Lou Tuminaro's 'The Custom Shop' Signs Primetime TV Production Deal With The Outdoor Channel

Lou Tuminaro's 'The Custom Shop' Signs Primetime TV Production Deal With The Outdoor Channel

Montana-Based Firearms Sales and Restoration Company Receives Coveted 8PM Time Slot As The Network's Newest Reality Program: The Gunfather

HAMILTON, Mont., Sept. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gunfather, scheduled to air Wednesday, October 1(st) at the 8pm EST primetime on the Outdoor Channel, is a reality TV series revolving around the daily lives of Lou Tuminaro and his family, and the benefits and challenges of operating their family firearm business. Lou is a New York transplant who packed up his wife (Theresa), father (Pops), and three kids in order to move to Montana and create The Custom Shop. The Custom Shop is dedicated to Tuminaro's passion for the restoration and sales of vintage firearms. The program, dubbed "a blend of American Pickers, Orange County Choppers and American Restoration", takes viewers on a continuous hunt for prospective buyers, sellers and Lou's unique art of the sale. In addition to the "sale", The Gunfather features a family dynamic definitely not indicative of rural Montana.

"I moved my family to Montana because Long Island, NY is not too conducive to a career in the firearms business," states Lou Tuminaro. "We love Montana, and while I never imagined The Custom Shop evolving into a reality program, we like testing ourselves with new experiences and hope viewers agree that our personalities and business chops make for great television."

BigGun Productions' Vice President William Castro, a world-renowned automotive designer with a wealth of reality TV experience, marketing, and branding states, "I've known Lou since we were kids, and the metamorphosis of The Custom Shop to The Gunfather is a wonderfully natural evolution. We believe there is incredible opportunity for Lou's brand, and we are exploring multiple product extensions and brand partnerships."

About The Custom Shop
The Custom Shop L.L.C. offers a range of services to help enhance your gun, restore, and protect it from the elements, in order to maintain its value. Let The Custom Shop help you bring out the best your gun has to offer and preserve its legacy for generations to come. For more information about The Custom Shop, please visit www.CustomShopInc.com

About The Gunfather
The Gunfather, a reality-based TV series airing on the Outdoor Channel, takes viewers into the life of Lou Tuminaro, a native New Yorker turned Hamilton, Montana transplant. Lou is the owner of The Custom Shop - a family-run firearms sales and restoration business. Tuminaro's dream was always to open the greatest gun shop in the west, so he sold everything and moved his family across the country to make his dream a reality. Tuminaro is a no-nonsense negotiator who flaunts his knowledge of guns, Brooklyn attitude, and Vin Diesel appearance to cut the best deal possible every time - and drives his team of family and friends at The Custom Shop to restore each magnificent piece to perfection. Theresa Tuminaro, Lou's wife and business manager, a tough Bronx-breed buxom beauty who is always dressed to the occasion, handles day-to-day operations in Lou's absence; and, true to her Italian-American upbringing, has a well-earned nickname of "T-Bone." Joining Lou and Theresa is Lou's dad, Pops, a lovable and active senior whose work can never quite match up to Lou's expectations. For trailers and preview information, visit the Outdoor Channel at www.outdoorchannel.com/the-gunfather


Media Business Development

Adam Handelsman William Castro

SpecOps Communications BigGun Productions

adam@specopscomm.com will@biggunproduction.com

212.518.7721 631.561.5300


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