ANOKA, Minnesota – October 6, 2022 – As part of the 100-year anniversary celebration, Federal Ammunition partnered with the NRA to hold one if its largest sweepstakes in company history. Tom from Arkansas was awarded the massive prize package that included more than 54,000 rounds of Federal Ammunition valued at over $28,000.

“This sweepstakes was a great way to accentuate Federal’s 100-year anniversary celebration,” said Federal’s Director of Marketing, Brian Anderson. “The scope of the ammunition included in the prize package showcases the wide range of ammunition and innovation throughout Federal’s 100-year history. This was a fun sweepstakes event, and we congratulate the winner.”

The giveaway event ran during the spring and summer months of 2022. Ammunition included in the prize package highlights some of Federal’s most popular loads in the most popular cartridges.

“I give my sincerest thanks to Federal Ammunition for this undeserving prize,” said Tom. “This ammunition will be a blessing to both my family and friends. But beyond that, it will also be used by my son’s high school trap team.” Read more

East Alton, IL — Winchester is launching its “Introduction to Ammunition-Ammo 101” series, a four-part series that includes custom illustrations and information in the following ammunition categories: rifle, pistol, rimfire and shotshell.

“The basics of ammunition, that is what we want to deliver with the Ammo 101 series,” said Matt Campbell, vice president of sales and marketing. “With millions of people across the United States starting their journey in the shooting sports as new firearm owners, providing easy-to-understand information on ammunition types is one way we can help educate our customers.”

The Ammo 101 series provides a basic overview of shotshell, centerfire rifle, centerfire pistol, and rimfire ammunition, showcasing ammunition construction, components, calibers and common usage.

The Ammo 101 resource is free to download and is especially valuable for the thousands of shooting ranges and instructors nationwide who are introducing new entrants to the shooting sports and hunting. It is available as a free download at Winchesters.mediaassets.com (click on “Sell Sheets”). Read more

Furth, Germany and Savannah, Ga. – Through quality control efforts, Norma Precision Inc. has identified possible inconsistencies with neck tension in a small number of .308 WIN Norma Tac 147 Grain FMJ cartridges within the ammunition SKU and corresponding Lot Numbers identified on www.Normashooting.com that may allow the projectile to become loose, including during transport. Continued use of the potentially affected ammunition could impact safe firearm performance leading to property damage and/or injury.

If customers are uncertain as to whether or not recently purchased ammunition falls with the potentially impacted SKU and corresponding Lot Numbers listed on www.Normashooting.com or for additional questions concerning this Notice, please contact a Norma Customer Service Representative by email at Sales@normashooting.com or by phone at 912-800-9332.

NEWTOWN, Conn. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, denounced the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Final Rule that offered hunters a “bait-and-switch” deal that banned the use of traditional ammunition for opening 18 national wildlife refuges for new hunting and fishing opportunities. USFWS claimed it “remains concerned that lead ammunition and fishing tackle have negative impacts on both human health and wildlife.” It also warned hunters that the future use on additional USFWS lands were open to evaluation.

Despite promises from President Joe Biden that his administration would “follow the science,” the USFWS offered no objective scientific evidence establishing that the use of traditional lead core ammunition poses a risk to human health or wildlife populations to support its decision to phase in a ban. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied the issue of consumption of wild game harvested with traditional ammunition in 2008 and found no detrimental effects.

“The Biden administration is capitulating to pressure from radical environmentalists and antihunting groups. This ban will price out hunters from accessing public lands since the cost of alternative ammunition is significantly greater than that of traditional ammunition,” said Lawrence G. Keane, Senior Vice President and General Counsel. “The USFWS didn’t consider scientific data because none exists to justify this ban. This is a Faustian deal that attempts to placate outdoorsmen and women by offering more opportunities but limiting it to only those who will pay additional costs to participate in their recreational pastimes.” Read more

ANOKA, Minnesota – September 15, 2022 – Federal Ammunition has been awarded a 5-year contract to produce the United States Army’s 5.56mm training ammunition valued at $114 million dollars. AA40 5.56mm frangible ammunition is used by the U.S. military branches in rifles and carbines chambered for this caliber for training.

“This contract is historic,” said Jason Vanderbrink, President of Federal Ammunition. “It is the largest government contract awarded to Federal in its 100-years of operation and speaks volumes to the trust the United States military has in our American workforce assembling the best products for our servicemen and servicewomen.” Read more

Savannah, Ga. – Norma Precision Inc. is proud to introduce the newest addition to their Rimfire product portfolio, Tac-22 Subsonic. Designed mainly for practice, hunting, and plinking, Tac-22 Subsonic is an affordable and reliable round with consistent accuracy and performance because of its stable trajectory. This cartridge is a 40-grain lead, hollow point with a muzzle velocity of 1033 FPS.

It shoots consistent tight groupings and offers reliable fast firing energy transfer regardless of the relevant shooting distance. Norma Tac-22 Subsonic is perfect for any suppressed weapon and for shooting in locations where low sound emissions are required therefore making it the perfect option for “silent” hunting or plinking in urban areas.

For more information on Tac-22 Subsonic, please visit the Norma Precision Inc. website.