Recently, as of a few months ago, I decided that there wasn't much of a good reason to go through the fall, winter, and spring with just a handheld light on the pistol I am most likely to carry with me. I happened upon a picture posted by Sage Dynamics that was captioned "No excuses" and it showed a Glock 43 with a TLR-6 on it. I was confused at first and found that it had been out for a while, but with the more popular and expensive model actually having a laser on it as well. After much research and debate with myself, I decided to get it. If you have a single stack pistol, you may find that Streamlight has a model for your gun as well, and you may want to invest due to some of the information and reasons I am going to share with you here.
If you carry a concealed weapon, fashion should be a subject on your mind, especially in winter. There are a number of things to consider and plan for throughout the year, but sorting out your winter wardrobe is the most important. This is a subject that requires experience, planning, and practice. Your carry style will either be dictated by the changing temperatures, or you can compensate for them with your wardrobe choices. I prefer the latter.
I have owned the Streamlight TLR7 for a few years and have had mixed results, but generally have found it wanting for much improvement in terms of controls, lumen, and durability. I decided to get an Olight PL Mini 2 Valkyrie for several reasons. I will try to cover them in some detail, but this is not a review ending in a recommendation for those who have had good experiences with other weapon lights.
Almost 4 years ago, Smith & Wesson release the 2.0 series which included the new “Compact” 4” model, which directly competes with the much-loved Glock 19/23 in size and capacity. After years of success with the M&P line, Smith & Wesson noticed a few things that could use changing to further improve an already robust design without necessarily fully inventing the wheel. If you look at the M&P 2.0 line, you will see how the engineers took the older generation and basically changed only that which needed improvement and left the rest alone. This means that there is still some parts compatibility between the older generation and the newer 2.0, such as magazines, springs, sights, and other generally high wear parts, making the switch that much easier for those of us worried that parts we already have will be useless. Granted, my compact is a new size addition, requiring a new set of recoil springs for my collection.
I would hate to think that people would view the term “EDC(Every Day Carry)system” as an extreme concept. Technically we all have an EDC system in some form or fashion. Think of a woman with her purse that she takes everywhere with her. Her purse is merely a form of off-body EDC with all the goodies and comforts she will need in order to function in her daily life from work to recreation. Heck, even guys have an EDC like their wallet, cellphone, and keys. The concept I am discussing in this article is intended to help you establish an EDC system that merely adds certain items in a way that has minimal impact on your daily life, but adds another level of preparedness, which never hurts.
There are plenty of people who have been carrying, or able to carry a firearm daily in their EDC. However, from many of the posts and videos out there, people have either not done much real thinking about how their EDC system works or they don't have enough experience training and using the gear they experience. In my experience, the more you use something and the harder you train with it, the more likely you are to uncover problems. This is what I like to do for my channel and blog. I like to push the limits of my gear and my own capability in order to expose weaknesses. In this article, I am going to share lessons with you that I stumbled upon or realized after making a grave error.
When I got my Glock 23 Gen4, I immediately went in search of some affordable magazines that I could use for training. It is common for many people to regard anything other than OEM Glock magazines as strictly training magazines. However, let us not underestimate the need to have reliable training mags so that we aren't getting too accustomed to our guns giving us problems. Training and practice is the time we are supposed to be developing good habits, not anticipating the next issue.
Recently I took a huge step out of my comfort zone and took a course on how to use a red dot sight on a pistol. The idea of using an MRDS (Micro Red Dot Sight) on a pistol has seemed more like a trendy move and didn't appeal to me in the least. However, I like to step outside of my comfort zone often and try new things, so I coughed up some cash and took a course on the pistol MRDS using a rental pistol and gear. What an experience! Anyways, in the next few paragraphs, I want to glaze over a few things that I noticed that a red dot can do for you that irons never could.
I think it is very productive to look at the history of different warrior cultures and analyse the qualities that made them so successful. This is not going to be a quick read about a trendy workout program for an unrealistic outcome. I am simply going to go over some ideas that the Roman Army had for getting their troops ready for battle. The purpose is to give the reader a few ideas about how to take historical examples and adapt them to current weaponry in order to help them train to a higher level of proficiency. Keep in mind that I am going to have to leave alot of stuff out since this is not a book, but rather a quick jot about incorporating historical examples into current training methods.
Today, the line of tactical clothing in America is starting to go towards the low profile and incognito direction. This is apparent by the fact that some of the big names in tactical clothing such as Vertx and 5.11 have recently started selling jeans with the idea of remaining incognito. However, Helikon-Tex is putting their own spin on the incognito look. However, I think this pant offers alot to the end user that I have yet to see in other pants in this class.
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