Good luck trying to catch one, though.
Archive for January, 2013
Tactical Fanboy Presents – The Unicorn Is Real! – SHOT 2013 – Media Range Day
Sunday, January 20th, 2013More Lupus Goodness
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
Here is Brian from Orion Design Group displaying the new ODG carbine from Legion Firearms dipped in the Lupus camo pattern.
photo – 21st Century Gunfighter
You Never Know Where They’ll Show Up
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
We gave out some limited edition morale patches at SHOT Show. We are starting to get photos of them in action like this one. Send us yours!
thanks DW
Flashbang Magazine Makes Its Premier
Saturday, January 19th, 2013If National Geographic did a tactical photo magazine it would be the new “Flashbang.”
“Flashbang” is a quarterly with the following salient features –
– 160 pages
– over 400 exclusives and never seen pictures
– no advertising !
– high quality printing and paper
– 4 issues per year
– 3 units from all over the world in each issue
– worldwide distribution
– very few (english) texts
USAF Selects Storm SRTV as GAARV
Saturday, January 19th, 2013In an award announced 17 January, 2013, the US Air Force has selected the HDT Storm SRTV as the Guardian Angel Air-Deployable Rescue Vehicle. As you may recall, the GAARV is an airdroppable, all terrain vehicle designed to transport Guardian Angel Weapon System members which consists of the Combat Rescue Officer (CRO), Pararescue (PJ), and SERE careerfields and their patients/survivors out of bad guy territory. As PJs are the guys who generally do this for a living, it will be for their use.
It’s good to see that the Storm SRTV won considering they have been chasing this requirement from the beginning. Since we first wrote about this BC Customs design, HDT purchased the rights and saw it through to the win.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a photo yet of the exact model that won but this is a photo of a Storm variant and looking back at the earlier BC Customs photos should give you a good idea of how this went.
Alias Training – John McPhee Aerial Marksmanship Training
Saturday, January 19th, 2013Aerial Heavy Carbine Marksmanship course was designed to teach you to be “quick to shoot”, make the SHOT from a helicopter. Being accurate is final, but being accurate on the fly is better.
You will learn helicopter basics and safety considerations, the DOs and DON’Ts around helos. You will rehearse many shooting positions and techniques for making the SHOT. You will fly several courses of fire in progressive learning patterns to be as accurate and safe as possible as you become “quick to shoot”. Bring what you have; we will make you good with it. Learn to use your rifle, scope, reticle and any accessories for them. On the fly use hold offs, hold unders, and holdovers to increase your time to rapidly and accurately hit your target. You will shoot for score, for time and against your own skill to make the SHOT. Learn from your misses, where the shot went, why and correct for a hit in seconds or less. Teach you to correctly and rapidly reload, correct malfunctions and stoppages to get back in the fight on the fly.
Do these things while applying the Perfect Fundamentals of Marksmanship. Practice doesn’t make perfect, Perfect Practice Makes Perfect.
Topics covered:
Basics of the Heavy Carbine rifle
Weapon manipulation
Helicopter Safety
Weapons Safety
Load/ unload clear weapon
Scopes/Reticles
Zeroing
Ammo, overview
Ballistics
Fundamentals of Marksmanship;
Malfunctions
Hold offs;
Holds
Land-marking
Reloads
Mounting accessories
Required Gear;
*Large power scopes not recommended
– Optic 1-8 power variable (or smaller 1-4), with any reticle – Red dot scope w/ magnifier also acceptable
– Brass catcher
– Ballistic Eye Protection or Ballistic Goggles, Hearing Protection
– 4 magazines
– A way to carry 3 mags on your body or belt
– Kneepads
– Rifle sling
– Riggers belt (to safety line to helicopter)
– Safety Lanyard to hook to your riggers belt
– Self locking snap link
*Optional ballistic computer (will reference and use them)
NEXT CLASS IS IN Texas;
aliastraining.com/johnmcphee2-dayarielmarksmanship-march23-242013-mcallentexas
Tactical Fan Boy’s Wild Ride
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
Other publications and websites may have taken pictures of the Magpul VW ‘MBUS’ at SHOT, but Tactical Fanboy was the first, and possibly only, attendee at the show to go inside it!
It’s a Boy!
Saturday, January 19th, 2013We know it was a labor of love (even it did last two days). Congratulations to R & A. May you find joy in parenthood and raise a fine son.
-SSD Family
