For the last 20+ years of my career at the cop shop, I wore Rocky boots. Whenever my expensive duty boots started looking a little ratty, I purchased a new...

At last year’s SHOT Show, I met the Serbian inventor of what I’d argue is the very best semi-automatic case annealer. It handles cases with bases from...

The Panzer Arms UltraLight Tactical 5.7x28mm upper receiver assembly is a self-contained drop-in upper half compatible with any mil-spec AR-15 lower receiver.

The Viktos Operatus Jacket is made from similar material as a woobie though not quite as “shiny” — the trim and construction are definitely a cut...

I’ve always admired the remarkable Ruger success story of the 10/22 rifle. When I bought my first 10/22 in about 1973, I realized it was “pretty good”...

Why in the world is a bullet maker messing around with water filters? I can’t answer this question — yet — but I got my hands on the Nosler Titanium...

The king of the pull-through cleaning kit now makes traditional sectional rod kits of lifetime quality. American-made from solid brass and offering strength...

Is shotgun cleaning more fun than hunting or shooting clays? Not for me, but a clean gun is a happy gun. I clean, oil and repair on a regular basis. Hunting...

How many new gun owners do you know? How many are actually ready to go to the range? Good personal safety and firearms maintenance habits are best started...

New Otis Professional Cleaning Kit for GLOCKS. Finally, a cleaning kit for the Prince of Polymer Pistols.

Let’s face it: Gun cleaning can seem overwhelming to the newcomer. Poking my head into Brownells, there’s hundreds of different cleaners, degreasers,...

Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor (VCI) plastic bags are commonly used in industry to protect metal parts from oxidation. Unlike the bag you seal your sandwich in,...

We think if the gun is deployed it had better do as good a job as it possibly can and better be as effective as it can, caliber and function wise.

A discussion of a specific class of concealment holsters, known generically as the “Pancake.” I’ve always admired the concept of the Pancake rig,...

Want to impress your friends? You can with some pretty fancy hide. Rather have something more practical for field use? There are plenty of options. As a...

I wasn’t sure about this one until I tried it. After several days of pistol training, I discovered my misgivings were misguided — this thing works.

Looking a bit like an alien body part, the new Schema from Safariland, raises the bar in looks and performance. At only $39.99, it uses a skeletonized body...

Pistol-mounted lights for a CCW handgun are certainly a benefit. Honestly, mounting a light on a subcompact is not commonly seen due to bulk and weight but...

For over 30 years, Bear & Son Cutlery of Jacksonville, Ala. has become known for their well-built, affordable traditional folders and fixed-blades — so...

How many knives can legitimately claim a possible physical participation in four active conflicts — WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Lebanese Civil War —...

The Ocaso Strategy, a liner lock flipper with aluminum scales, deep pocket clip, and K110 steel — is a gentleman’s blade that is appropriate for...

When CRKT introduced ace knife designer Ken Onion’s Field Strip mechanism a few years back, the cutlery world took note. Here was a mechanism that, like...

Take one look at the “reverse S” blade of the Spyderco Civilian, and you’ll likely intuit this is not a knife for chopping through wood, breaking down...

The TOPS Field Dog is their latest skinner release and it hits a nice middle ground for processing a wide range of game.

The new ProTac HL-X Pro offers half the light output of Streamlight’s beast ProTac 2.0 at a still-respectable 1,000 lumens. However, the HL-X Pro really...

The Streamlight Wedge has been around for a couple of years and I carry mine nearly every day. The Wedge is a near-perfect EDC light except for one trifling...

It's more like a floodlight than most tactical lights. The Wedge XT design prevents surprises in the periphery.

The Streamlight ProTac 2.0 checks all the boxes — power (2,000 lumens), a simple and robust pic-rail mounting system and a stout rechargeable battery.

When tactical lights first came out, we all thought the 50 lumens they offered was astounding and could never get better.

Repeat after me: “I want … no I need … a 2,200-lumen flashlight. A rechargeable one, please, with the ability to light something more than a half mile...

We all want the top-of-the-line sights for our top-of-the-line pistol, but after we finish lying about it to our gun buddies, we go home and start shopping...

At risk of offending the kind folks from Taurus, I don’t see the TaurusTX 22 as a competition-specific pistol at all.

The new EPL 4 from Arken optics has been a real gem on the range. This 4-16x44 model comes with high-end features such as First Focal Plane, zero stop and...

As scope-makers all but relegate fixed 2-½x and 4x scopes to museums, I’m forced into weekly counseling to “manage my grief.” It is a humiliating and...

In prone competition, my scores with aperture sights often equaled those fired with my 20x scope at identical targets. Open sights would have doomed them to...

Digits above the red dot drifted up into the corner of the screen: 496 yards. Incline of 11 degrees; 8 degrees tilt. The data would be updated 54 times a...