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Freedom Group, Inc. Acquires Barnes Bullets

Freedom Group, Inc. (FGI)

Madison, NC –-(AmmoLand.com)- Freedom Group, Inc. through a wholly owned subsidiary has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire certain assets of Barnes Bullets. The transaction closed on December 31, 2009.

Barnes Bullets, located in Mona, Utah, is the industry-leading supplier of copper bullets, including copper-tin composite core bullets. These products are used by hunters, shooters, military and law enforcement professionals around the world. With their innovative designs, advanced manufacturing techniques and core focus on the end-user, Barnes Bullets has been a leading choice of commercial consumers, law enforcement and military users since its inception in 1932.

Barnes Bullets

Barnes Bullets will continue day-to-day operations at their Mona, Utah-based location under the guidance of company founder, Randy Brooks.

“We welcome Randy and his team to the Freedom Group family,” commented Ted Torbeck, CEO of the Freedom Group, Inc. “With the acquisition of Barnes; the Freedom Group continues to demonstrate our commitment to the ammunition business. Barnes offers a premium line of high performance bullets for the hunting and shooting communities; and for law enforcement, military and commercial consumers around the world. We are excited about their research and development capabilities and the breadth of the products they bring to our portfolio.”

About Freedom Group, Inc.
Freedom Group is the world’s leading innovator, designer, manufacturer, and marketer of firearms, ammunition, and related products for the hunting, shooting sports, law enforcement, and military markets. As one of the largest manufacturers in the world of firearms and ammunition, we have some of the most globally recognized brands including Remington, Bushmaster, DPMS/Panther Arms, Marlin, H&R, NEF, LC Smith, Parker, EOTAC, AAC, Dakota and INTC. The Company distributes its products throughout the U.S. and in over 80 foreign countries. More information about the Company can be found at www.freedom-group.com.

The Company assumes no obligation to update publicly such forward–looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Barnes Bullets™ is a trademark of BB Acquisitions Holding, LLC.

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New Class of Hollow Point: Hypercav Bullets
A simple design change to existing Hollow Point bullets has led to a breakthrough in HP performance and reliability.

HyperCav Bullets

Cedar Hill, MO - -(AmmoLand.com)-Hypercav (HC) has integrated the worlds’ first “Ported” ammunition. Patent(s) Pending, the design incorporates small ports perpendicular to the base of the hollow point cavity, allowing the air, which normally becomes trapped after contact with the target to escape, allowing the target tissue to immediately fill the cavity causing the bullet to begin expanding just after impact.

Hypercav Hollow Point Bullets

The result is a bullet that is more reliable on expansion over a wider range of in-field conditions.

“Failure to expand (FTE) issues have long plagued the ammunition industry. As effective as HP ammo is, it’s no better than ball ammo if it doesn’t expand. The porting of the HP cavity increases reliability by venting the trapped air, which otherwise would have to be compressed by tissue material to a critical level, thus causing the bullet to begin expansion. During that time, energy is being lost, and many times so much so that the bullet never reaches that “critical mass” moment, and thus no expansion.

It’s a simple matter of physics.” Says ‘They’ (Yes, his real name)- The product designer.

This is a true advance in HP design, and is applicable to literally ALL handgun and rifle HP ammo classes.

Testing and evaluation is ongoing, but to date, results have been very promising. Currently, several manufacturers are looking at this project, and soon, we should see bullets with the new designation; “JHPHC”.

“There are many great bullet designs on the market today. With this simple idea, we can make all ammunition…better.”

Please see website of more information. www.hypercavbullets.com

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