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. NRA Round-Up Surpasses $4 Million M idwayUSA has passed the $4 million milestone in the NRA Round-Up program. At this year’s NRA meeting, program cofounders Larry and Brenda Potterfield presented a ceremonial check to Wayne LaPierre, NRA executive vice president and CEO, and Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action. “In order to change the future, we must continue to support the NRA with both time and money,” said Larry Potterfield, president and CEO of MidwayUSA. The donation represents the amount raised through the program since 1992. Every MidwayUSA customer, when placing an order, has From left to right: Larry Potterfield, Wayne LaPierre, Chris Cox and the opportunity to Brenda Potterfield. “round-up” the total to the next highest dollar. The donations are sent to the NRA and placed in the NRA-ILA National Endowment for the Protection of the Second Amendment every week, with no administrative or holding charges assessed. The NRA-ILA only uses the interest gained to help fund programs, allowing the endowment to continue to grow. For more information, visit www.midwayusa.com. imber has donated firearms worth $600,000 to the NRA for use by the NRA Foundation and Friends of NRA. “There has never been a more important time to support the NRA,” said Kimber CEO Leslie Edelman. “Kimber is proud to step up. I encourage other firearm manufacturers to do the same, right now, at this time of greatest need.” “This donation is amazing on so many levels,” said Kyle Weaver, NRA’s managing director of field operations. “It could not have come at a better time, and it could not be more appreciated. Kimber is one of the giants in the firearm industry and one of the strongest supporters to both NRA and The NRA Foundation.” For more information, visit www.kimberamerica.com. Kimber Makes Hefty Donation To NRA K ATK Receives $89 Million Ammunition Order, Funding A lliant Techsystems (ATK) has received an additional $89 million in military smallcaliber ammunition orders and modernization funding from the U.S. Army. Of the amount, $72 million is for small-caliber ammunition, with the remainder of the funds devoted to various plant modernization projects. Work on the contracts will be performed by ATK at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP), Independence, Mo. ATK operates the U.S. Army plant where it produces a mix of 5.56mm, 7.62mm, .50-caliber and 20mm cartridges. Working in partnership with the Army, ATK has expanded manufacturing capacity at the plant to 1.6 billion rounds. ATK began operating the plant in 2000, and is now under contract to modernize the facility, which has remained largely unchanged from the plant’s groundbreaking in 1940. “We are pleased with the contract awards and maintain our high-level commitment to produce quality ammunition,” said ATK Armament Systems President Mark DeYoung. “We are grateful for the opportunity to continue delivering performance and survivability solutions to our nation’s defenders.” For more information, visit www.atk.com. Circle No. 207 on Inquiry Card www.shootingindustry.com SEPTEMBER 2008 11