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. Dealers’ Troubles Are The Industry’s Troubles Page 28 MARCH 2009 • VOLUME 54 • NUMBER 03 Features 28 30 35 39 Dealers’ Troubles Are The Industry’s Troubles Open Letter To The Industry. Miles E. Hall, H&H Gun Range Carolee Anita Boyles Selling Turkey Hunting Promote, Advertise & Display To Increase Your Sales. Target Package Sales Combine Long Guns And Accessories For Increased Profits. Mark Kayser Sharpen Your Knife Sales Put A Fine Edge On Your Marketing Strategy! John Morrison Page 30 Industry News 8 Industry Posts Impressive Firearm Sales 10 FNH USA Announces Stocking Dealer Promotions 12 Colt Donates $47K To United Way 15 Newsmakers Columns 18 20 22 24 Page 35 Lethal Force When Lawsuits Threaten To Close You Down. Massad Ayoob Carolee Anita Boyles Lisa Parsons-Wraith Commander Gilmore Russ Thurman Outdoor Marketplace Making Money Selling Crossbows. Arms And The Woman Turn Your Gun Store Into A Five-Star Operation. Back Blast & Other Hot Gases One Part Gasoline, One Part Shop-Vac, Zero Parts Brains. 46 Industry Watch Entering A Firearms-Forbidden Zone. PUT UP SHUT UP! Page 26 4 MARCH 2009 Or Or Departments 6 Letters 40 Reader Service 43 45 New Products Classifieds SHOOTING INDUSTRY® (ISSN 0037-4148) is published monthly by Publishers’ Development Corporation at 12345 World Trade Dr, San Diego, CA 92128. Periodical Class Postage paid at San Diego, CA 92128, and at additional mailing offices. Subscription $25 yearly in U.S.A. Single copies $3 (except for the December SHOT SHOW issue, $25). Change of address: Four weeks notice required on all changes. Send old address as well as new. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: SHOOTING INDUSTRY® 12345 World Trade Dr, San Diego, CA 92128. PRINTING SERVICES/PREPRESS: Democrat Printing Company. CONTRIBUTORS submitting manuscripts, photographs or drawings, do so at their own risk. Material cannot be returned unless accompanied by sufficient postage. PAYMENT will be made at rates current at time of publication and will cover reproduction in any or all of the editions of SHOOTING INDUSTRY®. OPINIONS expressed in bylined articles or columns are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the magazine or its staff. Copyright© 2009 by Publishers' Development Corporation. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of any portion of this magazine without written permission is prohibited. Read SI DIGITAL www.shootingindustry.com