Southwick Associates has announced the brands and products hunters and target shooters preferred most in 2009.  This list has been compiled from the 44,734 internet-based surveys completed by hunters and target shooters who volunteered to participate last year in HunterSurvey.com and TargetshootingSurvey.com polls.

The National Rifle Association's connection to the military goes back well over a century. Indeed, it was military men who founded the organization.

The Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA) recently announced that O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. has continued their support of YSSA's Donated Firearms Program with a generous donation of sparingly used Mossberg Silver Reserve shotguns.

Winchester® Ammunition recently committed $15,000 to help support the mission of the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (CSF), which is to provide a voice for all sportsmen and women in Congress to promote sportsmen's issues with elected officials.

Winchester® Ammunition's Supreme Elite® Bonded PDX1™ has been selected to receive the NRA's 2010 Golden Bullseye Award for "Ammunition Product of the Year" by Shooting Illustrated magazine.

A special "Treasures & Traditions" Heritage Partnership auction to benefit the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA) will be hosted by GunBroker.com - the web's largest hunting and sport shooting auction - and the Hunting Heritage Trust throughout the month of March, 2010.

Another exciting season of Women on Target(r) Hunting Excursions is about to begin. Women hunters with experience ranging from first-timer s to the most seasoned of veterans are provided with the opportunity to have a unique and enjoyable hunting adventure.

Whitetails Unlimited's popular Membership Appreciation Giveaway is ready to enter its second full year in 2010, and both WTU members and industry partners continue to appreciate the innovative program.

Four million of the iconic Savage Model 110 bolt action rifles have been produced and one collector will have the opportunity to add the historic Serial Number 4,000,000 to his collection if he is the high bidder for the rifle in the 2010 SHOT Show gun auction.

Reaching the 10,000,000 production mark in April 2009, the Remington Model 870 pump action shotgun is the most popular shotgun ever made. And now, the 10,000,001th Model 870 will be featured as the 2010 SHOT Show shotgun as the Model 870 begins its march towards its next milestone.