Have you ever wondered how to paint a rifle for better camo, to avoid heat absorption, or to add personalization? Here’s a step-by-step from choosing rifle paint to adding patterns.
JTT: If You Ever Wondered How To Paint a Rifle, Read This
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JTT I Equipment Inspection (a Roadside Lesson)
Inspection and inventory of your kit — it's often done before going to the range, and even more often before stepping off on a patrol or a convoy. But do you inspect and inventory your non-firearms related gear? Not just the cool-guy #EDC you #postabout on...
JTT: My Patrol Rifle and Me – 7 Things to Know
Me and My Patrol Rifle Jake Bush The first time I ever broke out a rifle on a scene was a standoff with a murder suspect. He used a rifle to kill his neighbor on her front porch at a distance of sixty-plus yards. I spent the next three and a half hours watching his...
JTT: Setting Up Outer Carriers
Lotta agencies going to exterior vests, thankfully...but this has led to a noticeable trend of of loading it up unnecessarily. We've seen many LEOs, particularly younger officers, fill up every bit of available real estate just because they can. Here's one man's take...
JTT: Don’t Get Locked Out
JTT: Don't Get Locked OutAlexander CrownAs some of you may know from one of my previous articles, I enjoy lock picking and have found it handy more than once. I covered a pocket-sized set before but if that seems too burdensome for you, here is Just a Tactical Tip for...
Independence Day Just the Tip: Don’t Be An A$$hat
We'll skip the preamble here and just get right to it. It's Independence Day. Don't be an asshat. We saw it on Memorial Day, we'll see it again on Labor Day, it will no doubt happen again on the one that happens on 11-11. You know what we mean, and we're betting...
JTT: Dummycord Your Gear
"Dummycord your gear, nasties!" Thanks to ever-involving equipment design, that's not an instruction younger soldiers hear as often as many of us did — but it remains good advice. The kit of today is far more likely have its own organic retention mechanism than the...
JTT: Ammunition, Chambering, Checking, and Problems
Just The Tip: Ammunition, Chambering, Checking, and ProblemsRichard KilgoreWhile it's unlikely that we get to choose the time and place of a gunfight unless we're the aggressor, there are certainly some things that we can control, and care of ammunition is one of...
JTT: In Defense of the Walmart Belt
Just The Tip: In Defense of the Walmart Belt Dave Merrill So there I was three beers deep in a Thai brothel at an EAG Shoot House class. Given the nature of shoot houses in general and shoot houses with multiple parties in particular, all the instructors and students...
JTT: A Break for Culinary Cues
Since we ran our first "Just the [Tactical] Tip" back in May, we've talked about a wide variety of things. All have been hints and suggestions we'd pass along to newer shooters, younger Joes, or just friends who might not have thought've it. We started with an idea to...
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