MidwayUSA

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MidwayUSA, Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	1977
Headquarters	Columbia, Missouri
Key people	Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO
Products	shooting, hunting, camping supplies gunsmithing accessories
Website	www.midwayusa.com

MidwayUSA is a privately-held American retailer and wholesaler of various hunting and gun-related products. The company is headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, and sells in the continental United States and internationally, through a separate division. The company markets online and through mail-order catalogs.

1 History
2 NRA support
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

MidwayUSA was incorporated in 1977 under the name of Ely Arms, Inc. and first operated as a gun shop located in Columbia.^[1] In 1979, the name was changed to Midway Arms, Inc. In June 1998, the MidwayUSA name came into use. The company has been under the continuous ownership and management of the Potterfield family from the beginning.

[edit] NRA support

Larry and Brenda Potterfield have created two programs^[2] and several educational endowments in the National Rifle Association (NRA) Foundation. Brenda also served as the Vice President of the NRA Foundation's Board of Trustees. Since 1992, MidwayUSA has asked customers to round up the total of each order and donate the change to the NRA/ILA.^[3] Since its inception, MidwayUSA has collected over US$3.7 million for the NRA/ILA National Endowment for the Protection of the 2nd Amendment.

Friends of NRA was founded in 1992 with the establishment of the Columbia, Missouri chapter, and has expanded to over 1,020 chapters. The group holds its monthly meetings in the MidwayUSA building. Many MidwayUSA associates help with and attend the annual Friends of NRA fund-raising banquet.