Get a grip. Get a good, strong grip on your firearm. It’s just what you do, every draw and before every shot. Until you don’t…. until you’re in the desert and it’s 115 F and sweat is rolling down your arms. Until you’re in a temperate rainforest in Alaska and it hasn’t stopped raining in […]
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Brownells now selling Firearms
(Photo Courtesy of Brownells.com) A big announcement by Brownells, one of the USA’s biggest parts retailers: Here’s the press release. “GRINNELL, Iowa – For 77 years and counting, customers have depended on Brownells to provide all the tools, parts and accessories needed to customize, clean and repair nearly any type of rifle, shotgun or handgun. […]
Liberty Civil Defense 9mm | First Range Trip
Ammunition technology has improved drastically over the last 30 years, more so than the 100 years preceding it. Such leaps and bounds are not always unqualified successes. For every two or three steps forward, there is a step back. Liberty Ammunition’s Civil Defense line has a small but mostly positive buzz. How would it fare when […]
Vorn Equipment Lynx Pack | First Impressions
Cover photo courtesy of vornequipment.com As a hunter, I’m constantly changing rifle position in the woods. Low ready when you’re stalking known or suspected deer positions, slung when moving overland and safely in hand when traversing an obstacle. Vorn Equipment of Norway has come up with a patented Quick Rifle Release (QRR) system that’s essentially […]
Gun Review: FN M249S Semi-Automatic SAW
Note, this article origionally written by Nick Leghorn on Thetruthaboutguns.com FN Manufacturing has been cranking out weapons in Columbia, South Carolina for the U.S. military for years now, winning contracts for everything from the infantry man’s friend, the M4, through the explosively fun M240B. Up until last year the civilian side of the house had been […]
Ogre MFG Fish Attractant | First Impressions
I’m gonna say something that will make you call BS on me. Then I’ll back it up. I’ve killed hundreds of thousands of fish. Maybe close to a million in salmon alone. Lest you think I’m an octopus with 8 fly rods and a mainline of coffee, the majority of that was commercial fishing. I […]
SquareDrop by AAC: KeyMod Compatible Honey Badger Handguards
(Note: Article originally written by Max Slowik and published on Gunsamerica.com) The Advanced Armament Corp. is launching a new standard for their in-house handguards called SquareDrop. Based on the open-source KeyMod standard, SquareDrop will work with KeyMod accessories in addition to AAC’s SquareDrop hardware. The result is a lightweight, minimalist set of handguards with a fresh, sleek […]
10 Things Every Person Should Do in Their Life: An Army Ranger’s Bucket List
1) Learn to play a musical instrument There is something magic in music. Regardless if it is jazz or rock or country or blues or mariachi. It doesn’t matter if it’s the flute, the drums, guitar, or xylophone. Music unites people. Music is a language in and of itself. Learning an instrument is also frustrating […]
US Army Introducing M4 Enhanced Performance Magazine
According to a TACOM Maintenance Information Message (16-039) released last week, the US Army is introducing a new M4 Enhanced Performance Magazine. While we haven’t seen an example yet, it will be easy to discern from previous magazines. Sporting a Tan body and Blue follower, it was engineered to address feeding issues with M855A1 ammunition. […]
What is Quality | A Plate Carrier Guide
What is quality? According to the American Society of Quality, quality is – 1. the characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs; 2. a product or service free of deficiencies in“fitness for use;” or in a “conformance to requirements.” You see the problem lies in […]