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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 21, 2012
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MITT ROMNEY ANNOUNCES SUPPORT OF CONSERVATIONIST ROB KECK

Boston, MA – Mitt Romney today announced the support of conservationist and renowned hunter Rob Keck.

“It has been a pleasure to know Rob and spend time with him,” said Mitt Romney. “Rob represents the best in our country’s long hunting tradition. As president, I will work with fine sportsmen and women like Rob to ensure that this tradition can continue and thrive.”

Announcing his support, Rob Keck said, “As a hunter, as a conservationist, and as a father and grandfather, I’m very concerned about the future of America and the ability we have to pass along our rich hunting and angling heritage to the next generation. In order to ensure that America’s future is as bright as our past, we need an outstanding and trusted leader, someone who understands business and can fix our economy – that man is Mitt Romney. Mitt also understands the importance of wildlife conservation, as well as hunting and angling’s economic and political engine that powers America. He will ensure that this tradition continues and is strengthened.

“It is time to ‘Answer the Call,’ and express the power of the American sportsmen and women. I urge you to head to the polls this primary season and put Mitt Romney in the White House. He will fix America and lead the way in helping protect and preserve our rich hunting and fishing heritage. Please cast your vote for Mitt in this primary season and elect him this November.”

Background On Rob Keck:

Rob Keck Is An Outdoor Television Host, Renowned Hunter and Conservationist. Rob is currently the Director of Conservation at Bass Pro Shops and is the past CEO at the National Wild Turkey Federation.

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Barnes VOR-TX 300 AAC Blackout 110 grain TAC-TX Ammunition awarded BEST OF SHOT ’12 by MilitaryTimes GearScout. CLICK HERE to read more.

Barnes’ all-copper, polymer-tipped 300 AAC BLK/Whisper 110 grain TAC-TX bullet will be available for sale to handloaders mid-February, 2012 through the Barnes Online Store and Retailers. 300 AAC BLK Barnes VOR-TX Ammunition will be available in May through retailers only.

Specially designed profile ensures flawless magazine-length loading in AR rifles. Full (50-caliber) expansion and 20-inch plus penetration at 300 yards (tested in short and standard length barrel rifles) provides terminal performance unmatched by the competition. All-copper construction provides consistent terminal performance through barriers – an excellent choice for hunters and defense initiatives.

Click here to view load data for the 300 AAC BLK with the new 110 grain TAC-TX.

Click here to order 300 AAC BLK/Whisper 110 grain TAC-TX bullet (note: this is not loaded ammunition!)

NOTE: Trajectory, Velocity & Energy information updated on 3/21/12 based on a muzzle velocity of 2,350 fps.

TRAJECTORY, inches

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Mona, UT – Barnes Bullets, LLC (“Barnes”) is proud to announce its VOR-TX precision ammunition won the 2012 American Hunter Ammunition Product of the Year Golden Bullseye Award from National Rifle Association (NRA) Publications.

“At Barnes, we continually strive to make better products that outperform the competition. We now not only have the best performing bullet out there today, we offer hunters the ultimate in accuracy, terminal performance and handloaded precision in a factory loaded round,” said Randy Brooks, president of Barnes Bullets. “Having VOR-TX acknowledged by American Hunter as ammunition product of the year is an honor that everyone at Barnes is extremely proud of.”

The NRA Publications Golden Bullseye Awards acknowledges the finest products available for shooting sports. Now in its tenth year, the awards are given to winners selected by a seven-member committee comprised of editors, graphic designers and veteran NRA Publications staff who, collectively, represent more than a century of shooting and hunting experience.

The Golden Bullseye Award will be presented during a special breakfast at the 2012 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in St. Louis, Missouri held on Friday, April 13, 2012.

About Barnes VOR-TX
Barnes VOR-TX ammunition is precision loaded with the deadliest bullets on the planet. The leader in bullet innovation offers hunters the ultimate in accuracy, terminal performance and handloaded precision in a factory loaded round.

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We have updated our Copper Club packages!!! To view the new packages go to: http://www.barnesbullets.com/clubs/copper-club/.

Barnes Bullets is please to announce NEW apparel items!! T-Shirts, hoodies, hats, and beanies all with the Barnes logo! To check out the new items go to: http://www.barnesbullets.com/products/other-merchandise/apparel/.

CLICK HERE to view a statement released by the NRA about this false claim circulating around the internet.

Because accurate BC values are important, particularly for long range shooting, Barnes fires each bullet under tightly controlled laboratory conditions. The muzzle velocity, time of flight to target and distance to target then goes to a computer programmed to use these and other variables including temperature, humidity, altitude and barometric pressure to determine the actual BC of the bullet. Some manufacturers only compare their bullets to existing size and shape models to determine a static BC. This “theoretical” method fails to take into account rifling marks inscribed in the bullet, muzzle yaw, actual bullet velocity and other important variables.

Barnes now measures BC values over 300 yards (they were formerly measured over a distance of 100 yards). Dr. Ken Oehler, of Oehler Research, Inc., suggests that BC values will probably predict trajectories at more than twice the distance over which the BC value was originally measured. Barnes feels measuring the BC over 300 yards will provide customers with data more useful for long range shooting out to 600 yards or more.

Over the past five years, Barnes has made slight changes to the geometry of many of its bullets, most notably in the shape of the ogive. Some fairly pronounced secant ogives have been changed to provide more tangent ogives. While slightly reducing BC values, this has significantly improved accuracy. BC values are also affected by multiple rings cut into the shanks of Triple-Shock X-Bullets.

Current BC values can be found on the company website. Click here to download a pdf version of the Barnes catalog & view current BC values. If you have questions about a specific bullet, please feel free to call 1-(800)-574-9200 or email email@barnesbullets.com.