Operation: Bad Blood is an annual JDRF charity airsoft event that I created to raise money to help find a cure for diabetes. The game is produced at EMR Event Park in Pennsylvania and is also the official East Coast … Read More
When I was a boy, my uncle let me borrow his B+L Discoverer. I used this scope to spot my hit on paper . It’s a straight tube refracting telescope of the kind that looks like a classic telescope. In … Read More
While visiting the Pardini booth at SHOT Show 2023, I was introduced to their partner Vanguard Outfitters which had a display case of bullets with an almost sci-fi looking construction. Blackfang (aka Black Dragon Fang or Obsidian Dragon) ammo originally … Read More
I was contacted by Discovery Optics a few months ago to review their new ED-PRS scope. What I got was a scope in a large box filled with accessories. Usually when you get a ton of stuff with a scope … Read More
Athlon is the name of a Greek city which is one of the oldest cities in Europe. But no that’s not what the company was named for. So what’s the deal? I asked the staff at the Athlon booth this … Read More
At the Harris Engineering booth at last year’s SHOT Show I got a sneak peek at a prototype of a direct attach MLOK bipod they were developing. This year, they introduced this attachment option to their entire swivel bipod line. … Read More
At a quiet corner SHOT Show 2023 next to the Media Lounge we came across the the RapidStop booth. The RapidStop design was inspired by the need for a rapid self-deployable tourniquet after horrific Boston Bombing. This innovative tourniquet features … Read More
A few years ago Aguila invented the Minishell, a 12 ga. buckshot shell that was half the length of traditional shotgun shells. The Minishell round was released along with Mossberg’s new handheld defensive Shockwave pump shotgun. Minishells sacrificed range and … Read More
CZ is one of the most well known and Czech gun maker, producing the legendary CZ 75 line of 9mm pistols, the Skorpion mico-SMG, and highly regarded rifles and shotguns. A few people know what the initials C and Z … Read More
A gun industry trade show isn’t the first place you’d go to try wool socks, but that’s where we found ourselves on the final day of SHOT Show. My producer came across Lasting, an outdoors clothing company which makes 100% … Read More