Kit and Gear Selection Part 1: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job

The procurement of individual gear to support military, police, or civil defense has a long, convoluted, but necessary history. Choosing what gear best suits your needs becomes a balance of practicality and assumption. Whether you are riding a tractor, enforcing a warrant, or running the back hil...

By Toby M

Wheelgun Wednesday: Enter The Boomer

What’s old is new again, with Charter Arms, and that’s no mistake and no diversion from their regularly scheduled programming. If Charter Arms is good at anything, they’re good at remixing an old formula to bring wheelguns back into practical use as carry pieces. That’s th...

By Zac K

Ollin Snapshot System & Nexus Mounting Ecosystem

As a filmmaker, photographer, and lifelong shooter, I gravitate toward gear that meaningfully enhances the shooting and hunting experience. The firearm and outdoor industries are full of accessories that promise to make life easier in the field, yet only a small number rise above novelty and trul...

By Scott Conditt

Suppressors and Hearing Safety: What Decibels Actually Tell Us

Suppressors work, and that’s why we buy them. They both measurably and audibly cut peak noise from most gunshots down to much safer levels for the unprotected ear and, depending on caliber, barrel length, and ammo choice, can dramatically reduce risk for some setups like rimfire (though mos...

By Luke Cuenco

The Lost Art? How to Read a Map

It was Thanksgiving weekend. James Kim and wife, Kati, with their young daughters Sabine and Penelope, were motoring on their trip home to San Francisco on I-5, then turned toward Gold Beach on Oregon’s southern coast. The road James took began to climb. There was no traffic, and soon no cell s...

By Wayne van Zwoll
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