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FirstSpear Friday Focus: Tactical Hand Warmer

Friday, January 10th, 2025

The TACTICAL HAND WARMER is the ideal cold-weather accessory designed to keep your hands comfortable in cool climate conditions. Both the fleece and merino wool materials offer soft interiors, ensuring excellent heat retention to keep your fingers warm. It can be directly attached to a platform for easy access or worn independently using the included strap which stows neatly inside when not in use.

Adjustable cuffs allow for a customizable fit for different users and conditions. Whether attached to your gear or worn standalone, the TACTICAL HAND WARMER provides weather protection and comfort for a wide spectrum of elements and environments.

Offered with fleece lined interior for Black, Ranger Green, and Coyote colorways as well as merino wool for Multi Cam the system’s design is both practical and versatile, making it ideal for outdoor enthusiasts and tactical operators alike.

It features a convenient topside storage pocket, perfect for storing air-activated hand warmers or other essential small items.

The included storage bag provides a solution for compact packing and easy transport.

For more specs and information check out the TACTICAL HAND WARMER.

FirstSpear is the premier source for cutting edge-tactical gear for military, law enforcement and those who train.

For more information visit First-Spear.com.

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Meet With BE Meyers & Co Inc at SHOT Show

Thursday, January 9th, 2025

B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc. is a US Defense Technology Manufacturer specializing in advanced photonics solutions for military, law enforcement, consumer, and aerospace applications. In our Redmond, WA facility our ISO 9001:2015 production operations specialize in premier visible, near infrared and out-of-band laser marking and illumination systems, which serve end-users in 38 nations worldwide.

Our Defense Systems as well as Integrated Systems product catalogs are here: bemeyers.com/catalogs

As a privately held, Veteran-operated, second-generation US Small Business in our 50th Year in Business, we are a true Made in America story, from the back-of-the-napkin sketch to the final product out the door happening at our Redmond, WA headquarters. We appreciate your support as we work to evolve critical Defense Technology, create jobs in Washington State, and reenergize American Manufacturing.

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Ehmke Manufacturing Co., Inc. Launches Prototyping Partnership Program

Wednesday, January 8th, 2025

Philadelphia, PA — January 8, 2025 — Ehmke Manufacturing Co., Inc., a premier manufacturer of technical fabric products, is proud to announce the launch of its new Prototyping Partnership Program. This innovative program helps outdoor and tactical gear enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, and innovators turn their product ideas into manufacturing-ready prototypes.

For years, Ehmke has partnered with individual clients on prototyping projects, offering expertise on a limited, case-by-case basis. With the overwhelming success of these past collaborations and the growing demand for professional guidance in product development, the company is now making this service available to the public through a structured and scalable program.

“This program is a natural evolution of what we’ve been doing for years—partnering with innovators to turn great ideas into tangible, high-quality products,” said Bob Rosania, CEO and Owner of Ehmke Manufacturing Co., Inc. “We’re proud to offer a structured program that gives entrepreneurs, hobbyists, and industry professionals access to the same expertise and precision our military and industrial clients have trusted for decades.”

What Sets Ehmke’s Program Apart?

The Prototyping Partnership Program offers unique benefits for innovators and gear creators:

• Onsite Collaboration: Work directly with Ehmke’s engineering team at their Philadelphia, PA, facility, ensuring hands-on development and personalized solutions.

• Flexible Packages: Choose from half-day, full-day, and two-day options to fit your project’s scope and budget.

• Expert Guidance: From CAD layouts and pattern development to industrial sewing and prototype refinement, Ehmke provides all services under one roof.

• Proven Success: Trusted for over 95 years by military and industrial clients for reliability, precision, and durability.

• Manufacturing Flexibility: Participants retain the freedom to take their completed production sample and technical data package to any manufacturer of their choice. For those who choose to manufacture with Ehmke, discounted production rates are available.

Unmatched Standards of Quality and Precision

Ehmke’s compliance with ISO 9001:2015 and AS 9100:2016 standards reflects the company’s commitment to rigorous quality assurance, ensuring all products meet stringent requirements for reliability and durability. Additionally, Ehmke’s Statistical Process Control (SPC) certification, held since 1993, highlights its use of advanced manufacturing techniques to deliver consistent and precise results.

With decades of experience serving the U.S. Department of Defense and industrial clients, Ehmke is uniquely positioned to support innovators whose prototypes require military-grade or industrial specifications.

