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Mission First Tactical Torch backup light

Mission First Tactical (MFT) may be best known for their Minimalist buttstock, but that shouldn’t outshine the number of other good products they’re putting out there. Pistol grips, magazines, holsters and now micro-utility lights. Enter the Torch Backup Light. For the sake of this article I will be referring to the Torch Backup Light as […]

V Seven 11-Position Buffer Tube for the AR-15

V Seven Weapons Systems has been producing some killer products for the AR-15 for a while now, but the items that really make them stand out from the crowd are their parts made from titanium and 2055 lithium-aluminum alloy (which is better than 7075 aluminum in just about every way). Not long ago I had […]

Blue Force Gear belt dump pouch | Catching empties

Blue Force Gear has helped the modern warfighter redefine what a lightweight kit looks like with their Ten-Speed line of gear. Constructed from their ULTRAcomp laminate, 70D ripstop nylon and military-grade elastic, the Ten-Speed series of pouches and chest rigs has drastically shed pounds. With that introduction, today we’re talking about BFG’s belt-mounted dump pouch. […]

Spyderco Matriarch 2 | Extreme cutting performance

The Spyderco Matriarch 2 conforms to the idea that your EDC blade should be a tool and your defensive blade should be a weapon. Looking back in the Matriarch’s family tree we see the original Spyderco Civilian, designed for undercover officers who were in a non-permissive environment for defensive firearms. With it’s distinctive reverse-s blade […]

Tips to Improve Your CCW Skills

I have always felt carrying a concealed handgun (CCW) to be both a right and a responsibility. The vast majority of citizens I’ve talked to have felt the same way. Carrying a lethal weapon for the defense of life is accompanied (to most) by the weight of the knowledge that the carrier may be called […]

Velocity Systems: Speed, direction and protection

With violence prevalent in the motherland and abroad these days, more people are packing around protective plates. True, the majority of those people are law enforcement officers (LEO’s), active military or are in the contractor world. Many more are civilians preparing for an event they hope never to see in their lifetime. Regardless of profession […]

Barnes RangeAR 5.56 Ammo | Range Test

Barnes Bullets has been around in one incarnation or another since 1932 when Fred Barnes started selling bullets out of his basement. Although the business changed hands a few times before being acquired by Remington Outdoor Company in 2010, the commitment to making the highest quality bullets has never wavered. So when given the chance […]

Sheriff Of Baghdad Tactical B-Sling | Range Review

Sergeant Major (RET) John “Shrek” McPhee (better known as the “Sheriff of Baghdad, hence SOB) spent more than 20 years serving our country in the US Army’s Special Operations community. Having retired back in 2011, he now spends his days teaching tactical courses. The list of available classes is so long it would constitute its […]

Girls And Guns | Has The Gun Industry Grown Up?

Girls and Guns (Featured image courtesy of Stickgunner.com. Model Brittaney Scott) How many of us remember the cheesy PG-13 and R-rated gun advertisements from the ’80’s and ’90’s that mostly featured scantily-clad middle-aged women, poor trigger discipline and emotionless faces? Even though the shots were captured by what must have been the most disposable cameras […]

Meal Kit Supply | An Army And It’s Stomach

MRE’s are the pinnacle of “ready when you are” grub for the door kicker on the move. After decades of refinement, we’re finally at a place where the food in the brown bag rivals that of what you’d find in a chow hall (Maybe not an Air Force chow hall, but the rest of ’em […]