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Winchester Bonded Pdx1 Personal Protection Ammunition — Adds Two Popular Calibers
.380 Automatic and .45 Colt for 2010.

Winchester Ammunition’s Supreme Elite Bonded PDX1

Winchester Ammunition

East Alton, IL – -(AmmoLand.com)- Winchester Ammunition’s Supreme Elite Bonded PDX1 line generated a lot of attention in 2009. To continue meeting the demands of consumers, Winchester has extended the Bonded PDX1 line by offering it in .380 Automatic and .45 Colt for 2010.

The Bonded PDX1 line uses the same technology the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses as its primary service round. The Bonded PDX1 is engineered to maximize terminal ballistics, as defined by the demanding FBI test protocol, which simulates real-world threats.

“The Bonded PDX1 is the best of the best when talking personal protection ammunition,” said Brett Flaugher, Winchester Ammunition’s vice president of domestic and international marketing and sales. “It is capable of penetrating a wide range of barriers from clothing to plywood, and still effectively stops a threat.”

Winchester® Bonded PDX1™ features include:

• Proprietary bonding process—Welds lead and jacket together to work as a unit controlling expansion and providing superior retained weight.
• Hollow point—Works with the bonding process for outstanding performance through tough barriers and impact velocities/ranges.
• Jacket notching—Six segments help promote positive, consistent and programmed expansion at a variety of impact velocities and ranges.
• Copper alloy jacket—Contoured for maximum upset over a wide range of velocities/ranges.
• Nickel plated shellcase—Helps ensure positive gun function through smooth chambering and shellcase ejection.

“All of the Bonded PDX1 design features working together as one system help ensure consistent upset,” said Flaugher. “This technology helped secure the FBI business and is the only choice for personal protection available.”

NEW Offerings:

Symbol  Line  Grain  Jacket

• S380PDB  .380 Auto  95g  JHP Bonded
• S45CPDB  .45 Colt  225g  JHP Bonded

Existing Offerings:

Symbol  Line  Weight  Jacket

• S9MMPDB  9mm Luger +P  124g  JHP Bonded
• S9MMPDB1  9mm Luger  147g  JHP Bonded
• S40SWPDB  40 S&W  165g  JHP Bonded
• S40SWPDB1  40 S&W  180g  JHP Bonded
• S45PDB  45 Auto  230g  JHP Bonded
• S38PDB  38 Special +P  130g  JHP Bonded

For more information about Winchester® Ammunition and its complete line of products, visit www.winchester.com.

Winchester is Proud to be a Leader in the Shooting Sports
Winchester® Ammunition has been the exclusive ammunition sponsor of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team since 1999. The mission of the USA Shooting organization is to prepare American athletes to win Olympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the United States and influence other shooters to become interested in international competitions. Winchester has taken the initiative to become a leader in advancing and supporting conservation, hunter education and our country’s proud shooting sports heritage. To receive more information about the U.S. Shooting Team, visit www.usashooting.org.

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Winchester Ammunition Unveils New Web Site

Winchester Ammunition Web Site

Winchester Ammunition

East Alton, IL – -(AmmoLand.com)- Winchester® Ammunition unveils its all- new Web site, www.winchester.com featuring hot new graphics, an award winning Ballistics Calculator, hunting and shooting tips, and improved information on all ammunition products.

The new Winchester.com was designed with the latest technology, allowing users to navigate through the site quickly and find detailed product information through enhanced video content, interactive ammunition guides and more.

“We’ve developed and launched a world-class web site in the ammunition category for our customers,” said Brett Flaugher, vice president of sales and marketing for Winchester Ammunition. “Technology changes from day-to-day, and in our business we need to keep up with our customers’ needs and wants. They expect accurate and timely information on our products and brands … and that’s what they will get when they visit the new Winchester.com.”

Visitors to the site, both expert and novice alike, will find updated content, new product information, special offers on select Winchester products and gear, downloadable targets and the opportunity to sign up as a member of the Red W Club.

Some special sections on the NEW Winchester.com include:

• Choose Your Ammunition: Users can select the type of game they’re hunting (i.e. big game, upland birds, etc.), the gun they’re shooting and the cartridge they need. Once the items are selected, the user will receive a list of the appropriate ammunition and video content in a detailed, educational format.
• Ballistics Calculator: Allows users to choose their type of ammunition and compare up to five different Winchester products with easy-to-read, high-tech ballistics charts and graphs.
• The Library: Provides video clips showing hunts from Winchester Ammunition’s highly rated television shows on Versus, including Winchester Legends, Winchester Whitetail Revolution, and Winchester World of Whitetail with Larry Weishuhn.
• New Products: Winchester leads the industry with innovative products and this section provides news about Winchester’s latest and greatest products.

Winchester teamed up with Quilogy, a St. Charles, Missouri-based IT consulting company, to develop the new Wincheser.com. Many of the features on the new site were designed using Microsoft Silverlight, a cutting-edge technology that integrates seamlessly into Web browsers and allows users to run highly advanced software applications over the Web.

For more information about Winchester Ammunition, visit www.winchester.com.

NILO Farms:
Winchester Ammunition prides itself on being a leader in conservation. For example NILO Farms, established by John M. Olin in 1952, is Winchester’s prestigious hunting preserve providing guests with quality hunting on more than 640 acres of natural habitat. As one of the finest hunting and shooting facilities in the country, NILO Farms represents the best in game management and safety. Many of the land management practices developed at NILO Farms have proven to be an example for other waterfowl and upland game bird preserves to follow. For more information about NILO Farms visit www.nilofarms.com.

For more information about Winchester and its complete line of products visit www.winchester.com.

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