Gear Review: Pnuma Outdoors 3L Element Rain Proof Jacket
If you had asked me at the beginning of the year what would be my favorite piece of hunting gear for 2021, I would not have thought it would be a rain jacket. It’s a…
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Gear Review: Vortex Spitfire HD Gen II Prism Scope
While red dots and LPVOs seem to rule the carbine market, I’ve always been a fan of prism-style optics. I blame it on my time with the ACOG in the service, but I’ve always found…
Things That Don’t Suck: Olight BALDR S Tactical Light
If you’ve read our gear reviews, you’ve read about Olight’s weapon lights and combination light/lasers. Olight’s latest is the new BALDR S Tactical light. It’s a larger, more powerful version of their BALDR Mini Weapon…
Book Review: The Family Business
Baen Books has released Mike Kupari’s latest novel, The Family Business. It’s a dystopian (perhaps post-apocalyptic*) tale of a Federal “Recovery Agent” on the job in a much-changed United States of America. As of this…
Gear Review: Bushnell RXS-250 Reflex Sight
With pistol red dots becoming more popular seemingly by the week, the choices have expanded and the prices have come down Competition is a wonderful thing. But the best of the micro red dots —…
Gear Review: Leupold BX-5 Santiam HD 10x42mm Binoculars
2021 has been a good year. So far, I’ve been hunting in South Africa, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, all over Texas, and more. I’ve gone after all sorts of African plains game with a Ruger No….
Gear Review: Vortex SPARC SOLAR Red Dot Sight
The phrase “budget red dot” has mostly lost its meaning. Most red dots — outside of a prominent Swedish firm — have dropped in price considerably in the last few years. The technology is relatively…
Silencer Review: Radical Firearms Sinter 3D Printed .30 Cal Suppressor
Made via DMLS, or direct metal laser sintering, the Radical Firearms Sinter suppressor is made from ~2,600 layers of sintered titanium to become one perfectly monolithic finished unit. The Sinter is a .30 caliber silencer…
Gear Review: The Aridus QD-C Quick Detach Carrier Shotgun Sidesaddle
My shotgun nerdism continues, and I’ve finally got my hands on an Aridus Industries universal QD-C sidesaddle. I purchased my Benelli M4 over a year ago and have been waiting for these to come back…
Silencer Review: Q ERECT9R (Erector 9) Modular 9mm Suppressor
After much anticipation and a long wait, the Q ERECT9R has dropped! It’s the 9mm version of Q’s ERECTOR, which we reviewed here way back in 2017. Much like the ERECTOR was for .22 LR,…