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ARKTIS Gets In The GreenZone With PenCott Camouflage

Based in Devon in the UK, and created in 1985 by a former Royal Marine in order to provide high-quality, purpose-built, and better alternatives to some of the UK's standard issue gear, it can probably be safely said that ARKTIS began the revolution in Warfighter gear. Today, the company is...

Friday Foto

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 815th Airlift Squadron takes part in exercise Arctic SWAT at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson - JBER, Alaska, July 14, 2021. The 815th AS Flying Jennies tested the aircraft and pilot capabilities in a new environment, opposite of their home station of Keesler Air Force...

SIG SAUER Academy Summer Fest

The SIG SAUER Academy Summer Fest is happening August 28th. They will have special discounts on in-stock SIG SAUER items, special pricing on firearms packages, discounts on classes, raffles, giveaways, Try-Before-You-Buy, food and more!

UF PRO’s Guide To Pistol Shooting Fundamentals

When it comes to pistol shooting, consistency breeds precision. In the latest video and blog series from UF PRO, former U.S. Marine Rick Crawley (and now CEO and chief instructor at Achilles Heel Tactical in North Canton, Ohio, U.S.A.) discusses seven fundamentals of pistol shooting and offers advice to help...

Mike Kupari’s “The Family Business”

Baen Books has released Mike Kupari's latest novel, The Family Business. It's a dystopian (perhaps post-apocalyptic) tale of a Federal "Recovery Agent" on the job in a much-changed United States of America. As of this writing, it is rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon. Article by Richard Kilgore...

FN FAL: The Right Arm of the Free World

In the dying days of World War Two, well before the invention of the AR10 or AR-15, when the M1 Garand was king of the hill - and laser beams and night vision goggles were the stuff of science fiction – a rifle was conceived in Belgium that would come...

Friday Foto

Troops leaving work on a Friday afternoon in the summer. Not really. This is actually a Finnish Army rocket battery sending love notes to Putin... Well, practicing at least. Photo credit: Maavoimat - Armén - The Finnish Army

LCTairsoft: LK53 Family Launching August 5th

Our friends at LCTairsoft have been in touch with an update to let us know that their high quality HK53 series is going to drop in just a couple of weeks! Coming August 5th, both the A2 (fixed stock) and A3 (retractable stock) models, as well as both the AEG...

Vertx’s Firebase Parabellum Bandolier

The Firebase Parabellum Bandolier is a bandolier of magazine pouches designed by Vertx and developed in conjunction with Firebase Combat Studies Group. The Firebase Parabellum functions as a low-profile, multi-use load-bearing option designed to deal with the weight and space problems sometimes created by the need to pack and load...

New Lightweight Level IV Plates from ShotStop

Consider this an introduction to the new plates from ShotStop Ballistics. It's a line of extremely light ("ultra-light" according to the ShotStop) lineup of individual armor upgrades.  The official name of this plate is the Level IV HA Armor Piercing Advanced Body Armor Plates. ShotStop, an Ohio-based ballistics company, has...