Watch: The Basics of Tactical Boot Selection

Watch: The Basics of Tactical Boot Selection

If you’ve been in law enforcement or the military there’s a good chance you’ve likely tried out more than one tactical boot. Maybe you found that you didn’t know your true boot size or perhaps the boots fell apart after a short amount of use. In any case it’s good to garner more information on boots. […]

Blue Force Gear MicroTKN: Low Vis Trauma Kit

Blue Force Gear MicroTKN: Low Vis Trauma Kit

This year at SHOT Show 2017 I spent quite some time at the Blue Force Gear booth looking at what they were showcasing for 2017. One of the products they were really focusing on is their Micro Trauma Kit Now. With all the crime, terrorism, and active shooters we hear about each and every day on […]

New From SIRT Pocket Pistol – Shot Show

New From SIRT Pocket Pistol – Shot Show

Sirt training pistols are an awesome and safe way to train without your firearm. When you pull the trigger a laser shoots and lets you know where you are hitting and where you are missing. It’s an excellent dry fire and a painless force on force tool. It can be used for a wide variety […]

SIG P320 Wins, but what’s wrong with the M9?

SIG P320 Wins, but what’s wrong with the M9?

The big news on the eve of the end of Shot show was the SIG P320 was chosen as the winner of the Army’s MHS competition and will be the next M17 pistol. I couldn’t be happier for Sig, the folks at their booth were pretty pumped about it this morning at Shot Show 2017. […]

Magnetic locking travel gun cases: Supertool

Magnetic locking travel gun cases: Supertool

Supertool provides patented transport solutions which use magnetic forces to provide security and ready access when needed. Firearms are expensive, which means the manner in which you store and transport them should be taken seriously. While many gun cases may claim to protect your pistols, none do it quite as expertly as Supertool’s Magnetic Locking […]

The Blue Force Gear Pocket Holster – Shot Show

The Blue Force Gear Pocket Holster – Shot Show

Blue Force Gear is one of the best gear manufacturers in the United States. They make a wide variety of gear that often revolves around slings, chest rigs, and pouches. What’s new this year is their pocket holster. Blue Force Gear doesn’t make holsters, well they didn’t. Their jump into the holster market is pretty […]

No need for Iron Man: Harvard debuts soft robotic exoskeleton

No need for Iron Man: Harvard debuts soft robotic exoskeleton

We’ve all grown accustomed to seeing our superheroes in Spandex suits, running faster than a normal person, lifting more than one ought to be able to lift, and demonstrating endurance unheard of for a normal human being, but the costume itself is never depicted as a source of that power. If you want added performance […]

SHOT 2017: Safariland Multi-Purpose Tactical Gloves

SHOT 2017: Safariland Multi-Purpose Tactical Gloves

According to Safariland, they have found the perfect recipe for building the best possible multi-purpose tactical gloves on the market. These gloves are directly intended for military SF units and SWAT teams, but we will see if it extends to civilian shooters. I was presented with an interesting demonstration of how it can protect your […]

The Second Amendment, legal suppressors, Silencerco and Donald Trump Jr.

The Second Amendment, legal suppressors, Silencerco and Donald Trump Jr.

As President Trump and new Republican majorities move into Washington, gun owners are hoping for change.  Like barnacles on a ship bottom, the accretion of ineffective gun laws has clogged the exercise of Second amendment rights,  Silencer Co and other firearms industry have advocated the deregulation of suppressors. Suppressors are not often used in crimes […]

Portable power by EnerPlex: First look

Portable power by EnerPlex: First look

Living in such a wired world, it’s hard to imagine life without a mobile phone. It’s become so bad that I’ve seen friends act like heroine junkies in need of a “fix” when accidentally leaving their iPhone at home for the day. EnerPlex is an innovative company with several products geared for the electronic junkie […]

Manticore Scorpion Mags – Shot Show

Manticore Scorpion Mags – Shot Show

I’m a Scorpion nut. I’ve owned both the rifle and pistol variants of the weapon and absolutely love it as my primary pistol caliber carbine. One of the weak points was the magazines. The polymer feed lips broke quite often in some of the earlier sets of magazines. This problem has long been fixed with CZ’s magazines […]

History of the PMag – Shot Show Highlight

History of the PMag – Shot Show Highlight

PMag Museum Magpul has an impressive booth with tons of interesting gear, stocks, and a generally cool booth Shot Show 2017. Off to the side of the booth, away from the new stuff was the old stuff. Magpul has a history of the PMag booth set up. Included in the history is where and who […]