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Griffin Armament QD Blast Shield

Griffin Armament QD Blast Shield

Muzzle devices have as much flavor as any other accessory for the AR family of rifles and with good reason.  With muzzle velocities in the  sub 2500 to near 3000 FPS range depending on barrel length, there is a great deal of concussive pressure leaving the barrel with each round and that force has been […]

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SpyTec Inventio-HD Pro

SpyTec Inventio-HD Pro Video Glasses

A little over a year ago I reviewed a pair of the original Inventio-HD video glasses.  If you read that review you’ll see that overall I thought the glasses were a good option for recording sports/action video without the bulk of a GoPro or similar recording device.  There were some things that I didn’t like […]

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S3F Glock Barrel

S3F Solutions Glock Barrel

S3F Solutions decided to include me in their testing and evaluation of their new Glock barrels.  After Paul Van Dunk of Pace Performance ran the test barrel for a few weeks, it was sent over to me.   The barrel I received was a stainless steel MPC Glock 17 profile barrel threaded for a suppressor.  It […]

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Blauer Clash LT 8"

Blauer Clash LT Boot

I’m not much of a boot fan.  I’ve been wearing them almost all of my professional life, but I prefer a low ankle athletic design over a high collar boot any day of the week.  Boots do serve a purpose; they protect the foot and ankle better than a low cut shoe but they give […]

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Unity Tactical ATOM

Unity Tactical ATOM

Handguns are the staple self-defense tool for nearly every single person reading this article. As much as we may want to have a rifle on hand in the event of an attack, it’s impractical and unlikely. Because of this, handgun technology has continued to improve at a steady pace, ammunition, metals and polymers, sights, triggers, […]

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S3F Solutions MK 601

S3F Solutions MK-601

One of the allures of the AR15 design is the relative ease to which you can swap out the upper receiver.  Having a quality lower receiver is important, but for most purposes you only need one and then it’s as easy as pushing two pins, maybe changing out the buffer spring and buffer and suddenly […]

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Keepers AIWB

Keeper’s Concealement AIWB Holster

Appendix Carry seems to be an extremely popular method of concealed carry these days. Various brands are now available in lieu of the “need” and “want” for a comfortable and quality holster. Unfortunately, this method of carry is variable to each person when compared to traditional strong-side carry. Everyone’s body is built differently and therefore […]

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