while Sporting Goods District Sales Manager Todd Shay was named "Sales Representative of the Year."
ATK gives top honors to South Carolina's Palmetto State Armory at the 2015 Shooting Hunting Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, naming it 2014 ATK Dealer of the Year.
ATK (NYSE: ATK) received the "Company of the Year" award from SHOT Business at the Bonnier Outdoor Group breakfast during the 2015 Shooting Hunting Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Few men cast a larger shadow on the hunting world than John Nosler did. The long-time innovator helped shape the development of big-game bullets, as well as the way hunters utilized their firearms and ammunition. His story is being celebrated this month in the February issue of Game & Fish/Sportsman magazines.
Texas A&M announces Houston-based Freedom Munitions as the official ammo sponsor of the Corps of Cadets Marksmanship Unit as they begin their 2015 competition schedule and defend their SPP Collegiate National Championship.
The Corps of Cadets Marksmanship Unit (CCMU), at Texas A&M University, and the Corps of Cadets will host the third annual Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) Southwest Winter Regional competition in College Station, TX on February 7th, 2015
FEATURE
Exhibiting Legacy at SHOT Show 2015
It's impossible to see everything at SHOT Show. The whole week is a whirlwind of activity that can tire even the most focused of minds. But amidst all the new and exciting products to see, there's some "Easter Eggs" that show off the legacies that have helped build the industry into what it is today.
And the Winchester Ammunition Booth embraced that legacy. Partnering with the Cody Firearms Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Winchester Ammunition is displaying two one-of-a-kind rifles.
President Ronald Reagan's Winchester Model 64
 Reagan's Winchester Model 64 |
Winchester began manufacturing the Model 64 in 1933 and while this particular firearm was made in 1937, its second life made a substantial mark on American history.
Frank Pachmayr, a noted gunsmith who was known for beautifully embellished firearms and as the first person to improve the military 1911A1, customized this .30-30 WCF lever action rifle with a Circassian walnut stock and gold inlay to be presented to President Ronald Reagan in 1993.
World's Fair Winchester Model 1866
 World's Fair Winchester Model 1866 Yellow Boy |
This rifle is almost 140 years old and it has never been fired! It is a Winchester Model 1866 commonly referred to as a "Yellow Boy". This particular model is the first lever action to have used the name Winchester.
This .44 caliber deluxe sporting rifle was displayed at the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition- the first World's Fair held in the US. It has one of the finest examples of semi-relief engravings done by master engraver, Conrad Ulrich. The firearm was manufactured and customized in 1873 for display at the Fair and returned to the Winchester factory until it found a home in Cody, Wyoming.
Remembering Our Roots
 Cody Firearms Curator, Ashley Hlebinsky, with National Shooting Sports Foundation CEO, Steve Sanetti. |
Olin Corporation helped the Cody Firearms Museum get its roots. In 1975, Olin loaned the entirety of the Winchester Collection (4,000 firearms and archival records) to the museum, which operated as the Winchester Museum. In 1988, they gifted the collection and as a result, the Cody Firearms Museum was built in 1991. Since then we have grown to a collection of 7,000 firearms. The Cody Firearms Museum remembers its heritage with Olin and was excited to display some truly beautiful and historically-rich firearms in their booth for the first time at SHOT Show 2015.
--Ashley Hlebinsky
Hlebinsky is Curator of the Cody Firearms Museum
Jan 31 | Pima Pistol Club, Tucson, Arizona | Feb 4-7 | Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada | Feb 7 | Gunsmoke Shooting Range, Snook, Texas | Feb 7 | Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas | Feb 7-8 | Montgomery County Shooting Complex, Southside, Tennessee | Feb 14 | Blue Ribbon Pavilion, Indiana State Fairgrounds | Feb 15 | | Feb 20-22 | Agricenter, 777 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, TN | Feb 20-22 | PAC Center, Monroe Community College, Henrietta, New York | Feb 26-28 | Smith & Wesson Academy 299 Page Blvd. Springfield, MA | Mar 4 | Mesa, Arizona | Mar 14-15 | Cody Shooting Complex, Cody, Wyoming | Mar 21 | Fort Benning, Georgia | Mar 21-22 | Ankeny Izaak Walton League, Elkhart, Iowa | Mar 31-Apr 1 | Des Moines, Iowa |
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