Category: Gear

The Twinn Tarp by Gossamer Gear is one of the best ultralight tarps I’ve come across in a while. I’ve used a standard sil nylon tarp for a while, but wanted to push into the ultralight arena. The Twinn Tarp weighs a total of 8.5 ounces and packs down super small (smaller than a Nalgene water bottle). Another great feature […]

Being able to maintain your knife is as important as maintaining your firearm for several reasons. You may need to transition to your knife in a defensive situation, so you’ll need to have the confidence that it will deploy when you need it and that it has a serviceable edge. In the field one of the hardest things to […]

Machine Gun Mike full auto post sample factory made FN P90 TR Submachine gun. This gun is bad bad BADASS! Hope you enjoy the video!   This video is courtesy of The Loadout Room.

September is National Preparedness Month.  This means it’s time to check the expiration dates on your beans, count up your bullets and make sure you’ve got all other bases covered.  Given the numerous natural disasters and large-scale riots protests across the country, it’s as good a time as any to cover (or discover) what considerations should go […]

We recently covered a new company to the market making gun belts. That company is Pekan Outdoor, located in Canada. Pekan Outdoor has entered the market manufacturing several different styles of belts to include riggers belts, SERE belts, gun belts and EDC belts. I was fortunate enough to get one of his 1.5” gun belts that I have been wearing on a daily basis. AIWB Position […]

Not much differs at all in a pistol build for a AR-15. However I’m constantly asked how to build one. In this video we have our resident armorer Nick of Sharp Shooting in Spokane, Washington tackle the job. Nick who has been building rifles for a long time, and for some very large companies explains to […]

Fire starting in important. Without fire you could easily die in a survival situation. The company EXOTAC has made some innovative and simple to use tools that work well for a variety of applications. In the following video I expound upon their use and my overall impressions of them.   This article is courtesy of The Loadout Room. 

1. THE MAKO TIRE DEFLATOR ATTACHMENT For a Glorious 150 dollars, you can add a ridiculous pointy stick thingy to the end of your AR-15 barrel. Its purpose you ask? To stab tires. It attaches directly to your barrel over your flash hider, and you can supposedly fire your weapon with this attached. Mako M16/M4/AR-15 Tire […]

The Walther P99 is a German original that is still running strong in the German police forces after 20 years. The pistol came into being in the early 1990s and still holds it’s own against other big manufacturers. The P99, in my opinion, is a supreme example of high quality German production that will last for […]

Like many in the military, when I first was presented with ammo on a stripper clip I merely pulled the ammo off and loaded it individually. It was only later on that a kind soul hazed me and showed me the light. While fairly self-explanatory many do not know how to utilize the stripper clips […]

If you’ve done any type of activity that involves using a lot of chemsticks you understand the pain of having to deal with them. Depending on mission set and how your unit works you can understand the pain of having to unwrap chemsticks, tape them (depending on how your unit works) and then bundling them […]

Finding the right travel bag to haul your tactical gear can be a daunting task. The NBT Duffel LIMA from 5.11 Tactical is an inexpensive yet very well though out option for those still searching. Comprised of 1050D tear resistant nylon, this spacious 51 liter duffel is well suited for 2-3 day travel. D shaped YKK self-healing […]