Archive for May, 2013
What Is Wounded Wear?
Sunday, May 5th, 2013Name That Mortar
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
PNW Arms needs your help to come up with a better name for one of their mortar systems. It’s the heaviest one in their arsenal, however, it needs a better name. Its sister is called NanoMortar and they are pretty high on that name since it only weighs a little over 12 pounds. To enter, post your proposed name on their Facebook photo.
To attract some good names (and bad ones too) they will be giving away to two things: 200 Rounds of 300BLK Match or 7.62×51 Sniper ammunition and their military patches to the name we choose.
You can still win some ammunition by sharing and liking the Facebook post to attract others who may be better with the written word. This part of the contest will be for a $250 gift certificate to their online store and a secret squirrel military patches to boot.
PenCott Camouflage Webbing And Tape Now Shipping
Saturday, May 4th, 2013Hyde Definition, developers of the PenCott family if camouflage patterns has announced that Texcel Industries is now fulfilling orders for webbing and tape in GreenZone™, BadLands™, SandStorm, and SnowDrift™. For pricing and orders contact: sales@texcelindustries.com.
Additionally, for a limited time Hyde Definition is running a special promotion on Cordura fabrics in honor of the launch of the webbing and tape products – get 20% off the normal price when you order at least 50 yards of either 500D or 1000D Cordura. Contact orders@hydedefinition.com and mention the promo code “WEB20?.
You Never Know Who You’ll See At The Annual NRA Convention
Saturday, May 4th, 2013This photo looks like two guys catching up at this weekend’s NRA Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas. But these guys are far from random.
In this Daniel Defense photo we see founder Marty Daniel along with former SEAL Mike Noell, who founded the tactical brand Blackhawk after a stint in the Navy. Both men have been vital to our industry, building successful companies from scratch.
Gunfighter Moment – Pat McNamara 
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
When you hit a plateau in your handgun training, a way to bridge the gap to reach the next level is work strong and support hand. Do this at distance as well. I was a skeptic back a decade ago but bought into it and started training for National Match courses of fire. These matches are done strong hand only at 50 yards slow fire and at 25 yards timed and rapid. My overall results (up close) in speed and accuracy increased.
Work support hand at distance as well. If you are right eye dominant and right handed, switch to your non-dominant eye when working support hand. We do this simply to work the other side of your brain.
An advantage to training this way is that you will maximize available use of time and recourses in an age when recourses are scarce and expensive.
You will gain a keen appreciation for the fundamentals when your stability has been reduced and when you’ve increased your distance some 25 yards beyond your comfort zone.
Patrick McNamara
SGM, US Army (Ret)
Patrick McNamara spent twenty-two years in the United States Army in a myriad of special operations units. When he worked in the premier Special Missions Unit, he became an impeccable marksman, shooting with accurate, lethal results and tactical effectiveness. McNamara has trained tactical applications of shooting to people of all levels of marksmanship, from varsity level soldiers, and police officers who work the streets to civilians with little to no time behind the trigger.
His military experience quickly taught him that there is more to tactical marksmanship than merely squeezing the trigger. Utilizing his years of experience, McNamara developed a training methodology that is safe, effective and combat relevant and encourages a continuous thought process. This methodology teaches how to maintain safety at all times and choose targets that force accountability, as well as provides courses covering several categories, including individual, collective, on line and standards.
While serving as his Unit’s Marksmanship NCO, he developed his own marksmanship club with NRA, CMP, and USPSA affiliations. Mac ran monthly IPSC matches and ran semi annual military marksmanship championships to encourage marksmanship fundamentals and competitiveness throughout the Army.
He retired from the Army’s premier hostage rescue unit as a Sergeant Major and is the author of T.A.P.S. (Tactical Application of Practical Shooting).
Gunfighter Moment is a weekly feature brought to you by Alias Training & Security Services. Each week Alias brings us a different Trainer and in turn they offer some words of wisdom.
The New Face of Rocktape
Saturday, May 4th, 2013Rocktape is a syndicate member of Costa Ludus so it should come as no surprise that they have chosen him as their front man for the first responder market.
RockTape is a hi-tech athletic kinesiology tape that can be used to treat a wide variety of sports injuries or increase performance by increasing blood flow to applies areas.
