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Smith & Wesson to maintain West Point team
05 Apr '06
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Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp, the legendary 154-year old global supplier of products and services for safety, security, protection and sport, announced that it has agreed to support the Combat Weapons Team of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The Company will provide the team with donated pistols and will support future competitive shooting events.
"There is a natural fit between the Military Academy at West Point and Smith & Wesson, both organizations with deep roots in American history. In addition, Smith & Wesson has a rich history of supporting military academies and competitive shooting teams throughout our 154 years of operation," said Ernest Langdon, Smith & Wesson's Director of Law Enforcement and Military Sales.
"Our support of the West Point Combat Weapons Team reflects our continuing commitment to developing our country's future leaders. It also allows us to give these highly skilled competitors an opportunity to experience, early in their careers, the quality and craftsmanship that we build into our standard and custom pistols."
Smith & Wesson will donate 45 firearms to the cadets of the Combat Weapons Team. The handguns consist of 10 custom Performance Center 1911 pistols chambered in .45 ACP along with 35 9mm Military & Police (M&P) polymer pistols. In addition, on April 7-9, 2006, the Smith & Wesson Academy in Springfield, Massachusetts will host the Joint Service Academy Weapons Competition, at which the West Point Combat Weapons Team will compete against both the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Naval Academy.
"There is a natural fit between the Military Academy at West Point and Smith & Wesson, both organizations with deep roots in American history. In addition, Smith & Wesson has a rich history of supporting military academies and competitive shooting teams throughout our 154 years of operation," said Ernest Langdon, Smith & Wesson's Director of Law Enforcement and Military Sales.
"Our support of the West Point Combat Weapons Team reflects our continuing commitment to developing our country's future leaders. It also allows us to give these highly skilled competitors an opportunity to experience, early in their careers, the quality and craftsmanship that we build into our standard and custom pistols."
Smith & Wesson will donate 45 firearms to the cadets of the Combat Weapons Team. The handguns consist of 10 custom Performance Center 1911 pistols chambered in .45 ACP along with 35 9mm Military & Police (M&P) polymer pistols. In addition, on April 7-9, 2006, the Smith & Wesson Academy in Springfield, Massachusetts will host the Joint Service Academy Weapons Competition, at which the West Point Combat Weapons Team will compete against both the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Naval Academy.
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