The Vickers Sling: The King of Sling

I was issued a Blue Force Gear Vickers Combat Applications Sling near the end of my active duty tour. My unit was seemingly one of the first to adopt this new two-point sling, and we quickly ditched those crappy old three-point slings. To this day, almost ten years later, I still have that BFG Vickers […]

The Steiner Mk7 Battle Light – Scatter Gun Approved

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 […]

The Mossberg 590A1 – The Combat Pump Action

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. […]

Watch: Griffon Industries (and some models) give you a refresher in firearm safety

Here at SOFREP, we’ve presented the rules for firearm safety in a number of different ways: from think pieces to analysis, from training tips to horror stories, but throughout all of our efforts to help keep our fellow firearm enthusiasts honest and responsible, there’s one thing we never thought of trying: lingerie. Fortunately for all […]