GunBroker.com “Heritage Partnership” Auction Yields $10,000 for USA Shooting
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -(Ammoland.com)- USA Shooting participated in GunBroker.com’s Heritage Partner Program in November 2009, generating over $10,000 for the USA Shooting Team. The month-long online auction on GunBroker.com, the world’s largest online auction of firearms and accessories, featured Olympic shooting memorabilia, commemorative edition firearms and several firearms donated by industry manufacturers.
The auction was featured on the home page of GunBroker.com where it was exposed to their 2.5 million unique visitors per month. The special auction is an extension of the Hunting Heritage Trust’s “Treasures & Traditions” program.
Some of the unique items featured in the auction that generated the most interest and brought the highest bids were:
- Two Colt Single Action Army Revolvers – donated by Colt Manufacturing Henry Golden Boy
- “Military Service” Tribute Edition Rifle serial #10 – donated by Henry Repeating Arms
- Ruger SR9 prototype – donated by Ruger, Baron Technology and TALO Distributors
“GunBroker.com has once again proven itself a great supporter of our U.S. Olympic shooters,” commented Buddy DuVall, Executive Director of the USA Shooting Team Foundation. “We appreciate the partnership GunBroker.com extends through the Heritage Partner Program. Not only did the auction generate funding for our Olympic shooting programs, but the exposure our organization received through GunBroker.com was tremendous.”
“Over the past several years, GunBroker.com has been proud to provide promotional online auction services to the Hunting Heritage Trust, NSSF, National Wild Turkey Federation, Youth Shooting Sports Alliance, IHEA, USA Shooting and others. We are very pleased to announce this expansion of our pro-bono efforts,” commented Steve Urvan, GunBroker.com, CEO and Founder. “GunBroker.com has enjoyed extraordinary growth and acceptance within the hunting and shooting sports community and we welcome this opportunity to give back to the non-profits that are so important to the future of our hunting and shooting sports heritage.”
USA Shooting would like to thank GunBroker.com, the Hunting Heritage Trust and the manufacturers that made donations to the auction and for their time and efforts toward this program.
About USA Shooting:
USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995. USA Shooting’s mission is to prepare American athletes to win Olympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the U.S. and govern the conduct of international shooting in the country. Check us out on the web at www.usashooting.org and on Twitter at twitter.com/USAShooting. For more information on the online auction, please contact Buddy DuVall at [email protected] or 719-866-4880.
About GunBroker.com:
GunBroker.com has established itself as an informative, detailed, secure and safe way to buy and sell firearms and hunting/shooting accessories. GunBroker.com promotes responsible gun ownership. As a company, GunBroker.com sells none of the merchandise listed on its Web site. Third-party sellers list items on the site, and every buyer or seller must be legally allowed to own firearms. Ownership policies and regulations are followed using licensed firearms dealers as transfer agents. For information on GunBroker.com advertising and partnership opportunities, contact Bob Delfay at [email protected].