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Blackfire Flashlights

Blackfire Flashlights

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A few months back, we had a report on the initial product launch from a new company called BlackFire. A division of Klein Tool, they have been making some waves in the outdoor space. For the fall and winter seasons, they have a boatload of new products that you are going to love. This week, we are taking a look at the flashlight offerings.

Roy Chapman Andrews: The Real-Life Raider of the Lost Ark

Roy Chapman Andrews: The Real-Life Raider of the Lost Ark

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The similarities between Roy Chapman Andrews and the fictional Indiana Jones were uncanny.

The Belgian Colts - Shooting the Historically Challenged Centaure 1860 Army Colt

The Belgian Colts – Shooting the Historically Challenged Centaure 1860 Army Colt

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Visually the Centennial Centaure is nothing special. It is not as historically correct as the modern Pietta copies. And the fit and finish are nothing you would say wow that’s pretty, like with a 3rd Gen. Colt. Why these guys command such high prices was my question. And you be the judge if it was [...]

Mace's Pepper Gun: The Hottest Gun I Own

Mace’s Pepper Gun: The Hottest Gun I Own

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I put more thought into what the best non-firearm tool self-defense would be. The Pepper Gun from Mace is one of the better options I found.

Zero Dark 30 Muffle Shuffle

Zero Dark 30 Muffle Shuffle

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Sept 17th, the Western Precision Rifle series put on its Zero Dark 30 Muffle Shuffle match for the 4th year in a row at the Cody Shooting Complex in Cody, WY. Cool name, but what is it? The Muffle Shuffle is a precision rifle style match modeled after the PRS competition series, but with a twist.

Carrying the New Holosun EPS

Carrying the New Holosun EPS

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I needed to find optics that were a good value and not just cheap. I found that Holosun fitted that role well.

Safariland Changes the Rules with the Skeletonized SCHEMA IWB Holster

Safariland Changes the Rules with the Skeletonized SCHEMA IWB Holster

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Just in time for Halloween, I’m replacing the old holster and hanging a new skeletonized holster on my belt.

Marc Lépine, Militarized Misogyny, and the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre

Marc Lépine, Militarized Misogyny, and the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre

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I don’t carry a gun every day because I am paranoid or insecure. I carry a gun because my family and I share the planet with homicidal lunatics like Marc Lépine. If you feel differently then good for you. Do whatever you want, just leave me alone to make my own choices. There was exactly one thing that could have stopped Marc Lépine on that horrible day in 1989, and it wasn’t some ill-conceived piece of feel-good legislation. It was a good guy with a gun. 

The RETAY Gordion Shotgun Puts More Pellets on Target - Full Review

The RETAY Gordion Shotgun Puts More Pellets on Target – Full Review

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Most of you probably don’t recognize the brand name “Retay” as a shotgun manufacturer, and neither did I. However, after decades in the shooting sports I’ve learned not to discount newcomers to the industry; Glock was once the unfamiliar name of a foreign manufacturer

Brownells BRN-180S: 223 Edition

Brownells BRN-180S: 223 Edition

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Recently Brownell’s released their own spin on Eugene Stoner and Arthur Miller’s original AR-18/180 rifle which they called the BRN-180. After widespread desire for a shorter and lighter version, Brownell’s delivered with the newest iteration; the BRN180s.