Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. VOLUME 18 • NUMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 2008 Showcasing 2009 New Products As in the past three years, Shooting Industry will showcase the coming year’s new products in the mega December and January issues. In the previous two New Business Year issues, more than 500 new products were announced, with 100 new product photos, from 93 companies. “We’d like to include your 2009 new products in the December 2008 or January 2009 New Product Showcases,” said editor Russ Thurman. “The deadline to have your new product information, along with any photos, to us is Nov. 1, 2008. So mark that date — in red — on your calendars. As in the past, that’s a firm deadline.” E-mail product releases to russ@shootingindustry.com. FMG Helps NRA Recruitment Effort By Offering Free NRA Memberships FMG Publications Promotes Key Players FMG Publications has announced major promotions in its business and commercial magazine divisions and advertising department. Russ Thurman is now the publisher of FMG Business Publications. Roy Huntington is the publisher of FMG Consumer and Law Enforcement Publications. Anita Carson has been promoted to national advertising sales director of all FMG Publications. “These promotions are long overdue and well deserved,” said Tom von Rosen, FMG president. “Russ and Roy have been performing at the publisher’s level for some time. These promotions are an important part of streamlining our operations. “Anita is widely respected throughout the industry for her professionalism. She will have an important impact on the advertising efforts of all our titles.” Thurman, a retired Marine officer, has been the editor of Shooting Industry magazine since 1994. Huntington, a retired police officer, has been the editor of American Handgunner magazine since 2001. Carson has been the advertising account manager of Shooting Industry since 1991. FMG also publishes GUNS Magazine, American COP magazine, six Special Edition publications, as well as dedicated Web sites for each of the major titles. Free NRA membership are being offered to American Handgunner and GUNS Magazine readers who subscribe through a special online offer. With a potential political fire storm brewing in 2009 it’s more important than ever to bolster the NRA membership rolls. FMG Publications is hoping to play a large part in the recruiting effort by offering a free one year NRA membership to gun rights supporters who subscribe to American Handgunner and GUNS Magazine through recently launched special online subscription offers. “We know a large number of our readers are already NRA members,” said FMG promotion director Randy Molde. “We’re hoping this will entice current members to subscribe and use the free membership to bring family or close friends into the NRA fold.” Gun enthusiats who visit www. americanhandgunner.com and www.gunsmagazine.com can take advantage of the membership offer by clicking on the subscribe button or on one of the NRA Free Membership banners placed strategically throughout both Web sites. Visitors who order American Handgunner will get a one year subscription plus a one year NRA membership for $17.76. A GUNS Magazine order includes 12 monthly issues plus the NRA membership for only $19.55. Current NRA members are given a new NRA membership gift certificate for a family member or friend when they complete the subscription order. “In politics, as in life, being big and strong has an enormous deterrent value,” commented former NRA president, Sandy Froman. “The more members the NRA has, and the bigger and stronger we are, the less likely it is that our enemies will want to take us on.” Contact randy@fmgpublications.com if you’d like to add the FMG Free NRA membership banner to your Web site. Thurman Huntington Carson