0331 MOS – The Machine Gunner
The Marine MOS for Machine Gunner is 0331 and I’m here to feed M240s and chew bubble gum…and I’m all out of bubble gum.
Little Leadership Libraries: Vortex Nation Starts Here
The Vortex Optics recommended reading list is a great resource for leadership books and personal development books, no matter your profession.
The Sig SP2022: You Can Drop It
Before the Sig P320 and P365, the Sig SP2022 stood as the firm’s first polymer framed handgun and it is still a good buy today.
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New Handgun Lights: SHOT 2025
A number of new handgun lights (and other pistol light/laser attachments) were on display during SHOT Show 2025. Here’s a rundown of some.
Pistol Lights: Because PID is PFI
Some LEO agencies inexplicably still limit authorization of pistol lights to specialty units (too aggressive looking!) Some gun owners and CCW types continue to argue against the advantage of a pistol light for concealed carry for reasons...well, reasons -- other than...
Kershaw Tomahawk: the Siege
One of our contributing writers reviews the Kershaw Siege Tomahawk. He tells us he’s always wanted a tomahawk; who hasn’t?
SHOT 2025 – Pike’s Picks
SHOT 2025 is over and everything I have is tired. However, I found a few favorites, five favorite to be specific.
The New Colt Viper .357: A Diet King Cobra
The Colt Viper was a rare snake gun. Now it is back as an all-steel .357 Magnum revolver optimized for belt carry.
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Bleecker Street Publications and GAT Marketing Unite
Bleecker Street Publications has acquired GAT Marketing, combining forces to spearhead a new wave of growth and innovation.
MPX and MP5 | Compared
The MP5 has been the preeminent submachine gun for tactical applications for over thirty years. It has been unrivaled in terms of tactical functionality and usefulness and has been a favorite of tactical teams all over the world. In more recent times Sig Sauer...
Duck Hunter Camo – from Poland with love
Originally developed in 1942 as a standard camouflage pattern for US military forces, “frog skin” camo served mostly with the US Marines in the Pacific Theater. Although it was used for a while by some US Army combat units in Europe during the Normandy invasion, it...
Jeff Cooper’s Color Code | You’re Doing it Wrong
If you’re going to teach Cooper’s Colors, don’t teach it as advocating a mythical and unattainable concept of situational awareness. Teach it as the man intended: mental preparation for the decision to press the trigger. The “situational awareness” interpretation of his code is fundamentally flawed.
The Winchester 1890: Browning’s First Pump Action Rifle
The Winchester 1890 pump action rifle was one of the first viable repeating rifles chambered in .22 rimfire and it singlehandedly created the gallery gun genre.
The FN FAL Rifle (STG 58) in Retrospect: My Years with the Right Arm of the Free World
The DSA STG 58 FAL was, and is, an outstanding rifle. If you have a good one and take care of it, it will take care of you.
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