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MidwayUSA recently donated over 500 rifles to the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA), a developmental program that helps support youth education, hunting and shooting.

MidwayUSA Donates Firearm Collection to the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance

Midway USA

Columbia, MO --(Ammoland.com)- “MidwayUSA will continue to be a non-stop supporter of youth hunting, shooting and hunter’s education,” says Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA.

“We believe in supporting programs whose mission is to preserve the future of youth shooting sports. The rifles we’re donating to YSSA will be auctioned off and the proceeds will directly benefit their Equipment Loan Program.”

In 2010, the YSSA developed a practical plan to organize and administer an industry-wide firearms loaner program for supporting youth programs. The inventory available for loan currently stands at nearly 400 firearms and includes rifles, shotguns and pistols. Because of the popularity of this program with Boy Scout Councils, 4-H and other shooting sports programs, the loaner inventory is expected to double by the summer of 2013.

“The majority of shooting sports equipment is needed by youth programs for limited or seasonal use,” said Steve Miller, Executive Director of YSSA.

“Equipment may be intensively used during selected seasons and languish in storage for the remainder of the year. This noteworthy donation in support of our Equipment Loan Program will allow the YSSA to provide more efficient support to youth shooting sports programs.”

MidwayUSA wanted each rifle shipped with a case, and Plano Molding Company supported this effort by donating over 500 cases to the YSSA to use for this program.

“Plano is proud to partner with Larry and Brenda Potterfield in this generous donation to the YSSA,” said Steve Jongebloed, Director of Sales for Plano Molding Company.

“Whether it be a youngster’s first gun case or first tackle box, Plano has been a proud supporter of youth outdoor education since 1952.”

About MidwayUSA
MidwayUSA (http://www.midwayusa.com) is a family-owned catalog and internet retailer specializing in Just About Everything℠ for Shooting, Reloading, Gunsmithing and Hunting. Now celebrating our 35th Anniversary, Larry and Brenda Potterfield turned their passion for shooting sports into a career in 1977 by opening a small retail firearms store that would eventually become MidwayUSA. MidwayUSA is still owned by the Potterfield Family and Customer Satisfaction is still our Number One Goal.

For more information about MidwayUSA, please visit our website or call 800-243-3220.

For more information about the YSSA program, please visit http://www.youthshootingsa.com.

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Colt Donated Commemorative M1911 Pistol & 2 New LE6920MP Rifles To Dan Wheldon Memorial Auction

Colt Defense

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. --(Ammoland.com)- Colt Defense LLC is pleased to announce that $6,700 was raised for the Dan Wheldon Memorial Auction through the sale of three donated Colt firearms.

The auction on GunBroker.com closed Monday with final bids at $1,240 for the Colt LE6920MP-FDE rifle and $1,235 for the Colt LE6920MP-B rifle. At the close of bidding, the uniquely engraved, 100th Anniversary edition Colt M1911 pistol yielded $4,225.

The anniversary edition of the pistol commemorated the ties between the 100th Anniversaries of both the Colt 1911 and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

With its custom engraving and unique model number (98Indy500) honoring Wheldon’s car number when he won this year’s Indy500, the pistol was expected to bring a high value at auction.

The Dan Wheldon Memorial Auction was established for the family of the late Dan Wheldon, two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, who died in a race accident on Oct. 16, 2011.

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