Longmeadow, MA 7/29/2011 – Honored American Veterans Afield (HAVA) and FMG Publications sponsored two American Heroes from Ft. Campbell at the annual Shooting Industry Masters event in Park City, KY on July 22-23, 2011. These disabled soldiers were greeted with a 2-minute standing ovation by over 350 participants from the shooting industry who understand how [...]
Down Range TV regular contributor Paul Erhardt finds out he’s not Blazing Saddles when it comes to drawing a gun.
Park City, KY – July 29, 2011 Park Mammoth Resort and Rockcastle Shooting Center rolled out the welcome mat for a record breaking attendance at the Shooting Industry Masters. 375 registered shooters consisting of 82 teams, a 36% increase over last year’s attendance, gathered to relax and enjoy two days of shooting various courses of [...]
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is proud to announce that it has donated $279,600.00 to the NRA as part of Ruger’s “Million Gun Challenge to Benefit the NRA” campaign. Ruger is trying to make history by selling one million firearms to the commercial market in a 12-month period, and is pledging to give [...]
Overland Park, Kan. — Butler Creek was honored on July 22 at the 20th annual Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence Awards with the Accessory of the Year for its Baby UpLULA loader. The 500-member voting Academy includes manufacturers, distributors, executives, storefront dealers and outdoor writers. This year, the academy considered a record 193 entries in [...]
Press Release from MKS Distributing, Dayton OH, July, 2011-Distributor for Chiappa Firearms: Recently there has been some blogger activity concerning Chiappa Firearms putting a RFID (radio frequency identification) in Chiappa Firearms. Yes, but Chiappa will not be using the RFID system for at least a year. RUMOR: The erroneous information about some sort of “chip” [...]
Each year, FMG Publications brings together representatives from the shooting industry and put them on the range. They compete with handguns, rifles and shotguns. This year’s event was hosted by Rockcastle Shooting Center in Kentucky. Meet some of the industry representatives and host Nick Noble. Reference Links: Rockcastle Shooting Center 2011 Shooting Industry Masters FMG [...]
Michael Bane reports back from last weekend’s 2011 Industry Masters which this year was held at the Rockcastle Shooting Facility in Park City, Kentucky. It is also the week after the horrible shooting in Oslo, Norway, where a coward killed at least 68 people execution style. While the media and the society in general are [...]
The U.S. Practical Shooting Association announced that STI International, a leading manufacturer of firearms for the competition market, will be the title sponsor of the organization’s annual handgun championships.
San Diego, Calif. – The industry’s best of the best were recognized at the 20th Annual Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence awards July 22 at the Holiday Inn University Plaza in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Winners were announced in conjunction with the Shooting Industry Masters. The 500-member voting Academy, which includes manufacturers, distributors, executives, storefront dealers [...]
