Shooting Sports Retailer - July/August 2010

ATK has announced a new partnership
with the DUCK COMMANDER and BUCK
COMMANDER brands. Effective immedi-
ately, ATK will assume the duties of selling
the Duck and Buck Commander products
as they relate to DVD’s, game calls, apparel
and more. This relationship isn’t the first time
ATK has partnered with the Buck Commander
brand. Weaver Optics, a brand owned by ATK,
recently announced a signature series of rifle-
scopes designed for the Buck Commander
and their avid followers.

GLOCK Donates $100K
to Special Operations Warrior Foundation

GLOCK, Inc. has donated $100,000 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF) during the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) held last month at the Tampa Convention Center. This marks the fifth straight year that GLOCK has made this contribution, for a total of $500,000.

Col. John T. Carney Jr., the founding father of Air Force Special Tactics and current President of SOWF, accepted the donation. Carney was presented the U.S. Special Operations Command Medal in 1996 for his outstanding contributions to the revitalization of special operations. In 1997, Carney was inducted into the Air Commando Hall of Fame.

“GLOCK’s focus remains on assisting those who go in harm’s way to defend the freedom that we all currently enjoy,” said Josh Dorsey, GLOCK Inc. Vice President. “Therefore, GLOCK welcomes the opportunity to contribute to SOWF’s noble cause of reducing the individual soldier’s trepidation as they cross the line of departure by ensuring their loved ones will be cared for if they should fall.”

FNH USA Extends Promotion Offering
a Free Insight Tech-Gear Tactical Illuminator
with FN Five-SeveN Pistol Purchase

Due to high demand, FNH USA has extended its promotion for those who purchase a new FN Five-SeveN pistol between May 1 and July 31, 2010. Customers making a purchase between those dates are eligible to receive a free Insight Tech-Gear M3 tactical illuminator worth $120.

The FN Five-SeveN single-action autoloading pistol fires the low recoil 5. 7 x 28mm cartridge making it ideal for personal protection, target shooting, or tactical police competition shooting. It is available in matte black, olive drab green, or flat dark earth frames, with a choice of adjustable target sights or fixed three-dot combat sights, and comes standard with three magazines, owner’s manual, locking device, and lockable hard case.

The firearm-mounted Insight Tech-Gear M3 tactical illuminator—first introduced in 1998—is rugged and reliable. According to Insight, it can be found in more law enforcement and personal defense holsters than any other firearm light on the market.

Please visit www.fnhusa.com for full details on the promotion and redemption forms. All paperwork must be postmarked no later than August 16, 2010.

People:

Michael Brown, NASGW Chairman of the Board and President of Camfour, Inc. announced that the board has chosen Maurice (Moe) Desmarais to become the organization’s new president. Desmarais, who has over 25 years experience in trade association management, took office on May 19. Desmarais comes to the NASGW from Smith Bucklin, Inc., in Chicago, IL, the world’s largest association management company.

Crimson Trace has appointed Kent Thomas as Director of Marketing. Kent will oversee all aspects of Crimson Trace marketing functions to include managing and developing the professional marketing team, being a key participant in the cross-departmental Product Management Team, execute creative development of all advertising, point-of-purchase materials, trade shows, packaging, and insuring brand consistency.

It has been a year of successes for many of the thousands of youth participants in the SCHOLASTIC CLAY TARGET PROGRAM (SCTP) since the nine-year-old nonprofit organization was taken over by the SCHOLASTIC SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION (SSSF). The program, created to introduce youth to the fun and excitement of shooting, was originally administered by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). The NSSF handed the reins over to the SSSF last year in a move that would allow the new foundation to better focus on the needs of SCTP’s youth participants and coaches and further grow the program. Two examples: Allyson Brugioni, a sophomore at Ankeny High School in Ankeny, Iowa, won top honors for female shooters at the Iowa State High School State Trap Shoot in Cedar Falls last June. Following an October 2008 accident in which he lost part of three fingers on his right hand, Justin Fey of Maquoketa, Iowa, was back shooting with a new form less than five months later. Then in May, he broke his leg, which forced him to compete at the end of the season from a sitting position and at the state championships while still in a cast. Despite this, Fey maintained his position on his school’s First Team and went on to help them win the Iowa Cup along with first in league and first in state.

TRINIDAD STATE JUNIOR COLLEGE (TSJC), in cooperation with BROWNELLS, has begun work on developing a third-year gunsmithing curriculum and resolving challenges to get the program started. Brownells provided $250,000 of funding for facilities remodeling plus the inventory and equipment for the new retail-repair facility that has been named the Brownells Trinidad American Firearms Technology Institute. For more information, call 800-741-0015 or visit

www.brownells.com.

REDDING RELOADING EQUIPMENT wants dealers to capitalize on the current reloading market expansion. While many companies have cut their POP budgets and are producing limited quantities or “mini” catalogs, Redding Reloading Equipment has expanded their full size, full color catalog production so retailers can keep their customers informed both in the store and at home. Catalogs are available for shipment now, and may be shipped, “free of charge,” with orders of Redding products.