ANOKA, Minnesota – – From the largest ammunition manufacturer of the world comes all-new Syntech Bulk Buckets boast 250 to 500 rounds packed in rugged plastic buckets that stack, store and transport easily. Shipments of this product have been delivered to dealers. “Conventional ammunition causes metal-on-metal contact between the bullet and bore, which can shorten barrel [Read more…]
Press Releases
SIG Relentless Warrior Championship for Military Academy Cadets
SIG SAUER to Host Third Annual SIG Relentless Warrior Championship for Military Academy Cadets in 2020 NEWINGTON, N.H. – SIG SAUER, Inc. is pleased to announce the sponsorship of the Third Annual SIG Relentless Warrior Championship set for Saturday, March 28, 2020 at the SIG SAUER Academy (SSA) in Epping, New Hampshire. The SIG Relentless Warrior Championship is [Read more…]
SIG SAUER Recognized as “Innovator of the Year”
The NASGW Leadership Awards are given to association members that exemplify a commitment to two-step distribution in the sporting goods industry and provide outstanding value and service. Nominees for the NASGW Leadership Awards are evaluated on four key criteria: 1) distribution policy, 2) marketing, 3) sales and promotion, and 4) logistics, operations, and NASGW industry [Read more…]
Hornady Named Ammunition Manufacturer of the Year
Grand Island, NE — Hornady Manufacturing has been named Ammunition Manufacturer of the Year for the ninth time by the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW). Hornady received the award on October 22 at the Leadership and Caliber Awards during the association’s Expo and Annual Meeting in Kissimmee, Florida. “We are honored to be recognized [Read more…]
Federal Ammunition Sponsored Shooter Continues Winning in Tactical Division, PRS
Federal Ammunition Sponsored Shooter Continues Winning Streak in the Tactical Division of PRS ANOKA, Minnesota – – Team Federal shooter Buck Holly continues his reign in the Tactical Division of the Precision Rifle Series (PRS) Championship Shooting Series. Besting the field of more than one hundred competitors, Holly recently won the Tactical Division and tied for [Read more…]
Taurus 1911 Commander 9mm
Now Shipping! (Miami, FL) – Taurus adds a new model to its popular 1911 Commander series with the introduction of the 1911 Commander 9mm Luger. Built with the same key specifications and dimensions as the original 1911 Commander .45 ACP, the new model is chambered for 9mm Luger and offers additional capacity at nine rounds. [Read more…]
SIG P365 SAS Wins 2019 NASGW POMA-Caliber Award
NEWINGTON, N.H. – SIG SAUER, Inc. is pleased to announce the P365 SAS (SIG Anti-Snag) pistol has been awarded the 2019 NASGW POMA-Caliber Award for “Best New Handgun.” The NASGW-POMA Caliber Awards are a partnership between the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW) and the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) to recognize new and innovative [Read more…]
DHS Awards Federal Ammunition Tactical Buckshot Ammunition Contract
ANOKA, Minnesota – – The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently awarded Federal Premium a major ammunition contract. Starting delivery in 2019, the contract provides for up to 2,227,500 shells of 12-gauge 2-3/4 Inch, 00 Buckshot (Reduced Recoil) duty ammunition to multiple Department of Homeland Security law enforcement components and other federal agencies for up [Read more…]
Apex Receives Patent For M&P M2.0 Trigger System
PEORIA, Ariz. – Apex Tactical Specialties announced that it has been awarded another patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, this time for a “sear system for a firearm” covering the company’s Forward Set Trigger products designed for use in the M&P M2.0 model pistols from Smith & Wesson. Covered by U.S. patent number 10,422,602, [Read more…]
HIPERFIRE Releases HIPERTECH White Papers
HIPERFIRE Releases HIPERTECH Bulletin #3. High Performance Technology white papers #1, and #2 explained how HIPERFIRE’s trigger technology reduced trigger pull weight without compromising hammer fall power. Those technologies were the Cam-Over Toggle Engine™ and the Radical Sear Mechanics™. White paper #3 in HIPERFIRE’s series releases today. It shows in one document the pull weight data [Read more…]