Benchmade knives are known for being among the best folding knives available, but their prices can put people off. The Redoubt is where Benchmade may be trying to solve this problem. It’s a more affordable, yet still very good, knife in the Benchmade range, and gives you excellent performance w...
Most gun belts fail in the same place. The closure, where load concentrates and years of cinching eventually work slop into a belt that was supposed to stay rigid. Safariland and Haley Strategic Partners built the BASELINE system specifically around that problem, and the result is two belt models...
I recently had a great opportunity to try out Zeiss’ new V3 Lineup of Rifle Scopes on a beautiful ranch in Oklahoma. While I had always known about the scopes that Zeiss makes, I honestly think of them as a photo and video lens company first, given my background as a photographer and videog...
Back in the 1990s, it was widely predicted that laser sights might very well be the next “big thing” in handguns utilized for personal defense. The first successful laser sight was invented by Dr. John Matthews — founder of famed SureFire — some years before, but it wasn’t quite ready f...
You don’t need 50,000 rounds unless you’re leading a fire team. However, you do need enough ammo to stay trained up and proficient, defend your home, and weather the next panic-buying or supply disruption.
I don’t think that concealed carry stops when the orange vest goes on, or you park your butt in a fishing boat. With that, comfort over a long day in the field matters just as much as it does at the range or on the water. That’s the territory Falco Holsters and GBGuns’ Graham ...
In today’s review, Robert A. Sadowski tests the Armasight Thermal Contractor Pro 640 3-12x scope on a feral hog hunt. He mounted the optic to a Springfield Armory SAINT Victor to evaluate the thermal scope’s usefulness for hunting. The optic was provided to the author for the review. ...
Falco Holsters has announced the release of the A914 GBGuns IWB Holster, a tuckable hybrid concealed carry holster developed in collaboration with Graham Baates, a veteran with multiple combat deployments and professional firearms training courses, more than a decade of daily carry experience, an...
In this episode of TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm pleased to welcome back Dave Higginbotham , Product Marketing Manager at Safariland , for a conversation centered on the brand-new IncogXS, the latest holster to come out of the ongoing Safariland and Haley Strategic Partners collabor...
CrossBreed's newly announced fitments for the Staccato HD C4X tell a familiar story in the holster market: a compact carry gun draws ecosystem attention once it proves itself in the field. The C4X, the compact aluminum-frame version of Staccato's compensated platform, landed well enough...