Category Archives: Gear

New From Birchwood Casey: Shoot-N-C 17.75″ Sight-In Target

Regular readers know I’ve got a thing about bullseye targets. I love, love, love them for mastering firearms fundamentals and, yes, sighting-in shotguns, handguns and rifles. For these applications, Birchwood Casey’s Shoot-N-C’s are the bee’s knees. But I reckon shooters … Continue reading

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Atypyk Ruler Gun

Carry a gun at school! That’s the suggestion on Atypyk’s site, kind of like the old back-of-the-comic-book X-ray glasses ad pitch (Surprise your friends with “X-ray” sight!). Atypyk, the brainchild of Ivan Duval and Jean Sébastien Ides (Small Products With Big … Continue reading

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New from Rac-Em-Bac: The Bow-Mag (Bullet Carrying Arrow)

There are times when you’re hunting that you may not have that confident, fresh feeling. You may be wondering if you’re packing enough punch with your compound or crossbow to bring that big beast down. For those times when even … Continue reading

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The Rise of the Tactical Bathrobe [Not Shown]

Get your minds out of the gutter! “Rise” here has nothing to do with peripatetic pistoleros experiencing terry cloth-clad titillation. It means “increasingly popular.” As in it’s increasingly popular to pack heat in a bathrobe. I know what you’re thinking: why not … Continue reading

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A Solution for Near-Sighted Shooters. Or Not

In the video above, I present TTAG’s vision-challenged shooters with a solution to the problem of not being able to see both your sights (close-in) and the target (far away) in focus at the same time. The video also addresses … Continue reading

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New from Surefire: E2D LED Defender Ultra

As an EMT, there are a couple things that I always carry on shift. One is a Benchmade Triage knife, another is a Littman stethoscope (because using the same one that’s been in everyone else’s ears is just disgusting), and … Continue reading

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Micro Minimalism: Raven Concealment Vanguard 2

Zack did a full review of the Raven Concealment Vanguard 2 for his Glock 19 back in October. He an appendix carry devotee, and figures this deep concealment option is pretty much the bee’s knees. Now that Raven’s expanded the … Continue reading

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