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Benelli USA owner Cav. Ugo Gussalli Beretta is doubling down on his concern about recent anti-gun legislation by matching up to $250,000 in contributions to NRA-ILA and the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund.

The National Rifle Association is debuting a brand new website to provide information on the upcoming Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, PA.

Ashbury Precision Ordnance Mfg (APO) has expanded its line of Asymmetric Warrior Precision Tactical Rifles by introducing the bolt-action ASW223 chambered in .223 Wylde. Ashbury's selection of the Wylde chamber in the ASW223 allows shooters to use either commercial 223 Remington or military-specification 5.56mm NATO ammunition with high levels of accuracy.

Crimson Trace will host the 2nd Annual Midnight 3-Gun Invitational at the Central Oregon Shooting Sports Association range near Bend, Oregon beginning August 14.

Here are new videos added to GunReports.com the week of August 8: The Winchester 73 is back in the company’s line after more than a century. OSP Shooting School's Gil Ash explains how he approaches each station on a trap field. See FPS Russia use a 50-cal machine gun to take on 250 watermelons.

Starline Brass has launched a media content platform on www.StarlineBrass.com to help reloaders and shooters expand their knowledge of various topics. Included are videos covering various topics of interest to all skill levels of reloaders and shooters.

Condition Orange is the next level of mental awareness. Condition Orange is best described as a specific, potential threat. Let's say you are in Condition Yellow and you're aware of what's going on around you and you see something out of the ordinary—you immediately ramp up to Condition Orange. In Condition Orange, you need to do Two Things: First, you must make some evasive maneuver which forces your opponent to show his hand. Second, you must start formulating that tactical plan in the event that this is a real threat. The evasive maneuver forces your opponent to show whether his actions are just a coincidence OR he's actually after you!

The SW1911 operates with two functional variations on traditional 1911 design. The first variation is an externally mounted extractor. John Browning himself saw the extractor as the one weak point in the 1911 system and developed the external design to enhance reliability and maintenance.

Much of the fame of today's sporting BAR began through the fame of the original military BAR designed by John M. Browning near the end of World War I. This rifle, called the BAR M1918, was commissioned by the U.S. Army in an effort to break the stalemate of trench warfare in the battlefields of France and Belgium. It took John M. Browning three months to design it. Browning took this project so seriously that his son Val personally did testing and training of the American troops.

Sintercore LLC of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is billing its Auxetik as the first 3D printed muzzle brake available on the commercial market.

Here are new videos added to GunReports.com this week: Jerry Miculek shoots a 24-carat gold 1911 pistol (2011) in a V-drill; Kyle Lamb discusses rifle to pistol transitions, cleaning your AR-15 with Cheaper Than Dirt!

Bushnell Outdoor Products has launched a new optics family for the growing number of modern sporting rifle owners. The new AR Optics product line from Bushnell includes six new riflescopes that range in configuration from a 1-4x 24mm scope for close target acquisition to a 4.5-18x 40mm scope designed for extended range shooting.