Gear Reviews

A New Take On the Updated Salomon Xa Forces Mid Boot

Proud to present an article from Leland Keane, our gear review guru from the Nova Scotia. I read Steve Balestrieri’s review in Loadout Room from 2019 on the Salomon XA Forces Mid-Boot, with interest when planning to write this review. The boot in his review is similar but not waterproof. -(https://loadoutroom.com/117606/a-green-berets-take-on-the-salomon-xa-forces-mid-boot/) I purchased the XA […]

Technology for your Health From SHOT SHOW

I’ve said it before, there was more technology than you could shake a gun at on display at SHOT SHOW 2024. Even when it wasn’t the most glamorous or “in your face electronics”, technology is making the shooting sports world better in a number of ways. Always a “thing” with shooting is your hearing protection […]

Pic of the Day, It’s Graduation Time

It’s not everyday that someone in the family graduates, and then it’s an even more rare occasion that someone graduates the Army Sniper Course held at Ft Moore, Columbus GA. Recently I was privileged to attend a graduation held there and came away with some impressions about the course and the people conducting it. The […]

Technology and Secure Storage Systems, the Future is Now at Vaultek

Technology was EVERYWHERE at SHOT SHOW, you literally couldn’t walk an aisle without seeing at least two examples of it being leveraged to make something better in some way. Vaultek is one example of this in the way it uses technology to create safer and more useable storage solutions that give the buyer more and […]

SHOT SHOW 2024, Its Not ALL About Guns

SHOT SHOW 2024 is in the books now and there are many lessons, ideas and industry trends that are coming so we take a look at a few of them. TRAINING Specifically training using technology which has been making a bigger impact every year. This year is no exception and see’s technology being used to […]

SHOT SHOW 2024, Day One in the Rearview Mirror

The SOFREP team was on the ground and meeting people at Industry Day AKA Range Day here at SHOT SHOW 2024. Day one is an outdoor event held at the Boulder Rifle and Pistol Club in Boulder City NV just outside of Las Vegas and what a day it was with plenty of guns and […]

Buck 808 Talon, A Big Tool With Big Capabilities

Garfield’s “go-to tool” when dealing with brush, limbs, and small trees on his NW Florida rural property, and his Grandson’s favorite tool to steal away from him. Small enough to wield all day but capable enough to easily take on 3- and 4-inch thick cuts. https://youtu.be/hacm4KywPe0 When I bought this knife it was to try […]

Phase 5 Weapon Systems SLGBLK Single Point Sling, Adjustable Bungee Review

For those who like single-point slings, they don’t just like them. They tend to LOVE them. If you’re a two-point sling person, sorry, this review isn’t for you. I bought my Phase 5 Weapon Systems sling approximately five years ago and have used it on various long guns, with and without my vest, in various […]

Twosun Titanium EDC Outdoor Prybar Bottle Opener W/ Pocket Clip Review

Yes, I’m sorry it’s yet ANOTHER entry in the multi-tool playground. In this case, it’s not a butterfly-opening multi-tool; it’s a prybar and a dam good one, too. I own three of similar size and function, but this is the only one I’ve got 2 of, and I bought it as a Christmas gift multiple […]

Gerber Dual Force Black Multi Tool Review

Multi Tools tend to come in a limited number of categories, starting with totally useless (and I have a couple of those), to WOW, how did I EVER live my life without this? Most are difficult to use in stressful situations, aren’t put together well, or have one good tool and many cheap ones. Gerber […]