Press Release

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has sent threatening letters to news agencies in Pennsylvania and Ohio to stop airing ads sponsored by the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF).

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation has eliminated approximately 80 hunting-related rifle production jobs at its Rochester, New Hampshire facility.

Brownells has released its new AR-15 Catalog #3 with 76 pages of accessories, parts, tools and supplies dedicated to the popular semi-auto rifle. The book includes 595 new products which brings the total number of available AR-15 accessories to more than 2,000, plus almost 400 factory parts.

Statistics released last week by the FBI show that the estimated volume of violent crime was down 0.7 percent, and the estimated volume of property crime decreased 1.4 percent in 2007 when compared with 2006 figures.

Chris Tilley of Raleigh, North Carolina held off defending champ Max Michel by more than 24 points to take 2008 Open National Championship, capping off a week of competition in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s National Handgun Championships.

The Eighth Annual U.S. Army International Sniper Competition will be hosted and administered by the U.S. Army Sniper School and the United States Army Infantry Center Oct. 16-23 at Fort Benning, Ga. The competition is designed to physically and mentally challenge sniper teams from all over the world.

Sightmark’s new Q5 Triple Duty Flashlight creates 280 lumens of light for over 90 minutes of continuous operation.

Shawn Dulohery and Haley Dunn won the men’s and women’s skeet finals, respectively, at the 2008 USA Shooting Fall Selection Match, held at Ft. Carson’s International Shooting Park in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Stoeger Industries has launched a new Stoeger Airguns website to provide product details and in-depth information about the company’s new precision air rifles. The website is stoegerairguns.com.

The 2009 World Shotgun Championship Team was decided on Monday following the conclusion of the double trap competition at the 2008 USA Shooting Shotgun Fall Selection Match.

Forjas Taurus S.A. announced September 9 its acquisition of the manufacturing and distribution rights of all Rossi products, including the famous Model 92 lever-action rifle from Rossi Firearms S.A.

The Gastonia Police Department is hosting 28 law enforcement and military teams in its second annual Sniper Conference from Sept. 9-13 in Gastonia, North Carolina. Spectators are welcome to watch the events, to be held at the Gastonia Firearms and Tactical Training Facility.