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| 14C28N | Budget value |
| S35VN | All-round |
| MagnaCut | Do-it-all |
12 EDC steels rated for edge, toughness, corrosion and sharpening.
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| Striker-fired | Action |
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| Cerakote | Finish |
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Getting a trigger job done on a 1911 has always been an arduous task. In the past, you only had two options at your disposal. The first was to send it out to a gunsmith and have him/her do all of the required polishing and stoning of the engagement surfaces. Of course, afterward, they…
Ed Brown isn’t magic; it just looks that way. At almost 53 years old and still family-owned, Ed Brown’s unrelenting standards and good old-fashioned engineering allow their gunsmiths to take a pistol like the S&W M&P and recreate it in such a way that it deserves the name Fueled by Ed Brown. For the last month…
Knives are to men what purses are to ladies. We have dozens of them, they are all nearly functionally identical, yet we keep buying more of them and cannot justify the reasoning. I wish I could explain it better than that, but I can’t. (And in one fell swoop, I just outlined the entire knife…
A defensive shooting situation is anything but predictable. The location, the time, or even the specific threat is going to present itself at complete random. In short, there is very little that you can count on. There is one thing you can take to the bank though…you likely won’t have ear protection on. Now no…
Night sights are almost exclusively associated with handguns. Sure, you’ll likely have a pistol within grasp before you have an opportunity to get to your “truck gun,” but that doesn’t mean you should neglect the shotgun or rifle that you keep in case things get serious. When engaging a target with a long gun it…
LA Police Gear is best known for the monstrous assortment of brands that it carries and makes available to civilians and law enforcement alike. Of them all, there is one brand that is gaining recognition for being tough as nails and affordable—its own. I have been trying more and more of the “house brand” lately…
This is America. We don’t choose between chili and cheese for our fries, we glob both on and ask for more, you commie bastard. We feel the same way when it comes to capacity and concealability. A few years back we started seeing the compromise break down and high (for liberals) capacity carry pistols became…
Are your pants glowing or are you happy to see me? Damn it, I pocket-poked my tactical flashlight … a couple more minutes, and I would have burned my pants. Those of you who EDC know what I am talking about. Your tacticool flashlight with the million-lumen output accidentally gets turned on for who knows…
There are three things that you need to win a gunfight: capacity, capacity, and capacity. Ok, that’s not true, but it’s pretty hard to stop a rapist with a gun that just ran dry. Until just a few years ago, having double-digit pain on board meant finding a way to conceal a larger gun–but that…
Every day carry (EDC) means being a good ambassador for the Second Amendment community. Part of that responsibility is introducing new shooters to the world of firearms by giving them a positive first interaction, making them want to learn more. Often times people come to firearms with preconceived notions, fears, or concerns based on past…
When selecting a good EDC blade, simplicity often equals strength. Having fewer parts also means having fewer fail points and fewer production steps. While this results in a no-nonsense knife, it often also winds up being tough as nails and free of a premium price tag. This is precisely the case with the Bear Cutlery…
Shooting paper is the simplest target solution out there, there is no denying that. Although it sets up quickly and is readily available it does have a few issues, such as needing constant repair and replacement. All of these breaks in the action cut into your shooting time and disrupt any rhythm that you be…
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