Presented by Leupold Optics Supported by MDT Inside Pro Match Rifles: PRS, NRL Hunter, and Real-World Setups In Episode 3, Dan Bertocchini puts everything from the series into action. This final episode moves from theory and setup into real-world execution, breaking down long-range hunting scenarios from 700 to over 1,100 yards. Dan walks through target engagement, wind calls, elevation data, and position building using the same rifles, optics, and support gear covered earlier in the series. You will see direct comparisons between calibers including the 6.5 PRC, 22 Creedmoor, and 300 Norma Magnum, along with real-time ballistic data, wind holds,…
KelTec has just released the SUB-PDP “Nub Sub”, a super compact braced 9mm pistol that folds in half.KelTec recently released the SUB-SDP, aka the “Nub Sub”, and it’s as wacky and cool as we’ve all come to expect from the company. Based on the SUB2000 folding pistol-caliber carbine, KelTec simply made it as short as possible and gave it a brace in order for it to legally qualify as a pistol. If you’ve been looking for a bag or truck gun that offers more shootability than a traditional pistol, the SUB-SDP is worth looking at.When unfolded, the SUB-SDP has an…
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The modern generation of body armor first began as hot, bulky wraparound Kevlar vests that protected against pistol rounds. But thanks to advances in materials sciences (and a healthy dose of government investment from two decades of continuous war) these ubiquitous police armor options have largely been supplemented or outright replaced by the leaner, more comfortable plate carrier. First popularized by special operators, plate carriers have since proliferated across American society — from SWAT officers to street cops, to tactical fitness folks (think CrossFit or the Tactical Games). And you too can capitalize on their benefits. A plate carrier not…
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Photos by Niccole Elizabeth Not too long ago, we had the opportunity to take a pistol class from a group called Blue Green Alliance. BGA is run by a pair of active-duty Force Reconnaissance Marines who have brought their training and operational experience to the LE and armed citizen communities. Part of that unique experience is that, even as you read this, the 1911 continues to ride in their duty holsters on deployments all around the world. While Browning’s legacy currently lives in Force Recon armories in the form of the Colt M45, it got us thinking about leveraging the…
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The Brief: The Department of Justice has launched a pattern-or-practice investigation into the Philadelphia Police Department’s firearms licensing procedures. This federal inquiry focuses on whether the city’s subjective character and reputation standards for revoking carry permits violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments following a confrontation with an armed community group. Local officials defend the permit revocations as necessary for public safety during confrontational police interactions. Meanwhile, the DOJ aims to prevent administrative overreach that infringes on constitutional rights. The investigation may result in mandated systemic reforms or federal litigation if the city fails to comply with constitutional standards. PHILADELPHIA, PA…
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Private Dwayne Hicks sat in an expansive classroom alongside the rest of his platoon of newly minted boots. Each Marine had a well-used Pulse Rifle sitting on the table in front of them. The weapons were clean enough to be used as surgical implements and smelled vaguely of CLP. The Armat Battlefield Systems M41A Pulse Rifle is the standard-issue combat weapon for the United States Colonial Marines in the Aliens universe. Gunnery Sergeant Mike “Madman” McGehee stepped to the front of the class carrying his own Pulse Rifle as though it was something with which he had been born. Holding…
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Photos by Kenda Lenseigne While the AR-15 has been subject to just about every modification imaginable, the quest for a belt-fed AR upper version took longer to come to fruition than anyone imagined. Way back in 1998, rumors started circulating of an AR upper that could be fed from either box magazines or M27 links, like the FN Minimi or its apple pie offspring, the M249 SAW. For anyone with an M16 lower, this would be an easy way to add a belt fed to the collection, and for those of us who had to content ourselves with semi-autos, well,…
These days, upgrading your AR-15 trigger is easy, but is it always a good idea?Back in the not-so-good old days, triggers for ARs were crappy. All we had were mil-surplus parts or whatever Colt deigned to send us. The mil-spec was “anything under 7 or 8 pounds was good, anything under 6 was unsafe.”So, of course, we went through all kinds of work to improve triggers.Now? Really, you have to ask?Triggers now come in two types and two flavors (I’m leaving out the forced-reset triggers because I’m not a fan): “packet” triggers and parts triggers.Plug and PressPacket triggers (sometimes called…
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