The Loadout Room
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Courtesy of Breach Bang Clear Blackhawk D.O.A.V.: An Old School Load-Bearing Vest Mike Kupari What’s up, party peoples? Let me tell you a story. One upon a time, before MOLLE, before plate carriers and battle belts, before Cobra buckles, MultiCam, and Facebook, a fightin’ man’s gear options were rather limited. If you were in the […]
Will Boos of Boos Blades is setting the course for his young company’s future with the Smoke TS1. He tells us his slender front flipper exemplifies the new Boos Blades business model and is a sign of more to come. When Boos introduced the Smoke TS1 in August, the first batch sold out within 48 hours, and pre-orders for […]
Survival is the method of making the best of an arduous or dangerous situation, like flying commercial for extended periods of time. “For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” – LEONARDO DA VINCI How to […]
Courtesy of Tactical Life The name Ed Brown has been synonymous with quality 1911 pistols and parts for over 50 years. Ed started working on pistols and competing in the new ISPC game in the 1970s. This led to him opening Ed Brown Products with the goal of producing the world’s best parts and pistols. While his […]
We really like the ASP Key Defender OC spray. We like the size, the form factor, and the ability to switch between “hot” OC spray and “test” practice spray. We’ve since purchased dedicated ASP Key Defenders for force on force usage, but you can easily swap out live and practice spray canisters. A combination of factors […]
Courtesy of Breach Bang Clear Voltbike Yukon 750 – BUG-OUT eBike CAN AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE BE PREPPED FOR WHEN SHTF? RYAN HOUTEKAMER, Offgrid If you were to ask us about electric bikes 10 years ago, we likely would’ve just laughed. They looked downright silly, had pitiful range, and cost more than a motorcycle. Fast-forward a […]
Tashi Bharucha and Reate are teaming up again for a pair of releases, the Starboy and the Baby Machine. Both knives take Bharucha’s style into EDC sizes rarely seen from the French maker. Bharucha’s push into the production knife world began with a bang. The Future’s integral construction and impressive appearance made his name stick in the minds of […]
Courtesy of Tactical Life A few months after introducing its Vertical Forward AR Grip, Illinois-based Tyrant Designs is back with its new HALO AR HandStop. RELATED STORY: 21 Great Aftermarket Grips and Rails for Your AR Rifle Machined from aerospace grade aluminum and finished in hardcoat black, red, grey and blue, the Tyrant Designs HALO AR HandStop […]
Pete of the Cedric & Ada YouTube channel uses an established, repeatable method to measure edge retention. To date, he has put more than 40 steels to the test on his channel – everything from high-end powder metallurgy steels to butter knife blade steel. We reached out to Pete for his assessment of how budget blade steel […]
I have survival / tactical / bug out / life kit / go-bags stashed all over the world and I’m giving away 15 of them… If you can find them. For more than a decade I’ve been doing the “vagabond survival prepping method” of which evolved from stashing small city-specific go-bags around the world as […]
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