Gear

This Father’s Day, help Dad get what he really wants; a home gym setup that worthy of his warrior status.

Adding a light to a shotgun, especially to a pump-action shotgun, isn’t an easy task. Options from Surefire and Streamlight work but tend to be large and somewhat front-heavy, and as of late I’ve preferred to keep my shotguns lighter. A lighter shotgun is a quicker shotgun and, what I use now, the new Mossberg […]

Sometimes we have to admit that the 556 might not be the best round for the mission. It’s a great round, but when you need more range, more punch, and more penetration the 308 is NATO’s answer. The 308 has long been the round used by snipers, general-purpose machine guns, and even some designated marksman […]

“Synergy” -noun 1. The interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc. This is a term that expertly describes this Rangers Agency Arms Glock 34 build. I know my way around Glocks. They’ve been my sidearm of choice since ’93 when […]

Ever since the announcement of the Sig Sauer P365 micro-compact pistol back in 2018, I had eagerly anticipated its arrival. At SHOT Show, I had the pleasure of handling the pistol at the Sig Sauer booth but missed the opportunity to shoot it on Range Day. Apparently, Sig Sauer has its own range day and […]

The workout mix: a time-honored tradition of fitness enthusiasts in gyms all across the world. Few things can inspire an athlete to push harder, to work longer … or to start a fistfight with other gym-goers better than a carefully selected list of songs intended to get the heart pumping. At some point, years ago, […]

Longtime readers of SOFREP will recognize Clint Emerson as the author of the 100 Deadly Skills series of books, which are an invaluable tool for anyone that prizes self-reliance and being prepared. For those who may not have run across Emerson’s work in the past, he is one of a few professional warfighters on the […]

Across the ages, every great society has celebrated and revered a great warrior tradition and passed on the stories of these heroes in folklore. We can look back to the Spartans, Roman legions, Vikings, medieval Knights, Samurai, or Aztecs, and each time we will find that a strong warrior class coincided with a strong nation. […]

In our Selection preparation, we always stress the importance of Rucking and the value that all of the services in the Special Operations community put on it. The services will all stress the 45-pound minimum in training. One of the frequent questions we get is why train with 45-pounds when in reality the amount will […]

Since the inception of smart-speaker assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, and others, consumers have to live with the fact that by using these products and services, their data is being collected. How much, though? This is a frequent topic of debate. Some experts say the sheer bandwidth and storage required would […]

I have had a tumultuous history with shooting gloves. I was never a huge fan of the issued gloves we were forced to wear as Marines, but I certainly saw the necessity. As a machine gunner, I dealt with guns and barrels hot enough to light cigarettes off of. In the years following my departure […]

The Mossberg 590A1 is the standard-issue pump shotgun of most of the United States Military. There is also the M1014, the Remington 870 MCS, and the M26. Even with all the competition, the Mossberg 500 series of shotguns is the most common. There are three current Mossberg 500 series shotguns in use by the military. […]