Reconciling helmets and ear pro is a pain in the ass, whether on the range or bimbling down the street in some shithole on the Horn of Africa. For that matter it's problematic even if you're just trying to protect that one special window licker in your life from...
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Off body: One Woman’s Take on Concealed Carry
Off body concealed carry revisited. [This originally ran several years ago]. We know there's always a hue and and a cry when someone professes to prefer it. It wouldn't be our first choice either, but we'd rather the females in our lives carried a gun in their purse...
Unity Tactical’s EXO
The Unity Tactical EXO seems like a cool product for those end users out there who prefer the Surefire X-Series handgun weaponlights on their rifles.
Retrofit your vest with the Grab Drag
Man down drills are important. Nobody likes the necessity, but any training evolution should include at least one iteration. Good equipment can make it easier to move someone who is dead weight under threatening conditions - drag straps are a Good Thing, but are by no...
Feeding Your Battle Rifle
Surplus 7.62 x 51 ammunition - what do you use? Where's it from? Portugal, India, Venezuela, Derkaderkastan? Today's guest article is from Kirk at Rockwell Tactical Group. Rockwell is a training company from the cold northlands of Pennsylvania and Kirk is an...
Back the Bang:
Why is Reality Based Training Critical?
Why is reality based training critical? Well, because any skill set you want to be proficient in and to master requires training and practice. We were going to have Breach-Bang-COWAN! tell you, but he got roofied by a tranny stripper and wound up writing a guest...
The truth about trigger weight: Part 2 of 2
Yesterday we ran Part 1 of a Critical Look at Trigger Weight. Today's conclusion is going to discuss training - realistic training and training needs vs. training tradition. We will also be looking at whether or not trigger weight litigation concerns are bullshit. As...
The truth about trigger weight: Part 1 of 2
Trigger weight - is 3.5lbs of pull an arbitrary number defined as competition? Is there any point to really have "duty weight" trigger pulls? Is a a 12lb DAO trigger pull, implemented for "safety", really more dangerous than something much lighter? Does anyone really...
The incredible battlefield imagery of Jeremiah Ridgeway
Jeremiah Ridgeway, a Cav Scout with 3-71 Cavalry (Tenth Mountain) was an amateur photographer without formal training in 2007. While deployed to Afghanistan he took thousands of pictures. Eight thousand of them made it home. He destroyed three cameras in the process....
Driving the Gun
Driving the gun. A lot of people use the phrase but what does it mean? Well, lucky you, we're going to tell you. Note: it has nothing to do with Grand Theft Auto, nor with midget strippers who carry a grease gun. We're talking about a method of weapon handling that...