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Firearm Safety: Remington Outdoor Foundation Firearm Training Sets & the IHEA
Posted by Junior Shooters
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) leads the way in buying new
International Hunter Education Association (IHEA)/Remington Outdoor Foundation Firearm Training Sets.
By: Andy Fink & Tammy Sapp (press release)
Photos Courtesy Of: Wisconsin DNR
Safety is the most important aspect of the shooting sports that Junior Shooters magazine emphasizes. Teaching and implementing firearms safety should be at the foremost of everyone’s mind when involved in any shooting activity. There are safe dummy rounds available for practice and demonstration (check them out at www.brownells.com) as well as rubber or plastic dummy firearms. 
Now, the Remington Outdoor Foundation along with the IHEA are making non-firing firearms but fully functional in all other aspects available for hunter safety education and other training courses. This is a fantastic idea which Junior Shooters magazine completely endorses. We hope that all of our readers will take a close look at.
The press release from the Remington Outdoor Foundation and IHEA is provided below.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is leading the way in providing safety training resources to its hunter education instructors with a recent purchase of 160 firearm training sets from the International Hunter Education Association (IHEA) and Remington Outdoor Foundation.
The new firearm training set features five firearms that include every action covered in IHEA’s curriculum. Each firearm is completely disabled so it cannot discharge, which allows students to learn by doing with a tool that simulates an actual firearm in every way except for live fire.
“It made perfect sense for us to invest our increase in wildlife restoration funds for hunter education back into the program,” 
said Tim Lawhern, hunter education administrator/conservation warden for Wisconsin DNR and president of IHEA. “Providing these firearm training sets to our volunteers will help us improve the delivery of hunter education to more than 30,000 students every year. We can get these into places where real guns cannot go; schools and other public buildings. Investing in the infrastructure of our program is something we can point to years from now with great pride.”
A wheeled gun case is also available, allowing instructors to easily transport the firearms training set.
The firearm training set is ideal for IHEA as well as for law enforcement instructors and those who offer safety training at events introducing youth, women and others to hunting and target shooting.
The 5-Firearm Training Set retails for $2,100 or $2,500 with the wheeled gun case. Nonprofit organizations can receive the special discounted price of $1,500 or $1,750 with the wheeled gun case.
Those living within the U.S. can place their order by contacting Tina West at Leorders@remington.com or 1-800-852-7634.
Residents of Canada can contact Adriana Maciocia at Adriana.maciocia@gravelagency.com or 418-682-3000.
Order now, quantities are limited.
About International Hunter Education Association (IHEA)
The International Hunter Education Association (IHEA) is the professional association for 69 member agencies and the 70,000 volunteer instructors who teach hunter education in the U.S. , Canada , Mexico , Peru , El Salvador , South Africa and New Zealand . For more information, visit IHEA at http://www.ihea.com/
About Remington Outdoor Foundation
Remington Outdoor Foundation, which was founded in January 2009 as a nonprofit 501 (C) (3), supports the efforts of its partners to share hunting, target shooting and other outdoor traditions with youth, women and other participants while emphasizing safety, training and ethics. Remington Outdoor Foundation also upholds conservation principles through assisting partnership work on habitat enhancement, wildlife research and management projects. For more information, visit: www.outdoorroadmap.com.
Media Contact:
Tammy Sapp
RemingtonOutdoor@att.net
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