Moderno

Remember the X-Fer by Armordillo Concealment? Ever since Booth from Armordillo Concealment first told me about the X-Fer, I’ve been asking him to make an outside the waistband (OWB) version. Well today I got to take a look at the prototype of exactly that.

The photos above are a prototype version only, the production version will have slightly different aesthetics and a different mounting syst

At SHOT Show Media Day this year, I was talking with my buddy Paul Carlson about Nissan stepping up to sponsor the Press Room, and how refreshing it was to see a big company not normally associated with the firearms industry step up in an active role of sponsorship.

Here’s what Paul had to say:

So in this time where many companies seem to live in fear of an association with firearms and the firearms industry I am thrilled to see Nissan having the courage to step forward and take an active role in both SHOT Show and the firearms world in general. Nissan builds rugged trucks and they fit in perfectly with what hunters and shooters do and where hunters and shooters go. It really is a good match.

As a result of Nissan’s decision to sponsor the SHOT Show press room I have made the professional decision to make sure to take some time out from guns on media day and get behind the wheel of a Nissan truck

Benchmade announced their new line today called HUNT, which as the name implies, is a new line of hunting knives. Steel junkies will be interested to hear that Benchmade chose S30V for this new line of knives.

I will stop by the Benchmade booth today at SHOT Show to check them out. Pictures to follow.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 14th, 2014

(Oregon City, Oregon) Benchmade Knife Company, manufacturer of premium sports cutlery, unveils Benchmade HUNT at the 2014 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, NV.  “High performance hunting knives for high performance hunting.”

Benchmade HUNT will feature CPM-S30V steel blades manufactured through Benchmade’s proprietary process providing the best combination of edge retention, durability, and corrosion resistance.

“We spent many hours researching what attributes provided the best hunting performance and based all of our material selection and product designs around this.” said Senior Marketing Manager, Matt Elliott.  “These are the most advanced hunting knives ever manufactured and we are truly excited to provide hunters and outdoorsman with knives of this caliber that are specific to their needs.”

Our friends at 2 Vets Arms are having a SHOT Show blowout sale, and first up is their stripped lower receivers.

2VA 556 Alpha pictured, just because they are awesome

This is a limited quantity sale, but right now you can pick up a 2VA stripped lower receiver for $75. Get on it!

The post 2VA Stripped Lower Sale appeared first on Monderno.

Our friends at Vigilant Gear emailed me a few days ago to let me know that they started carrying the Tiny Inconspicuous Handcuff Key (TIHK). If you’ve never heard of the TIHK before, it started out as a crowd funded project, and recently TIHK completed their first production run. 

TIHK, image via TIHK

TIHK is a patent pending handcuff key that utilizes an integrated clip for easy attachment to your clothing so it is ready when needed.  Its minimal, low-profile design and low-visibility coating ensure that it can be carried inconspicuously and go undetected when detained. Designed to fit all standard “peerless” single and double-lock handcuffs.

• Made in

On Monday, Senator John Cornyn (R. TX) will introduce the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014, which would allow individuals with concealed carry permits in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state that also has concealed carry laws.

This bill would “treat state-issued concealed-carry permits like drivers’ licenses, allowing law-abiding citizens with concealed carry privileges to concealed-carry in any other states that also permit it by law.”

This isn’t the first time Sen. Cornyn has introduced such legislation. Last April, a similar bill fell just three votes short of obtaining the 60 Senate votes needed to overcome a filibuster. This can definitely pass –

Over a year ago and after serious consideration, I finally decided to put together a course I had been thinking of.  At that point, I had been an active shooter response instructor for law enforcement/military for some time and was well into using a Single Officer Response to an Active Shooter program I had designed to address the overwhelming reality of active shooter events.  The simple fact is that there often is no time for an officer to wait for two, three or four additional officers to confront an active shooter; an officer should move to confront the shooter as soon as possible to prevent further loss of life.

It was during the design of the Single Officer program that I came across repeated truths in my research; well over half of all active shooters are stopped by citizen, not police.  This didn’t amaze me, because I know from teaching the quality of motivated citizens and how strong their resolve can be when it comes to defending life.  But the fact did make me wonder; if over half of active shooters are stopped by a CCW or even an unarmed citizen, how many more might have been stopped if an everyday man or

Coming from a precision shooting background I tend to get a fair amount of questions from people about what kind of rifle they should buy to get started in this particular discipline of shooting, and typically, I recommend a Remington 700.  If this conversation takes place at my local shooting range, then invariably some guy pretending to be a “former military sniper” or some other expert in the field jumps in and recommends some other rifle. 

Now let me start off by saying that I do not claim to know everything there is to know about precision shooting and really don’t consider myself an expert in it either.  However, I do have a fair amount of training and a lot of trigger time behind scoped rifles of various manufacturers and calibers. About 90% of that training and trigger time is behind a Remington 700 action of some kind and the model that I currently prefer is the Light Tactical Rifle or LTR.

