The Failure of the Defensive Mindset
A strong defense is put up to give a person time to unleash their offense. When you choose defense as your only option it becomes a recipe for eventual, but certain, failure.
Is the 1911 Really Still a Viable Choice for Everyday Carry in 2025
Is the 1911 still a viable EDC pistol? Sure it is. However, it’s not some kind of magic talisman that wards off evil just because you attached it to your body.
Night Fision: That Other Tritium Company
Night Fision has two big things going for them. First, they don’t need to pay a third party to install the tritium vials so they can offer very competitive prices. Second, the tritium they use is 30% brighter with patented “Dome Technology.”
Guns of the Cold War: AK-74 Rifle
While the Soviet Union began the Cold War with the AKM chambering the M43 7.62x39mm round, they closed out the
Fun with .45s – Upgrading Your M1911 Pistol
Am I going to switch my EDC from a polymer-framed, striker-fire 9mm? No, I am not, but sometimes you just need to go back to your roots and enjoy the experience.
Guns of the Cold War: Heckler & Koch G3 Rifle
With the Cold War under way and the constant fear of a Soviet invasion through East Germany, West Germany turned on the spigot and new G3 rifles flowed out of HK as quickly as they could crank them out.
A Goldilocks Solution: Pairing an EOTECH Holographic Weapon Sight With a 3X Magnifier
The discussion of scope magnification is valid when it comes to optics on a rifle such as an AR. How much magnification is enough and how much is too much? Does more magnification slow you down and increase the perceived movement of the reticle?
Guns of the Cold War: The Czech VZ-58 Rifle
Imagine being an infantry soldier and being handed a fighting rifle that held three times the ammunition and was three pounds lighter that what you’d been carrying. Plus it had a giggle switch to shoot like a machinegun.