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2011 Brownells & NRA National Youth Shooting Sports Ambassadors Announced

2011 Brownells & NRA National Youth Shooting Sports Ambassadors

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Des Moines, Iowa – -(Ammoland.com)- Six young people from Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin have been named to serve as the 2011 Brownells/NRA National Youth Shooting Sports Ambassadors.

The Youth Ambassador program, sponsored by Brownells, encourages growth of the shooting sports and increased industry support of youth firearms-training programs. The Ambassador program offers participants many benefits, including travel opportunities and the chance to meet national shooting celebrities. The 2011 Ambassadors made their first public appearance at the recently concluded 2011 SHOT Show in Las Vegas.

“During their term, these Ambassadors will provide a young person’s perspective on the shooting sports and serve as youth advisors on shooting-sports topics involving young people,” said Pete Brownell, the company’s president.

“They were nominated by some of the most important youth groups in the country to represent their organization, Brownells, and the NRA at national-level events.”

The 2011 Brownells/NRA National Youth Shooting Sports Ambassadors and the organizations they represent are:

Boy Scouts of America – Tyler Ebert, 17, from Weston, Wisconsin; National High School Rodeo – Bailey Kate Conner, 17, from Malta Bend, Missouri; Royal Rangers – Henry Jentz II, 16, from Cincinnati, Ohio; Venturing – Thomas Cunningham, 17, from Canyon, Texas; USA Shooting – Courtney Anthony, 19, from Lexington, Nebraska; NRA – Garrett Walters, 18, from Burr Oak, Michigan.

“Each of these young people embodies excellence at the scholastic level, within their communities, and also in the shooting sports. Their ideas and perspectives can help us get more youths involved in shooting, and they serve as an example of what young people can accomplish through participation in the shooting sports,” said Larry Quandahl, manager of NRA’s Youth Programs Department.

For more information on the Brownells/NRA National Youth Shooting Sports Ambassador Program, contact Claudia Olsen at colsen@nrahq.org or by calling (703) 267-1597.

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Brownells to Sponsor 3-Gun Nation Team Shoot-Off Series

Brownells to Sponsor 3-Gun Nation Team Shoot-Off Series

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Des Moines, Iowa – -(Ammoland.com)- Brownells is proud to partner with 3-Gun Nation to sponsor their Team Shoot-Offs at a variety of major, televised, 3-gun matches around the country in 2011.

In the Team Shoot-Offs, the top female contestant and the top junior contestant will each be invited to draw two additional, random competitors from the match contestant pool to make up a three-person team.

Those Lady and Junior Teams will then compete in a head-to-head relay event, with cash payouts to the winning team, “For the first four matches, each shooter on the winning 3-person team will receive a check for $500 (totaling $1500). At the 3GN Championship, each winner will take home $1,000 (totaling $3000), running the total cash payout for the 3GN Team Event to $9,000 for the season. In addition, each member of the opposing teams will receive consolation prizes from Brownells,” Brown said.

“Involving women and juniors is critical to growing the shooting sports. 3-Gun Nation’s shoot-off format is exciting and we feel that adding events for women and juniors will encourage more of them to get active in shooting sports like 3-gun,” said Brownells President Pete Brownell.

3-Gun Nation will hold four regular-season team shoot-offs and a National Championship in 2011, said Pete Brown, president of the National 3-Gun Association and executive producer for “3-Gun Nation Televison,” which covers the events.

The locations and dates for the regular-season 3-Gun Nation Team Shoot-Offs are:

• Superstition Mountain Mystery 3-Gun. Mesa, Arizona, March 25-27, 2011
• MGM Ironman, Parma, Idaho, June 5-11, 2011
• JP Enterprises Rocky Mountain 3-Gun, Raton, New Mexico, August 4-6, 2011
• Adams Arms Ozark 3-Gun Championship, Osage, Missouri, Sept. 9-11, 2011

The final Team Shoot-Off will be held at the:

• FNH USA 3-Gun and 3-Gun Nation Championship, Glen Gary, West Virginia Nov 10-12, 2011

Brownells stocks hundreds of products for the 3-Gun shooter, including all the parts, accessories, sights, optics, slings, holsters and cases to customize your rifles, pistols and shotguns to suit the unique aspects of 3-gun competition.

To learn more about 3-Gun Nation shooting events, log on to www.3gunnation.com.

About:
At Brownells Everything is Guaranteed period! Forever, 100%, with no restocking fees. Brownells is the world’s largest supplier of firearm parts, gunsmithing tools, reloading equipment and accessories. Stocking more than 30,000 items, the company supplies armorers, gunsmiths, and shooters worldwide. All of their products are backed by a 100% satisfaction, unconditional, lifetime guarantee. For more information, or to place an order, call 800-741-0015 or visit Brownells.com

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