Category: Gear

There’s nothing quite like that “dirty feet” smell of a down sleeping bag after a week on the trail. Or that funk emanating from a performance base layer post workout. Most commercially available garment washes are of the one-size-fits-all variety. But not all garments are created equally. In fact, the fabrics used on Gore-Tex outer layers, […]

The Mini Utility Pouch from Tactical Assault Gear is a great piece of kit. Being that it is a utility pouch, it can be used for a variety of uses and applications. I chose to use mine to house my survival kit items. Due to the smaller size of the mini utility pouch you are […]

Some may call it heresy for a 15-year Army veteran to be an AK fan but I am.  I like simplicity and reliability in a fighting rifle.  The fewer moving parts the better.  As an American I also appreciate the availability and versatility of modern 5.56x45mm loads.  Add to that the abundance of magazines and […]

I never really had any use for carabiners prior to my service in the Marine Corps. During my enlistment I attended the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center where we learned several methods of rappelling, cliff assaults, and general wilderness survival. We were all issued several carabiners for the course. Carabiners soon became very convenient […]

Ranger Proof is a bold statement.  It’s even more bold to name a company Ranger Proof.  The company has set some high standards for itself as one should expect with such a name, “Our mission is simple. We will provide the absolute best gear, made with the best components at the most fair price we […]

The single most important factor in precision shooting is consistency. The best way to develop consistency is repetition. If you don’t own an indoor range or live in the desert, how are you going to get your repetition? How can you shoot every day? The answer is the Next Level Training Shot Indicating Resetting Trigger […]

Flint and steel have been used in starting fires for centuries. In the days before matches were invented, flint and steel offered the ability to start a fire without having to carry a hot coal wherever one traveled (and worrying about losing it or having it go cold). Starting a fire using flint and steel […]

The first position that I held in Ranger Battalion was light/heavy machine gunner.  It was our job to become efficient with just about every light or heavy machine gun in our arsenal, including various grenade launchers. The majority of the time, we would carry our ammo in a small backpack and only feed the gun […]

In the following video I take a short moment of your time to discuss some of the finer points of setting up a rifle for professional usage. Realize that depending on mission set and a variety of other factors your rifle setup could differ significantly. In any case it can serve as a primer to […]

There is a growing trend in firearms that is on display in almost any firearms or prepping magazine on the newsstands and that what I refer to as “colored guns syndrome.” More and more people are using products like Cerakote or Duracote to essentially paint their guns, sometimes to use it as camouflage for hunting […]

The Lansky Lawn & Garden Tool Sharpener is marketed towards tools such as a shovels, axes, hatchets, machetes and lawn mower blades. I originally got this sharpener with the intention of using it for my machete, but have found myself using it for most of my knives more so than my machete or lawn tools. […]

What is new is old. That might not be exactly fair to say about the Vickers Sling due to its designer, Larry Vickers. When I hit the tactical shooting scene in 2009 it was all three points and one points. Two point slings were for boot camp and the parade deck. They were old school. […]