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. The magazine will now be available to a far larger segment of cops who didn’t have access to it before. Every cop has access to a computer and our online issues but not every cop has access to your products. Two pages of new product spotlights will be featured in the next issue of American COP. There are only a few spots left. Contact me if you are interested in the free exposure. Don’t forget that the Jan/Feb issue of American COP is our SHOT Show issue. Not everyone can be at two places at one time. The Jan/Feb issue of American COP will get the opportunity at SHOT Show because it’s being distributed from two different booths. The issue will be distributed from our booth in the LE section as well as our FMG booth on the main aisle. Circle October 28 on your calendars because that’s the last day to schedule your ad in the Jan/Feb issue of American COP. Reserve your space and take advantage of all the extra distribution online and at SHOT Show. Visit www.americancopmagazine.com for a look at the 2009 editorial calendar, production schedule or to read our current issue online. Anita Shooting Industry Ca R S O N A Four-Letter Word Has Us All Jumpy — “SHOT” Let’s see . roller coaster stock market rides, bailout bills, financial institutions in ruins, record home foreclosures and politicians behaving like children. Is that scary enough for you this Halloween? I’ve got another one for you, “SHOT SHOW IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!” Yep, that means only one thing. You should be thinking about your advertising sales message right now. If you haven’t already received your Shooting Industry promotional mailing for the GIANT December and January issues, please do keep your eyes open for it. They’ll be reaching you very soon and will confirm what I’m conveying in this column. It’s time to reserve your show issue ad space. I understand that not everyone has their 2009 advertis- BONUS DIGITAL EDITIONS Customers 24/7 access to your offer New Business SHOUT OUT: ing schedules finalized and approved, however, I’d be happy to at least take care of the show issues’ insertions while you’re still finalizing the rest of 2009. I’d like to remind you that BOTH the December SHOT Show Preview as well as the January New Business Year editions will be distributed at the SHOT Show in Orlando. Just think, a bonus distribution but no increased advertising rates. When was the last time you received good news like this? And that’s what we’re all about at Shooting Industry — delivering your good news to the nationwide storefront retailers who read our magazine. Do you have any dealer specials or new products you’d like to tout? Do you want to ensure that the retailers will find you on the show floor? You can ensure huge success by appearing on the pages of our Show Preview issues. By the way, by placing your sales message in either the December or January issue, your company will be listed on the pull-out SHOT Show floor map as a “Must See Exhibitor” and your booth will be highlighted. Please call me for more information and to find out how to get your products into the New Product Showcase. And don’t forget the deadlines of October 31 for the December issue and November 21 for the January edition. Scott Special Editions Shooting Industry offers more ways to get the attention you deserve. ready too. Somehow, I’ve got to fit that in with our last two Special Editions of the year. We’re currently working on the 2009 GUNS Combat Special Edition. If you have anything that you can clamp on a picatinny rail, bolt to a bolt gun, determine range using the reticle, or a firearm whose availability or magazine capacity may be affected by the election, the 2009 GUNS Combat Special Edition is the place to advertise it. A sampling of the lineup includes: • Robar QR-2 Rifle • Fighting Pistols • Airsoft Classic Rifles • The Four Formats of Snubbies • The M24 Sniper System • CZ5: A Premier Fighting Pistol • Combat Kit: Do You Have the Right Gear? The advertising deadline for the 2009 GUNS Combat Special Edition is October 16. Please call with any questions or to see how we can get your products in there. The next issue is the 2009 American Handgunner Personal Safety Special Edition. I have to say that this is one of my favorites. With concealed carry being the hot topic it is around the country, this is an excellent resource (I gave copies to my closest friends and family) for those who live in a state which issues concealed carry permits and who choose to carry or are thinking about carrying. It is not a decision to be taken lightly and the 2008 Personal Defense Special Edition addressed many of their questions regarding weapon selection, what clothing works best for concealed carry and why one would choose to carry a firearm. I could go on, but let’s finish the 2009 GUNS Combat Special Edition first. Be sure to contact me regarding anything you’d like to see in our New Product Spotlight as well. • • 3 • • M c G R EG O R Stretch New Year Budgets With Special Editions It’s not October, is it? What happened to summer? For the last month all I’ve seen are the leaves changing along with trucks, RVs and trailers with ATVs heading up the highway near where I live. That can only mean one thing, it’s hunting season. First the bow hunt, now muzzleloader, I guess it’s time to do some hiking with the binoculars and then confirm the zero on my rifle so I’m