Press Release

BEIJING, China (August 15, 2008) — U.S. shooter Jason Turner was awarded a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol event after Kim Jong Su from North Korea was disqualified for a positive drug test.

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation is passing its very successful Scholastic Clay Target Program to a newly formed foundation. With SCTP now of a size and scope beyond the NSSF's mission parameters, responsibility for its continuation and development is being entrusted to the newly formed Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF).

FORT SMITH, AR — Umarex USA has broken ground on a new 100,000+ square foot facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Umarex USA is part of Umarex Corporate Group, a diversified German-owned holding company whose holdings include Walther GmBH. Umarex plans to include a 35,000-square-foot manufacturing operation for its newly created U.S. entity, Walther Industries, Inc. in the new building.

BEIJING, China (August 14, 2008) — Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) added to her Olympic medal tally Thursday when she captured the silver medal in the Women’s Skeet event at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

BEIJING, China (August 13, 2008) — The Women’s 25m Sport Pistol competition took place Wednesday at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall with Libby Callahan (Columbia, S.C.) taking 25th place, while Beki Snyder (Colorado Springs, Colo.) finished 28th.

Buy a Ruger Mini-14 rifle at a participating Ruger dealer between August 11, 2008 and October 31, 2008, and receive a free Ruger-manufactured, 20-round magazine.

Brownells recently released Catalog #61 contains 576 pages filled with more than 36,000 total products, over 1100 of them are new.

BEIJING, China (August 12, 2008) — Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas) captured the gold medal and set two Olympic records in the Men’s Double Trap competition Tuesday at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

BEIJING, China — Twenty-one year old Corey Cogdell, (Eagle River, Alaska) took home the first medal for the U.S. Shooting team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Monday, claiming the bronze after an exciting shoot-off in the Women's Trap competition.

The Elite line of gun cleaning products from Hoppe’s are known for being “green”... Overland Park, KS — The Elite line of gun cleaning products from Hoppe’s are known for being “green” — biodegradable, non-toxic and safe for the environment. The Elite line has been expanded in 2008 with three new cleaning solutions that include a stain remover, hand cleaner and plastic stock rejuvenator

Five new shell bags from Kolpin solve the problem of transporting and organizing shot shells and accessories...

BEIJING, China (August 10, 2008) — The Women's 10m Air Pistol event was held today and the Men's Trap competition concluded at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing with U.S. shooters Dominic Grazioli (San Antonio, Texas) and Bret Erickson (Bennington, Neb./Muenster, Texas) taking the 22nd and 23rd spots in trap, while Brenda Shinn (Riverside, Calif.) and Beki Snyder (Colorado Springs, Colo.) finished in 37th and 41st places respectively in air pistol.