{"id":13831,"date":"2012-03-26T15:47:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T20:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=13831"},"modified":"2012-03-26T15:47:40","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T20:47:40","slug":"larry-potterfield-welcomes-outdoor-channel-producers-to-midwayusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/larry-potterfield-welcomes-outdoor-channel-producers-to-midwayusa\/13831\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Potterfield Welcomes Outdoor Channel Producers to MidwayUSA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Outdoor Channel's Michael Bane (left) and MidwayUSA's Founder Larry Potterfield on set in GunTec<\/p><\/div>\n

COLUMBIA, MO \u2013 March 26, 2012 \u2013 Recently, the producers from Outdoor Channel were on location in Columbia, MO to interview Founder and CEO Larry Potterfield about firearms to be featured on upcoming episodes of MidwayUSA\u2019s Gun Stories. There was also time for some more personal questions. Have you ever wanted to know what Larry Potterfield would be doing if he wasn\u2019t the CEO of MidwayUSA? What about his favorite firearm or preferred animal to hunt? Outdoor Channel found out!<\/p>\n

Without giving away too many details on the upcoming season of MidwayUSA\u2019s Gun Stories, Potterfield tells Outdoor Channel personality Michael Bane that there are plans to film some shooting, reloading and gunsmithing videos. As far as what guns specifically, that\u2019s still unknown, but Potterfield keeps audiences in suspense as he explains how specific projects are picked for the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we do in GunTec is film interesting stuff that I\u2019m personally interested in that probably nobody else would film,\u201d said Potterfield. \u201cSo when you see us restore an antique Parker shotgun, when you see us take an old Remington Rolling Block and make Custer\u2019s sporting rifle out of it, I\u2019m personally interested in that stuff and something like this would be good to teach. I\u2019ve always liked to teach.\u201c<\/p>\n

During a break in the filming, Bane also asked Potterfield a few behind the scenes questions like what his favorite firearm was, where his favorite hunting spot is, and what a day in the life of Larry Potterfield is like. Potterfield also explains why guns and dead animals are a trademark around the MidwayUSA campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever I\u2019m at MidwayUSA I\u2019m always struck by the walls of guns, kind of the history of firearms racked along the walls of the GunTec studio and all the animals around the offices,\u201d said Bane. \u201cOne thing that sets MidwayUSA apart is when you walk through this huge, sprawling facility, there\u2019s lots of animal heads on the walls, it\u2019s almost like an archeological dig on Larry and Brenda\u2019s hunting life.\u201d Arguably, Larry Potterfield has the best job in America.\u201d
\nTo view all the behind the scenes footage taken from Outdoor Channel\u2019s visit, be sure to check out MidwayUSA\u2019s NEW Video Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About MidwayUSA<\/strong><\/em>
\n Larry and Brenda Potterfield turned their passion for shooting sports into a career in 1977 by opening a small retail firearms store that would eventually become MidwayUSA (http:\/\/www.midwayusa.com<\/a>). Now celebrating its 35th Anniversary, MidwayUSA continues to offer Just About Everything\u00ae for Shooting, Reloading, Gunsmithing and Hunting while maintaining the company\u2019s #1 goal of Customer Satisfaction.<\/em>
\n For more information about MidwayUSA, please visit their website or call 800-243-3220.<\/em>
\n For more information about Gun Stories, please visit their website or call Outdoor Channel at 800-770-5750.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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