MISCELLANEOUS GEAR

Oregon Trail Defense...

You’ve all seen images of polymer-framed pistols with aftermarket stippling on the grip surface. There’s an outfit based in Baker City, Oregon, with a kit allowing professional gunsmiths and...

New Products August 2019 Issue

Safariland’s 575 GLS Pro-Fit IWB Holster is offered for several subcompact handguns including the GLOCK 43, Springfield XD-S and Smith & Wesson M&P Shield (9mm, .40, .45). The 575 incorporates...

FATHER’S DAY TOP 10 DIY...

Looking to get just the right gift for the father in your life? Is he a handy guy who likes to tinker on projects and gets a huge kick out of building or fixing something with his own hands?

Hang On!

Innovation and good ideas abound in every aspect of today's gun industry and AR-15 magazines are no exception. Check out HexMag's AR-15 magazines and their unique grip tape. Manufactured with a...

Magnetic Gun Mount by Allen

Working from my home office, my desk is midway between two exterior doors, each about five yards away. I’m not anticipating a break-in but I would be...

UpLULA Magazine Loader

Loading magazines is one of the challenges new shooters always encounter — especially people with hand-strength or pain issues. For years I taught people...

Matchbox Parts

Depending on configuration, there’s around 100 individual parts in an AR15 rifle. Clearly, most aren’t big but all matter. Not all have to be perfect...

Safe Holstering

When I started teaching cops in 1972, they weren’t actually bad at quick draw. But Lord! Some of them looked like Barney Fife when they went to...

Apologies to Gaston Glock

Behold, my unfailing Glock 19. Carried for years, shot regularly, field stripped and detail stripped countless times, and hand stippled by yours truly —...

Faxon Firearms’ Pistol...

A gun has become a standard when you can build one entirely from parts manufactured by someone other than the original manufacturer—for example, Ruger’s...

Brownells Reduced Power...

If you have a fetish for DA revolver shooting, you’ll eventually run across an “out-of-print, price-is-right” Smith you simply can’t live without....

Active Shooter Response Kit

As you can probably tell from my “Trunk Gun” feature (page 53), I like to be prepared for the worst possible situation. While nobody likes getting...

Screws ’n Screwdrivers

We all know how buggering up a screw head on a prize gun detracts from its value and appeal. The key to turning screws without marring their appearance...

Peltor Sport Tactical 500

“How’s your hearing?” “Of course I have power steering! I love it …!” When a group of grizzled shooters, hunters, cops or military men get...

High-Tech Airgun Training

“You can train at home with airguns” is one of those pithy comments passed along like the eggplant soufflé at a family reunion dinner but it’s true....

Stock Options?

When I get several questions on the same topic, I commence thinking: time to spool up a collective answer and share it here. I’ve based many a column on...

Rock Your Roller Lock!

Few guns have had the near-universal acceptance enjoyed by HK’s roller-lock family of weapons. From the iconic 9mm MP5 SMG to the .308 G3 battle rifle,...

Radetec Mag Counter Keeps...

When you need to know the number of rounds you’ve fired out of a sidearm — whether you are competing for a prize or trying to stay alive — it helps...

Too Much of a Good Thing...

An innovator in the laser field, Crimson Trace is perhaps best known for its Lasergrips that unobtrusively integrate a laser aiming module into a pistol’s...

Galco's WalkAbout 2.0...

Revolvers will never go away; therefore, we'll continue to see innovation in revolver holstering systems. I use a Galco Walkabout when I'm carrying a...

Exclusive: New From...

When CrossBreed Holsters recently announced it expanded its line of popular concealment holsters to add The Reckoning series, a lot of people paid attention.

Big Blast Target Caps

There’s a floating island of garbage in the Pacific Ocean the size of Texas. Why? Well, where once our drinking water came from a tap, nowadays it comes...

New Products January 2019

Walker’s introduces the EXCEL Series Muffs with advance hearing protection and digital sound management. Two models are available: the XCEL 100 and XCEL...

The Silent Legion Direct...

I finally found it. After a lifetime of searching I’ve stumbled upon a sound suppressor that’s as effective as the fake ones they use in the movies. The...

Plano’s All Weather...

Back in the days when I was senior editor of a now-defunct outdoors publication, one brand name seemingly synonymous with hunting and fishing was Plano, and...

Exclusive: Pachmayr’s...

Pacymayr is a brand upon which people rely when they are shopping for recoil pads or replacement grips for handguns, and they cover all the bases in those...

Best Rest

Rejoice AR shooters! After years of making-do with a jumble of makeshift rests for an AR fed from a 30-round magazine, I found nirvana while walking the...

Essentail Inventory

Walk into a pro gunsmith’s shop and you’ll be overwhelmed with the assembly of tools and machinery. To work on a wide range of firearms efficiently...

Blackhawk! ISP

In terms of CCW holsters, whether or not it’s indeed a “Kydex World” can be a source of interminable argument. What’s beyond debate, however, is the...

New Products December 2018...

Versacarry’s newest holster is an upgraded version of the company’s original Element Holster. The new Element with Mag Pouch offers comfortable,...

New Products November 2018...

The Hoffner Hand Hawk is easy to carry in its Kydex sheath — with the handle downward from the belt, or with the handle up under the armpit for...

New Products October 2018...

N82 Tactical has released four new holster options for the SIG SAUER P365. Models are now offered in the Professional Series and Pro Tandem series featuring...