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Located in Columbia, MO, MidwayUSA started as a small gun shop in 1977 and has grown into an industry-leading internet retailer of nearly 200,000 Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor products. Our 400,000 sq ft, state of the art, distribution center provides fast, accurate, secure, low-cost shipping for our Customers. We are a fast-paced, continually improving, family-owned business with instilled family values like honesty, integrity, and respect for others.
From time to time I am asked to relate how MidwayUSA got its start. Most people think it was a great stroke of genius, but it wasn't. Simply stated, the beginning of the Company was a little bit of a dream and a lot of circumstance...
Located in Columbia, MO, MidwayUSA started as a small gun shop in 1977 and has grown into an industry-leading internet retailer of nearly 200,000 Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor products. Our 400,000 sq ft, state of the art, distribution center provides fast, accurate, secure, low-cost shipping for our Customers. We are a fast-paced, continually improving, family-owned business with instilled family values like honesty, integrity, and respect for others.
From time to time I am asked to relate how MidwayUSA got its start. Most people think it was a great stroke of genius, but it wasn't. Simply stated, the beginning of the Company was a little bit of a dream and a lot of circumstance...

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T. Edward Nickens, columnist and editor-at-large for Field & Stream, is a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist.

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