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USA Shooting Team Raises $100,000 With Help of Henry Repeating Arms, Baron Engraving and Conservation Partners
Henry Repeating Arms, Baron
Engraving and participants at this winter’s conservation shows including Dallas Safari Club (Jan. 9-12), Wild Sheep Foun- dation (Jan. 22-25) and West- ern Hunting and Conservation Expo (Feb. 13-16) have helped
ed the three Original Henry Rifl es with special serial numbers USA- GOLD1, USAGOLD2 and USA- GOLD3. Baron Engraving proudly provided its hand-engraving ser- vices to create a signature look to the popular rifl e. The revolutionary Henry lever
to worthwhile organizations both within and outside our industry,” said Anthony Imperato, President and owner of the company. “Our employees are swelling with pride knowing that their con- tribution is benefi ting the USA Shooting Team.”
Shooting Team logo and 2014 on the top.” “The engravers at Baron En-
graving are very proud to donate their talents to USA Shooting’s fundraising,”
said David Baron,
President of Baron Technology. “Supporting our fi nest athletes is an honor, but also celebrating their successes around the world is an inspiration for our whole
Henry rifl e auction winners (c) Darin Fiedeldey, Denise and Chuck Swanson are fl anked by team members (l-r) Caitlin Connor, Kayle Browning, Frank Thompson, Amber English and Jake Wallace.
industry!” “We couldn’t be more ap-
provide valuable funding for the USA Shooting Team in excess of $100,000.
USA Shooting will use the
money in 2014 to achieve great- ness on the ranges throughout the world. A new Original Henry Rifl e Deluxe Engraved .44- 40 was auctioned by the USA Shooting Team at each of the three conservation shows it at- tended to help raise awareness of the Team. Henry Repeating Arms donat-
action-repeating rifl e was the most important fi rearm of its time and went on to become one of the most legendary American fi rearms of all time. Patented in 1860 and used during the Civil War, the rifl e’s rapid-fi re capa- bility and high-capacity tubular magazine stood in amazing con- trast to its single-shot musket counterparts. “Several years ago, I es- tablished our Guns For Great Causes Program to contribute
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The engraving on the hard- ened brass receivers was hand- cut by Baron Custom Shop’s artisan Heidi Roos, who says: “In- spired by Louis Daniel Nimschke from his record book of originals, the scrollwork design is in the American style: a fl oral and leaf motif, intricately detailed and surrounding an open banner. The receiver’s top is decorated with simple linear motif, and the butt plate is decorated with America scroll on the back, with the USA
preciative of Henry Repeating Arms, Baron Engraving, our con- servation partners and those USA Shooting Team supporters for the generosity they continue to exhibit,” acknowledged USA Shooting Team Foundation Exec- utive Director Buddy DuVall. “With Rio in Sight and an important year of World Championships as well as Olympic and Para- lympic qualifying now upon us, the money raised on behalf of the USA Shooting Team is a tre- mendous boost to our team and helps keep us competitive with the competition.”
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