GunBroker.com Named Official Internet Auction Site of USA Shooting and USA Shooting Foundation

Online, December 1, 2011 (Newswire.com) - GunBroker.com, the world's largest Internet auction site for firearms and accessories, has been named the Official Internet Auction Site of USA Shooting and the USA Shooting Foundation in a partnership that will feature a special edition of firearms that will be available exclusively on the popular auction site.

"USA Shooting has benefited from several special auctions on GunBroker.com in recent years, and we are truly excited about the potential to expand our relationship as we prepare for the 2012 Olympics in London," announced Buddy DuVall, executive director of the USA Shooting Foundation. "GunBroker.com has become an increasingly powerful marketing force in the shooting sports community and USA Shooting is excited about the potential of channeling GunBroker.com's energy and creativity in support of our Olympic shooters."

"GunBroker.com has been privileged to partner with USA Shooting on several projects in the past, and we very much look forward to this new and expanded relationship," commented Steve Urvan, GunBroker.com founder and CEO. "We know that USA Shooting has exciting fundraising and promotional plans in place as the team prepares for the 2012 Olympics in London, and we are excited to be part of those plans."

Among the new plans for the GunBroker.com-USA Shooting partnerships is a special "Supporting Our Olympic Shooters in 2012" auction site on GunBroker.com where all the listed firearms will benefit USA Shooting. Plans call for a series of specially engraved guns produced in partnership with major firearms manufacturers. In addition, one special edition of 100 guns will be produced and made available exclusively on GunBroker.com.

GunBroker.com also was recently named as the official Internet auction site of the National Shooting Sports Foundation and has been the official Internet auction site of the Hunting Heritage Trust since 2008.

About USA Shooting
USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995. USA Shooting's mission is to prepare American athletes to win Olympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the U.S. and govern the conduct of international shooting in the country. For information on USA Shooting, visit www.usashooting.org or twitter.com/US Shooting.