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Bushnell Receives Outdoor Life Editor’s Choice & NRA Golden Bullseye Awards

Jordan Vermillion, Bushnell Sports Optics Product Director accepts the NRA Golden Bullseye award from Mark Keefe, American Rifleman Editor in Chief

Bushnell Outdoor Products

Overland Park, KS. --(Ammoland.com)- Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics for more than 60 years, returned from the NRA Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Penn. with two prestigious industry awards.

Bushnell was awarded American Rifleman’s NRA Golden Bullseye Award Optic of the Year award for the Fusion 1600 10x 42mm binocular/laser rangefinder and the Outdoor Life Editor’s Choice Award for the Elite Tactical 3-12x 44mm riflescope.

Mark Keefe, American Rifleman Editor in Chief, presented Bushnell with the Golden Bullseye Award during the NRA’s annual awards breakfast. The Fusion 1600 is a revolutionary outdoor product, combining the highest quality Bushnell optics and a world-class laser rangefinder. The Fusion features BaK-4 prisms and fully multi-coated optics, enhanced with the patented RainGuardHD anti-fog coating. The 1,600 yard laser rangefinder features +/- one-yard accuracy, and its Angle Range Compensation guarantees pinpoint accuracy in any terrain.

Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life Hunting Editor, and Anthony Licata, Field & Stream Editor, presented the Editor’s Choice award during the opening day at the NRA Annual Meeting. With fully multi-coated optics and Ultra Wide Band Coating, the Elite Tactical riflescope offers the bright, clear views from dawn to dusk. Argon purged and complemented with the RainGuardHD permanent lens coating, this fully waterproof, fog proof scope offers the finest in performance and long-term reliability.

Jordan Vermillion, Bushnell Sports Optics Product Director accepts the Outdoor Life Editor’s Choice award from Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life Hunting Editor, and Anthony Licata, Field & Stream Editor

For more information about Bushnell Outdoor Products, visit www.Bushnell.com or call 1-800-423-3537.

Bushnell Outdoor Products is a global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer products based in Overland Park, Kansas. Bushnell Outdoor Products sells its products worldwide under the Bushnell®, Tasco®, Serengeti®, Bollé®, Uncle Mike’s Law Enforcement®, Stoney Point®, Hoppe’s®, Butler Creek®, Cébé®, Uncle Mike’s®, Final Approach®, Simmons® and Millett® brand names. For information about any of these brands or products, please contact Bushnell Public Relations at (913) 752-6105.

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John Snow’s Criticism Of The Palm Pistol

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MAPLEWOOD, NJ --(Ammoland.com)- Dear Mr. Snow:

Your recent review posted at www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2011/04/strange-guns-palm-pistol is highly critical of my design. The single shot Palm Pistol(r) has several advantages over a traditionally configured defensive handgun.

1. Most defensive uses of handguns take place within extremely close range, often less than five feet. A single well placed shot at point blank or close range to a vital area can have more “stopping power” (an ill-defined and often misapplied concept) than a series of shots some of which undoubtedly will miss and potentially injure an unintended target. As I often state, a .22 caliber hit has more stopping power than a .45 caliber miss.

2. Revolvers and semi-automatics have externally moving parts (cylinders, hammers and slides). These can potentially hang up on clothing if an attempt is made to fire them from within clothing or a pocket. The Palm Pistol has no such disadvantage and does not require a pocket holster. 3. Seniors or disabled can be physically weak and easily overpowered by an attacker. A multi-shot firearm can be taken from the defender and used against them. A single shot gun would eliminate that concern. If coupled with use of the multiple projectile Tri-Plex(tm) cartridge I designed which produces up to 49% larger ballistic wound than a JHP (see www.palmpistol.com/triplex.html) and with less recoil, the ostensible single shot disadvantage is overcome. It is also very fast to reload with practice.

4. I have had several senior and disabled students who lacked the physical strength or ability to rack the slide on even a Walther P22 and certainly could not load cartridges into a magazine, even assisted by speed loader. If someone is missing an index finger on their dominant hand, how would you propose they fire a traditional handgun? I know you do not mean to suggest these handicapped defenseless people should not be afforded a useful tool to defend themselves.

5. The Palm Pistol(r) bore centerline is coincident with that of the forearm resulting in not just a low bore axis, but a zero bore axis. I have personally fired the prototype and there is no muzzle rise due to recoil. This makes it easier and more comfortable for those with muscular weakness to fire it.

6. There is no reason the Palm Pistol needs to “look like a gun”. If, God forbid, a person needs to draw their firearm in self-defense, it must by law only be when threatened with imminent deadly harm. If you have time for brandishing or a warning shot, the prosecutor will argue (and very likely successfully) the threat was not imminent. As the saying goes “act in haste, repent at leisure.” When ANY gun is drawn, it had better be because your life is in immediate danger, and in that case, who cares what it looks like?

There are many other arguments to be made in favor of my design, but to conclude, I have received literally thousands of emails from seniors and disabled all over the world thanking me for designing a product specially tailored to their needs. A 17 page compilation of just some of their comments is posted at www.palmpistol.com/links/WhatPeopleAreSaying.pdf.

Palm Pistol – What People Are Saying

I also have over 300 units presold with deposits and over 2100 individuals who have registered for more information when the firearm is on the market. I also have had many inquiries from law enforcement who see utility as a highly concealable and ambidextrous backup gun for thwarting a gun grab.

The Palm Pistol(r) and seniors with guns have been the butt of ignorant jokes by many including Jay Leno (The Tonight Show) and Greg Gutfeld (Fox Red Eye) and others.

With luck and continued perseverance, I hope to be laughing all the way to the bank, in spite of the naysayers.

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