DRY-FIRE TRAINING SYSTEM Salted Earth ATLAS-08
Quite by accident, I recently became aware of a revolutionary new fully programmable adaptive laser training target system…
Ten-Shot Qual Course: Budget Shooting-Performance Test
I wanted a course of fire that was quick and easy to conduct and minimized ammo outlay. This indicated a single-target drill. My experience has been that some two- and three-target drills—which are my personal favorites—quickly become “too hard” to administer for groups and are not used as often as simpler single-target drills.
See/Rescue Streamer – Get Seen, Get Saved
Before you can be rescued, rescuers must find you. The only passive and continuous signaling device that can…
Budget 5.56mm Gas-Piston Rifle: Century International Arms PAP M80
I have fired quite a few AR-15 rifles, including both direct impingement and piston driven. Performance has varied, but all piston guns were more expensive than the standard direct-impingement AR-15.
The Strong Silent Type: Straight Scoop on Suppressors
Silencer: A device designed to muffle the report of a firearm. Suppressors, or silencers, also colloquially known as…
Malfunction Reduction: Stay in the Fight! Part I
A malfunction is a stoppage in the cycle of operations. This stoppage can take many different paths, and we codify each one and break them into two broad categories: those that can be reduced with Immediate Action and those requiring Remedial Action.
Cutaway Instructional Firearm: Project Phoenix, Part Two
After my house was destroyed by a fire on 10 April 2005, Kevin McClung of Mad Dog Knives helped me clean up my firearms so I could read the serial numbers and report them as lost to the BATF. Firemen had unceremoniously dumped them all into a pile in my backyard. Kevin and I put them in a 55-gallon barrel to take them to his shop so we could run a cutting torch through the receivers.
Semi-Auto on Steroids: SRM Arms 1216 Shotgun
What if you could have a shotgun built from the ground up as a fighting shotgun, shorter than most while weighing within a few ounces, and with a total capacity of 17 shells? The SRM Arms 1216 makes this a reality.
Wheelgun Wisdom: Running Double-Action Revolvers
Recently I had the privilege of instructing the "revolver day" of a New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy's Firearms Instructor Course. Fourteen cops were in the class, and experience ranged from a few years to one gent with 27 years in the bag...
The Cutting Edge: ESEE Knives CM6
ESEE Knives has collaborated with many outdoorsmen over the past few years, creating a new era of modern cutlery with years of experience behind them. The CM6 was one of the first collaborations of this kind, with outdoorsman Terrill Hoffman.