USP Product Proceeds To Benefit The NRA Foundation.

Fairfax, VA, Dec. 9, 2004 - United States Products Co., manufacturers of the original USP Bore Paste, Gun Cleaning Oil and Gun Cleaner/Degreaser, announced the formation of a new relationship with The NRA Foundation by which a portion of their products' sales will support the Firearms & Marksmanship Training Endowment for funding the NRA Basic Marksmanship Training Programs and Volunteer NRA Instructors nationwide.

"I'm very proud and pleased to announce that the NRA Foundation has accepted our offer to donate five percent of our USP gun cleaning and maintenance product sales to their Endowment which will be applied directly to training programs for hunters, shooters and instructors," reported Lee Brown, President of United States Products Co. based in Pittsburgh, PA. "It's our way of giving something back to an organization that has given so much to this industry and its millions of enthusiasts."

Initiated at the recent NRA Convention held in Pittsburgh, the Endowment was finalized and enthusiastically accepted by The NRA Foundation today at their headquarters in Fairfax, VA.

"I am most appreciative for the support United States Products Co. is providing to our Firearms & Marksmanship Training Endowment," commented Bill Poole, Director of NRA's Education and Training Division. "That Endowment provides funding for more than 51,000 instructors who train over one million shooters every year."

United States Product's well-known USP brand of firearm cleaning products designated for Endowment support will be distributed in special packages bearing the familiar "NRA Foundation - Teach Freedom" insignia.

"We couldn't be more pleased to have such a highly regarded company supporting our cause," continued Steve Andersen, Executive Director of The NRA Foundation. "By donating to the Endowment, United States Products is ensuring that funds will always be available for the NRA's vital training programs."

Wayne Sheets, NRA Director of Endowments concluded the ceremony by pointing out that as a past sponsor of the NRA's Annual Youth Hunter Education Challenge, and now with this ongoing Endowment, "United States Products is demonstrating their strong commitment to young hunter education, training and safety -- which is where America's future lies!"

Also participating in the Endowment ceremony were Wilson Phillips, NRA Treasurer and Cliff Burgess, NRA Manager of Corporate Giving.


To learn more about The NRA Foundation please visit www.nrafoundation.org or contact Steve Andersen by phone at 703-267-1127 or email at sandersen@nrahq.org. For more information on United States Products please go to www.uspborepaste.com or contact Bill Gruber at WMC Communications by phone at 412-551-2005 or email at micjaslin@aol.com.

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Finalizing
Funds For Firearm Training - Bill Poole (center right), Director of NRA's Education and Training Division, accepts signed agreement from Lee Brown (center left), President of United States Products Co., which will contribute a portion of the sales from USP Bore Paste and other gun maintenance products to support the Firearms & Marksmanship Training Endowment for funding the NRA Basic Marksmanship Training Programs and Volunteer NRA Instructors nationwide. Also contributing to the confirmation event held at NRA Headquarters in Fairfax, VA, are Wayne Sheets (far right), The NRA Foundation Director of Endowments and Wilson "Woody" Phillips (far left), NRA Treasurer.

Products To Profit NRA Programs - Steve Andersen (left), Executive Director of The NRA Foundation and Lee Brown, President of United States Products Co., hold samples of USP Gun Cleaner/Degreaser, Bore Paste and Gun Cleaning Oil after an endowment agreement signing held at NRA headquarters in Fairfax, VA. Proceeds from the sales of these products will support the Firearms & Marksmanship Training Endowment for funding the NRA Basic Marksmanship Training Programs and Volunteer NRA Instructors nationwide.

Touring The NRA Firearms Museum - Steve Andersen (left), Executive Director of The NRA Foundation and Bill Poole (right), Director of NRA's Education and Training Division treat Lee Brown, President of United States Products Co. to a tour of the NRA's fascinating National Firearms Museum after an endowment agreement signing at NRA headquarters in Fairfax, VA. Proceeds from the sale of USP Bore Paste, Gun Cleaning Oil and Gun Cleaner/Degreaser will now support the Firearms & Marksmanship Training Endowment for funding the NRA Basic Marksmanship Training Programs and Volunteer NRA Instructors nationwide.

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USP Helps Young Shooters Score Big At The 2004 YHEC

Mansfield, PA -- Before a packed auditorium of enthusiastic young shooters, coaches and parents from all over North America, United States Products - makers of USP Bore Paste and Gun Cleaning Oil - was recognized as an important new contributor to the Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) held at the Mill Cove Environmental Area and Mansfield University in July.

"We have a special guest with us today," announced Robert L. Davis, Jr., Manager of the Hunter Services Department who presided over the opening ceremony. "Mr. Lee Brown, President of United States Products, who has sponsored individual YHEC teams in the past, now has joined us as an ongoing sponsor of the NRA Foundation which will help fund participants in this and other educational activities for years to come."

"The value of young hunter education and its effect on safety cannot be overemphasized," added William Poole, Director of NRA's Education and Training Division. "So we thank Lee Brown and USP for helping us to expand the scope of these critical activities."

The new partnership yielded immediate benefits in the nearby shooting fields where Mr. Brown proceeded to conduct dramatic firearm cleaning lessons for all interested attendees. Through the use of a tiny fiber optic lens connected to a video camera and TV monitor, onlookers were able to actually see severely fouled bores become squeaky clean right before their eyes.

"A clean bore is an accurate bore," explained Mr. Brown. "So it's very important to follow this procedure and use the type of paste that will effectively remove all types of fouling -- including carbon, copper, zinc, lead and plastic - and do it quickly so you're right back in the game."

Free samples of USP Bore Paste, which also is non-toxic and safe to handle, were handed out throughout the day so young shooters could try it for themselves during the week's competition. But at least one observer was already convinced.

"I had a barrel with about 1,000 rounds on it causing my groups to spread out from 1/2-inch to 1-1/4 inches," explained Chris Bennett, one of the coaches of the Cumberland Outdoor Club team from Cumberland, MD. "Thinking the accuracy was gone forever I was ready to send it off for another tube when a local gunsmith recommended this paste. Amazingly, after one cleaning my accuracy went right back to where it was!"

To learn more about the NRA's YHEC contact William Poole at 703-267-1414 or Bpoole@nrahq.org And for more information on United States Products please go to www.uspborepaste.com or contact Bill Gruber of Windmill Communications at 412-551-2005 or micjaslin@aol.com

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Editor's Note - Attached please find four jpeg files containing digital photos which - along with the captions below - are approved to accompany this release in your publication.

Teaching Freedom In Pennsylvania --Young shooters from all over North America gather with their coaches and parents in Straughn Auditorium at Mansfield University in Mansfield, PA for the opening ceremony of the 2004 Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) in July.

How To Get "A Bore That Scores" - Matthew E. Baker, Member of Pennsylvania's 68th District House of Representatives (left), and William Poole, Director of NRA's Education and Training Division (right), stop to chat with Lee Brown, President of United States Products -- which manufacturers the USP Bore Paste provided to coaches and shooters at the 2004 competition at the Mill Cove Events Area in Mansfield, PA.

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"A Clean Gun Is An Accurate Gun!" - Explains Lee Brown, President of United States Products, as he demonstrates the cleaning power of USP Bore Paste by using a tiny fiber optic lens connected to a video camera and TV monitor allowing onlookers at the 2004 YHEC in Mansfield, PA to see severely fouled bores become squeaky clean right before their eyes.

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Youthful Skills In The Shooting Fields - Some of North America's finest young shooters get the competition off to a rousing start at the Shotgun Event on the opening day of the 2004 YHEC in Mansfield, PA.

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