COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO -USA Shooting and GunBroker.com are announcing a month-long, online auction of guns and other USA Shooting related items to benefit the USA Shooting Team. The announcement was made jointly by Buddy DuVall, USA Shooting Director of Marketing, and Steve Urvan, President and Founder of GunBroker.com.
The special auction, part of GunBroker.com's Heritage Partner Program, is an extension of the Hunting Heritage Trust's "Treasures & Traditions" program. The auction will be featured on the home page of www.GunBroker.com where it will have exposure to GunBroker.com's average of 2.5 million unique visitors per month.
"Over the past several years, GunBroker.com has been proud to provide free promotional or online auction services to the NRA, the Hunting Heritage Trust, NSSF, National Wild Turkey Federation, Youth Shooting Sports Alliance, USA Shooting and others, and we are very pleased to announce this expansion of our pro-bono efforts," commented Urvan. "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."
The auction includes:
* Henry Golden Boy "Military Service" Tribute Edition Rifle
* Perazzi MX-8 Shotgun signed by Kim Rhode
* NAA Mini Pistol with .22 magnum and .22 LR and presentation case
* Colt Single Action Army Frontier Six Shooter (Blue finish)
* Kershaw "USA Shooting" Knife
* Ruger MKIII Hunter Pistol - Limited Edition .22LR
* Commemorative Beijing Olympic medallion signed by medalists
* Ruger MKII Pistol "Victory in Athens" serial # USA-00021
* Ruger SR9 Diamond-plate prototype 9mm
* Beijing hat with 2008 Olympian signatures
* Ruger 10/22 "Broadstripe" rifle signed by USA Shooting Team members
* Charter Arms "Police Bulldog" .38 spec. Pistol
* Taurus M17C Pistol .17HMR
* Colt Single Action Army (Nickel finish) .357 mag
* S&W Sigma SW40VE (.40 S&W)
* Chiappa Sharps Creedmore Rifle (45-70 cal) - #39 of 500
* Ruger MKII "Victory in Beijing" pistol serial # USA-00008
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 buddy.duvall@usashooting.org 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 rdelfay@earthlink.net.