Good news for those of you stuck behind enemy lines in the Windy City. A federal judge ruled today that the city’s ban on firearms sales in unconstitutional.

I’m tempted to lament the fact that it took a federal judge to point this out, and I’m also tempted to get on Twitter and rub it in Mayor Emanuel’s face. But it’s late, so I’ll just skip all that and accept the win for what it is: a win.

Gun dealers can set up shop in Chicago, a federal judge has ruled — declaring the city’s ban on firearms sales unconstitutional.

U.S. District Court Judge Edmond E. Chang wrote in a 35-page opinion published Monday that Chicago’s 2010 ordinance banning gun sales within city limits “goes too far in outright banning legal buyers and legal dealers from engaging in lawful acquisitions and lawful sales of firearms.”

You can read more here.

For most of you reading this, winter is here and in full swing. If you look at a temperature map of the United States, it’s just plain cold outside, and with the cold comes snow. Mix in some wind to the equation and you have stranded motorists, people stuck in their homes without power, etc. What amazes me about winter every year is how much it surprises people, and how unprepared some folks are.

If you’ve live somewhere warm like Miami all your life and you move somewhere cold like Duluth, then I kinda get how someone could underestimate winter and be unprepared (or under-prepared), but for most of us, there’s no excuse. Along these lines, I saw a PSA of sorts by Fortress Defense Consultants on Facebook, and I thought it was worth passing along as a reminder to those of you who aren’t prepared.

Never ceases to amaze us how many people leave the house unprepared for ANYTHING.

Yes, it is January and there are blizzards and negative tempera

My first experience with High Speed Gear products was more than a few years ago when looking for a high quality, open-top magazine pouch that would support an AK profile magazine in 7.62×39.  At the time, the market only supported a few that I found and none of them could be described as high quality. 

HSGI offered the Taco pouch, I ordered one to give it a try and have ordered many more since then for both AK and AR style magazines, as well as the pistol size Taco pouches because they are simply one of the most versatile and well-made pouch designs out there.  So when given the chance to do a review on the HSGI AO Small Chest Rig I expected great things and hoped HSGI wouldn’t let me down.

First, I’m more of a plate carrier guy.  My profession has usually demanded the level IV variety of ammunition and equipment carrying systems, so the general chest rig market has been mostly avoided by me because the majority of them are not designed with any sort of in

Glock dropped a YouTube video today discussing the new Glock 42. Honestly for a company the size of Glock, this video is kind of embarrassing, but does provide some more information about the new pocket pistol.

I recently announced that we will be doing another rifle drawing to benefit the Descendants of Sparta, and today I wanted to tell you about the awesome companies and individuals that stepped up to donate parts and services to make it happen.

2 Vets Arms donated several parts for the original Descendants of Sparta rifle, and they are doing it again this time around, donating quite a bit including serial number 0001 of the Spartan lowers, the bolt carrier group and one of their awesome Covert packs in Urban Wolf. Additionally, 2VA will be building and cerakoting the rifle, as well as providing FFL transfer to the winner.

Not a bad move at all. Magpul Industries announced today that they are relocating Manufacturing, Distribution and Shipping operations to Wyoming and Company Headquarters to Texas. Check out the press release below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 2, 2014

Contact:
Duane Liptak, Director of Product Management and Marketing
Tel:  303-828-3460×170
Email: dliptak@magpul.com

MAGPUL INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR RELOCATION 

Company Is Moving Operations to Wyoming and Texas

Magpul Industries announced today that it is relocating its operations to Wyoming and Texas.

The company is relocating manufacturing, distribution and shipping operations to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Magpul is leasing a 58,000 square foot manufacturing and distribution facility during the construction of a 100,000 square foot build-to-suit facility in the Cheyenne Business Parkway. The Wyoming relocation is being completed with support from Governor Matt Mead, the Wyoming Business Council and Cheyenne LEADS.

Magpul is moving its corporate headquarters to Texas. Three North Central Texas sites are under final consideration, and the transition to the Texas headquarters will begin as soon

Yesterday The Firearm Blog, Gunblast and others announced the new Remington Model 51 pistol chambered in 9mm. The R51 is a single-stack, subcompact pistol with a 7+1 capacity, and is based on the John Pederson designed original model 51.

Remington R51, via TFB

The R51 is supposed to be shipping to dealers on February 1st.

This is the latest entry into the somewhat crowded single-stack 9mm market that h

The G-Code and Haley Strategic Partners (HSP) D3 Carrier System collaboration, at its core, is a group of highly modular ammunition carrying equipment capable of being transformed for multiple roles and environments and adapting to the end user’s requirements. 

All the pieces of the kit can be interchanged with one another to suit the mission or training regime.

While the component configurations are quite diverse and can be moved and tweaked to the user’s liking, the system itself will be typically limited to [and used mostly on] the waist belt, the thigh and possibly a plate carrier with PALS webbing.

Personall