Travis Pike

Travis Pike Travis Pike is a former Marine Machine gunner who served with 2nd Bn 2nd Marines for 5 years. He deployed in 2009 to Afghanistan and again in 2011 with the 22nd MEU(SOC) during a record setting 11 months at sea. He’s trained with the Romanian Army, the Spanish Marines, the Emirate Marines and the Afghan National Army. He serves as an NRA certified pistol instructor and teaches concealed carry classes.

The Cold Steel Hideout – Never Go It Alone

“There is no such thing as a knife fight, there is a guy getting a stabbed and a guy doing the stabbing.” These words were screamed at my platoon as we learned the basics of knife fighting from one of the best MCMAP instructors I’d ever worked with. MCMAP, of the Marine Corps Martial Arts […]

The DSF 870 – The Only No Compromise Option

The shotgun is a favorite home defense tool for the gun owning public. It’s a powerful and brutal weapon that excels in close quarters fighting and shooting in low light conditions. Shotguns are affordable, easy to use, and reliable weapons for home defense. Shotguns do lack the inherent modularity of most modern carbines on the market. […]

The Peltor 500 Tactical Ear Muffs – A Quiet Riot

Hearing protection is something I rarely give much thought to. It all works reasonably well. From the 99 cent disposables to the Peltor 500 Tactical ear pro I’m currently using. The goal of hearing protection is simple, and it’s in the name. Protect my hearing! One of the joys of living in a western capitalist […]

You Say You Want a Revolution? The SBA3 Adjustable Pistol Brace

Can you guys remember when SB Tactical and SIG released the first pistol brace? It set the firearms world on fire. People lost their minds and then we could shoulder it! Then we couldn’t. Now we can again! We have come a long way from the original SIG brace. I have my original model and comparing […]

Browe Inc offers $500 Off on Select Optics

I’m knee deep in my Browe Inc Tactical Optic review and I came across an awesome offer on Browe Inc’s Facebook page and website. They are knocking off 500 bucks off select Browe Inc optics. This includes select models of the Combat Optic, the Tactical Optic, and the Sport Optic. Browe Inc optics are fixed […]

Tame Short Barrel Madness with the Troy Claymore

The gun industry and general gun population tend to work in interesting cycles. A certain platform will become popular and it will spread like wildfire for some time. Everyone remember piston driven ARs? Right now we are deep into two big fads that are somewhat related. The first is pistol caliber carbines and the second […]

Charge it – Recover Tactical’s Glock Charging Handle

If you can slap it on a Glock someone will make it. The Glock and the AR 15 share a lot of traits in terms of popularity. Some folks make awesome upgrades for them, some just make dumb stuff. Most of the time you can separate one from the other immediately, other times you need […]

Night Fision: See The Sights, Hit the Target

What’s the first upgrade you should make to any stock Glock pistol? The sights. Glock does a lot of things right, but they really lack in the sights department. Their cheap plastic sights are one o the most necessary upgrades you should make. You have lots of options, and everything front electronic sights to ghost […]

ESEE’s Expat Libertariat – A Force Of Nature in Machete Form

Fans of ESEE will remember we recently covered the Expat Cleaver. The Expat Cleaver was the first of many planned Expat knives designed by ESEE forum member and world traveler “Expat”. Like all Esee knives, the design comes from folks who are noted survival experts. At SHOT Show 2018 I had the chance to connect […]

31 rounds of fun | The ETS Glock magazines

31 Rounds of Fun: ETS Glock Magazines

The Glock platform is the AR 15 of the handgun world. If you ever wanted to buy a gun just to spend another few hundred bucks customizing Glock is the way to go. Like the AR 15 you are not limited to factory magazines, you have options. Magpul made waves by introducing their 9mm magazines […]