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Vance Outdoors Receives the SIG SAUER Elite Dealer of the Year Award
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Congratulations to our Member,
Vance Outdoors, Inc.
in Ohio, for receiving the
SIG SAUER
Elite Dealer of the Year Award! President/Owner Todd Vance is pictured third to the left and currently serves as our Shooting Sports Committee Chairman and as a member of the NBS Board of Directors. Congrats to Todd and the entire Vance Outdoors family and staff on this achievement!
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Pelletiers Sport Shop to Celebrate 50th Business Anniversary
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Our Member, Pelletiers Sport Shop, Inc., in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, is celebrating its 50th business anniversary this year! To commemorate the milestone, Pelletiers Sport Shop will be hosting a customer appreciation weekend celebration from August 17-18, 2019. From all of us at NBS, congratulations to President/Owner Bruce Pelletier and the entire Pelletiers Sport Shop family and staff on this achievement!
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Female Gun Ownership & the Rise of Fashionable "Carrywear"
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The number of women who own a gun is rising -- an estimated one in five women in 2017 -- and the firearms industry is taking notice. The new generation of firearms for females are not just pink, but designed for a woman's frame to be lighter, slimmer and have less recoil for women with license to carry. |
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ICAST 2019 Showcases Products for the Entire on the Water, Outdoor Experience
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ICAST 2019, the premier annual event for the global recreational fishing industry, is scheduled for July 9-12, 2019 in the North/South Building at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida. |
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NSSF Praises Nomination of Chuck Canterbury for ATF Director
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation praised President Donald Trump’s nomination of Chuck Canterbury to become the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Canterbury would succeed Acting Director Regina “Reggie” Lombardo, who filled the position in the acting capacity since May 1, 2019. |
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Legacy Sports International Hosts Turner's Outdoorsman Manager Training
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Legacy Sports International recently hosted an educational seminar for the Turner’s Outdoorsman management team in Norco, California, on May 7. Over 40 managers attended the event in addition to the Legacy Sports International and Reno Gunsmithing staff. |
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SIG SAUER Academy to Host Open House
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SIG SAUER Academy will host an Open House event on Saturday, June 1, 2019, from 10:00am to 2:00pm, at its state-of-the-art facility at 233 Exeter Road, in Epping, New Hampshire. This is a family-friendly event featuring product demonstrations, exclusive discounts on SIG SAUER products, door prizes, and celebrity appearances. |
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Sierra Designs Names New Vice President & General Manager
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Sierra Designs has promoted Andrew Day to vice president and general manager, announced Harry Kazazian, CEO of Exxel Outdoors, the brand’s parent company. “We could not be more excited to have Andrew take the helm of Sierra Designs,” commented Kazazian. |
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How to Decide Whether to Email, Text, Call or Talk in Person
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Thanks to technology, we have a wealth of choices for communicating in the office and beyond. Herein lies the challenge. Email someone when you should have called and you might waste time going back and forth, or they might misunderstand your tone. |
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History of SAMMI: How Ammunition is Standardized
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The ammunition industry has standards that are established and managed by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI). The core of its mission is to ensure that a cartridge is the right size, shape and composition to fit into, and safely fire from, a firearm’s chamber that is the right size, shape and composition. |
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Hunter Numbers Are Down, So Why Are License Sales Up?
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More people are buying hunting licenses than they have in a generation, according to
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s data
. However, other data from the same agency has consistently reported a downward trend in hunter numbers since the 1980's, creating palpable fear in state budgeting offices ever since. |
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How Hunting Game Makes Us Better People
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Hunting is among the few activities in modern life that can teach us exactly the lessons we desperately need to learn. This experience helps to close the massive gap in our respect and understanding for the earth, the animal kingdom, and how we get our food. |
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New Summer 2019 Edition Available Now!
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Click the magazine cover to view the digital version of the Summer 2019 edition of the quarterly NBS Outdoor Magazine. For more information on how you can be a part of the NBS Outdoor Magazine, please contact Steve Baker with Required Team Gear via email at
steveb@requiredteamgear.com
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Taking a Cello or a Surfboard on a Plane? American Airlines Just Cut Its Fees
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American Airlines will no longer charge passengers $150 to check sports equipment like bicycles or surfboards, or musical instruments like a cello. Such items, which were previously considered oversize baggage, will now be covered by the regular $30 fee for checked luggage, as long as the item weighs less than 50 pounds. |
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The 80/20 Rule & How It Can Change Your Life
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The “universal truth” about the imbalance of inputs and outputs is what became known as the Pareto principle, or the 80/20 rule. While it doesn’t always come to be an exact 80/20 ratio, this imbalance is often seen in various business cases. |
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If your company has news or information to share with NBS, contact Catherine Rash via email at
crash@nbs.com
or via phone at 817-605-2223.
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