Industry Notes

(GunReports.com) -- NRA Clubs & Associations is pleased to announce the upcoming Club University seminar on Saturday, March 19, at the Embassy Suites Phoenix-Airport Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. Club University is a unique one-day forum for any group, club or firearm-related business with a desire to enhance their operations. Sign up online at http://www.nrahq.org/clubs/club_university/registration.asp.

(GunReports.com) -- Shootmyash, a software publisher and manufacturer of smart-targets known as a 'SmartAsh' for the Airsoft market, announced today that it is open for business.

(GunReports.com) -- Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR), has named Specialty Sports & Supply of Colorado Springs, CO the 2010 Ruger Retailer of the Year. Owners Jeff and Kim Lepp were honored at the 2011 SHOT Show with an engraved Mark III pistol to recognize their support for Ruger and achievements in the retail firearms industry.

(GunReports.com) -- Utah celebrated January 24, 2011 as John M. Browning Day at the Utah State Capitol. A native of Ogden, Utah, Browning is widely considered the world's greatest firearms designer, and many of his gun designs remain popular around the globe to this day.

(GunReports.com) — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is bringing its annual convention, affectionately known as “Elk Camp,” back to the Reno/Sparks Convention Center, March 3-6, 2011.

(GunReports.com) — MidwayUSA, led by CEO Larry Potterfield, has become a Friends of NRA 2011 National Corporate Sponsor for a second consecutive year with a donation of $50,000. The pledge will be used to provide funding for NRA Foundation programs dedicated to youth and women’s shooting sports, range development and law enforcement such as the Eddie Eagle GunSafe® program, Refuse to be a Victim® and Women on Target®.

(GunReports.com) -- Smith & Wesson Corp. has announced its 2011 models and extensions to its Smith & Wesson, Thompson/Center Arms and Walther firearms portfolios.

(GunReports.com) -– The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the January 27, 2011 firearms theft at Direct Gold Outlet, a federal firearm licensee in Covington, Ga. The NSSF reward offer matches a $5,000 reward offered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

(GunReports.com) -- For 2011, Uberti is offering the Cattleman in matching .357 Magnum two-gun sets. Historically, matching sets of single-action army revolvers were most often presented to high-ranking military and government officials, presidents and other heads of state. The matched sets share the same serial number, but are distinguished from each other by an R or an L preceding the serial number.

(GunReports.com) -- Stoeger's new M3500 3.5-inch 12-gauge semi-automatic is a waterfowling/wild turkey/upland gamebird shotgun that handles a range of loads from 2.25-inch up to the potent 3.5-inch Magnum without adjustment. The Stoeger M3500 uses the Inertia Driven operating system that doesn't use propellant gas venting into the action.

(GunReports.com) -- Rossi's Wizard Pistol uses a break-open interchangeable barrel system chambered for 243 Win. or 22-250 Rem to make it a suitable handgun hunting, target shooting or plinking pistol. The Wizard Pistol's break-open barrel system changes quickly by unscrewing the front swivel, with no tools needed.

(GunReports.com) -- A relic of an historic era on post is set to be revived after persistent determination by a proud unit and generous contributions from those who understand the nostalgia of the old building.