Tippling Tuesday – Stumpy’s Old Monroe Bourbon
Stumpy’s Old Monroe Bourbon is a new spirit on the whiskey market, but the story behind it is as American as bourbon itself.
Stoner and Kalashnikov: A Tale of Two Very Different Gun Designers
Stoner and Kalashnikov each designed iconic and prolific modern firearms: the AR15 and the AK47. Read about their stories, how they met, and their legacies.
What is Wrong With Law Enforcement Training?
Instructor Daniel Bales has noticed has some ideas about how to resolve some of the frustrating issues in law enforcement training.
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Better Gunfighting: How Daniel Defense Helps LEOs
Better Gunfighting: How Daniel Defense Helps LEOsCandice HornerOver the past year, mainstream media is paying more attention to ambush attacks on police. With the Dallas Shooting being the deadliest incident on law enforcement since September 11th, it was the catalyst...
I Wear this Too Much: Review of the Vertx Phantom LT
The title is accurate. Our only consolation is that he doesn't like Affliction or TapOut shirts. Mad Duo UPDATE [Originally Published Jan 15, 2017] This post is over two years old, and this shirt is still being used. Through today, Sunday 2/26/17 get 30% off...
Redux – Gay for Backpacks: The Vertx Gamut Plus
[Originally Published March 22, 2016] Backpacks, lights, and belts are a few of the things we kinda go overboard about. Hernandez has been running the Vertx Gamut Plus for several months and is now reporting in. Read up. Mad Duo Update: Hernandez is still running this...
Personal Equipment as a Total System
There are those who say competition shooting and equipment has no place in preparation for a real world gunfight. Most of us think that is moronic. Plus, it’s fun way more awesome than golf.
YWR: Lost in Shangri-La
In today’s Your Weekend Read we bring you a true story of survival in WWII, but probably not in the places you’re thinking. Lost in Shangri-La.
BACK THE BANG:
The Friendly Fuzzy Puppy Echo Chamber
It's the Friendly Fuzzy Puppy Echo Chamber, and those inside it truly believe: “We are the only smart ones.” Hardly a week goes by that I don't see someone post on Facebook “If you believe [x],...
Consideraciones respecto a linternas montadas en el arma
Of all of our foreign language posts so far, this is the one Americans are most likely to be able to read. This is an older piece, and some of his opinions have changed somewhat (some further reading (in English) here). If you apply Google Translate it provides for...
History in the Hand: US Civil War Sword
An Australian with a legit American Civil War word? It makes more sense than you might think. Read up. Mad Duo As some of you might have noticed, swords are a big part of my life. I have sixteen...
First Educational Musket Range–Grand Opening March 19
When a spark hits black powder you get a big flash and a huge plume of smoke. But how many of us have ever fired a black powder firearm? Well, our chance comes this weekend. Muskets bring us back to...
Weapon Trivia Wednesday: Sig Sauer P230
The Sig Sauer P230 was designed in 1977 as a European law enforcement duty gun. There is probably a lesson there about socialist countries being more concerned with stopping people from escaping as opposed to taking out an armed threat. But I digress.
A Piranha on the Range with Raidon Tactics
Today's piece comes from a semi-regular guest contributor, Kate Schooley. She is one of our minion's minions (he calls her his "Hundred Pound Piranha" and was chuffed when she outshot him recently). She's been writing on and off here on B-B-C about her training (which...









