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Nick Irving

Nick Irving is a former U.S. Army Ranger with multiple combat deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan. During his service within the 75th Ranger Regiment, Nicholas served as an Assaulter, Heavy and Light Machine Gunner, and Designated Marksman.

A Ranger Never Gives Up

A Ranger Never Gives Up

If this can motivate, help, or inspire just one person, it’s served its purpose. It could always be worse. This is a picture that I’ve held onto for personal reasons and will continue to hold onto for many years. Whenever things seem to be a little tough, I refer back to my time in service as […]

Do You Shoot With Both Eyes Open?

Do You Shoot With Both Eyes Open?

More often than not during a shooting course, may it be pistol, carbine or precision rifle, a few of the students will ask, “Do you shoot with both eyes open?” Before answering the question with a “yes” or “no”, I ask them two major questions before discussing something we all face in a life or death […]

DARPA's Mid-Flight-Changing Bullet

DARPA’s Mid-Flight-Changing Bullet

As a sniper in the military, I sometimes wished I had a bullet that could steer its own course, especially in multiple shifty crosswinds, or if a target was slightly behind some type of cover. It appears that dream is now becoming a reality. DARPA has done the “almost” impossible and created something that we’ve only seen […]

Vertx Gamut Plus Assault Pack Quick Look

Vertx Assault Pack…GAMUT PLUS!

For an all around travel assault pack, the Vertx GAMUT PLUS assault pack has it. At first glance and trying on the pack, it reminded me of an MC-4 parachute rig used for HALO operations. It feels extremely comfortable and organizes the weight in a way that doesn’t feel awkward. Some immediate features that I noticed with […]

Full Auto Glock!

Full Auto Glock!

The fully automatic Glock.  Always a blast to shoot!  

The REAPER Give Away!

Sample from the new book:  The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers  ” I reached up on my elevation turret and came up two minutes of angle. That way I had given myself a bit of leeway. Either I was going to hit the very top of his head and crease […]

Camera Tripods: A Snipers Best Friend!

Camera Tripods: A Sniper’s Best Friend!

When it comes to precision shooting, I think that most, if not all, can agree that the prone shot is often the rare shot.  It was SOP in my sniper section that we all had a camera tripod on our packing list at all times. Most of the engagements I encountered as a sniper (over 80%) […]

500 Round Iron Man Backpack!

500 Round Iron Man Backpack!

The first position that I held in Ranger Battalion was light/heavy machine gunner.  It was our job to become efficient with just about every light or heavy machine gun in our arsenal, including various grenade launchers. The majority of the time, we would carry our ammo in a small backpack and only feed the gun […]

1-5 AR Drill!

1-5 AR Drill!

Here is a fun drill that I like to conduct on the range whenever I’m behind the AR platform. You’ll learn a lot about your platform as well as yourself from this drill, especially if you have a friend record you shooting it. If you’re unfamiliar with trigger reset, muzzle control, eye/weapon target transitioning, body […]

Heckler and Koch VP9 Striker-Fired 9mm Pistol

A lot of buzz going around in the Heckler and Koch community lately.  HK has given us a sneak peek of its new striker-fired 9mm pistol, the VP9! If any one thing that stands out to me at first notice, it would have to be the crisp trigger.  The reset is a smooth, short, and very […]

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