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Professional Gear Reviews
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The fully automatic Glock. Â Always a blast to shoot!
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 […]
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%) […]
The first position that I held in Ranger Battalion was light/heavy machine gunner. Â 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
For those who have a fascination for “all that is gun,” or the scene in the movie “Act of Valor” when the SWCC boat crews arrive to lay suppressive fire for the extracting team, you’ll love the M134D Minigun by Dillon Aero! The amount of 7.62mm rounds this weapon puts out is amazing, to say […]
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