Brownells’ Special Project to Support Wounded Warriors

By Justin Stakes

Grinnell, IA -(AmmoLand.com)- Brownells, Axelson Tactical and Team Never Quit Ammunition announced today they’re all joining together to raffle a Matt “Axe” Axelson Tribute Rifle and 1,000 rounds of Team Never Quit 5.56 ammunition to benefit Special Operations Wounded Warriors (SOWW).

The Matt “Axe” Axelson Tribute Rifle, serial number “AXE01,” is a civilian-legal AR-15 replica of the rifle Matt was carrying on June 28, 2005, when he and nine other U.S. Navy SEALs and eight Army Aviation Soldiers were killed in combat while serving in support of Operation Red Wings.

The tragic, but heroic and inspiring events of Operation Red Wings were told to in the New York Times best-selling book Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10, co-written by Axelson’s fellow SEAL Team 10 member, Marcus Luttrell. The book later inspired the movie Lone Survivor, which featured actor Ben Foster portraying Axelson and actor Mark Wahlberg portraying Luttrell.

The rifle is packaged in a custom Pelican case and includes three, color-matched magazines, two Spartan 01 Missing Man patches and an engraved wooden box containing a set of special challenge …Read the Rest

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