Past Success Stories

Participants of Ehmke’s earlier prototyping projects have consistently praised the team’s expertise, collaborative approach, and commitment to quality. These success stories are a testament to the company’s dedication to helping clients bring their ideas to life. With the launch of the Prototyping Partnership Program, Ehmke is excited to offer these benefits to an even broader audience.

“Our goal is to take the guesswork out of prototyping by providing a seamless, collaborative experience,” said Daniel Nguyen, Director of Engineering at Ehmke Manufacturing Co., Inc. “With our expertise in technical fabrics and advanced manufacturing processes, clients can focus on refining their vision while we ensure the prototype meets the highest standards of quality and functionality.”

Get Started Today

Have a great idea? Turn it into a manufacturing-ready prototype with Ehmke Manufacturing’s Prototyping Partnership Program. Visit Ehmke Prototyping Partnership Program to learn more and schedule your consultation today.

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Primary Arms Optics Reveals the NEW PLx HTX-1, an American-Made Enclosed Pistol Optic with a Modular Chassis System

Tuesday, January 7th, 2025

HOUSTON, TEXAS — As part of Discovery 2025, Primary Arms Optics unveiled the NEW PLx® HTX-1, the company’s first-ever Made-in-USA optic. This enclosed-emitter reflex sight combines advanced materials, innovative engineering, and modern manufacturing techniques to set a new standard for American pistol optics.

The HTX-1 is part of Primary Arms Optics’ flagship PLx® Tier, known for delivering the highest levels of precision and performance. As Primary Arms’ inaugural domestically produced optic, the HTX-1 represents a significant milestone in the company’s product capabilities, while reinforcing its commitment to quality and reliability.

Unique in its design, the PLx HTX-1 features a patent-pending modular chassis mounting system, which ensures compatibility with nearly all optics-ready handguns. Unlike traditional adapter plates, this integrated system creates a stronger connection and amuch lower optic centerline, enabling co-witness with standard-height iron sights. This design minimizes height-over-bore while improving holster compatibility.

Designed for the toughest conditions, the HTX-1 features a 7075 Aluminum housing with reinforced contours and a recessed lens pocket to guard against drops, impacts, and debris. Potted electronics and Grade 12.9 hardware ensure reliable performance under shock, vibration, and heavy recoil. The optic features narrow-band glass doublet lenses treated with wide-band anti-reflective coatings, which provides a clear, undistorted sight picture in any environment.

At release, the HTX-1 is available with two reticle options:ACSS® Vulcan® Dot with a toggleable outer ring for rapid target acquisition, or a 4 MOA dot reticle. The sight is powered by a side-loading CR2032 battery and features AutoLive® illumination technology, which conserves battery life when the optic is not in use.

The PLx HTX-1 is a significant milestone for Primary Arms Optics, reflecting years of research, development, and investment in American manufacturing. Its introduction also strengthens the company’s growing PLx® product line, which serves professional marksmen, law enforcement, and dedicated shooting enthusiasts with premium optics designed to excel in demanding environments.

“HTX-1 is the result of a three-year journey to expand optics manufacturing in the United States,” says Marshall Lerner, Founder and CEO of Primary Arms Optics. “This project exemplifies our commitment to innovation and craftsmanship, delivering a truly American-made optic designed and built in Houston, Texas.”

For full information about the HTX-1 and other Discovery 2025 optics, click here.

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AIMPOINT Releases New Red Dot Optic in Collaboration with GLOCK

Tuesday, January 7th, 2025

Manassas, VA, January 7, 2025 – Aimpoint, the leading manufacturer and innovator of red dot sighting technology in partnership with GLOCK, a leading global manufacturer of pistols, announce an exclusive package that will be available January 20th in limited quantities. The GLOCK x Aimpoint COA™ combo will be available on select 9mm pistols with optic factory installed using the new Aimpoint A-CUT™ interface.

The new Aimpoint® COA™ red dot optic is optimized for concealed carry pistols. This revolutionary optic is designed for use on both slimline and standard size pistol frames. Developed and engineered with focus on the shooting experience, the COAcombines ease of use, reliability, performance, and innovation in an ultra-compact design.

The available pistols with the Aimpoint COA Optic and A-CUT interface include the G43X, G48, G19 Gen5, G45, and the G47 models. The Aimpoint COA optic is sold exclusively within this package and is not being sold separately at this time. This collaboration provides the user with superior “out-of-the-box”performance without sacrificing value.

“Our goal was to create the best shooting experience possible in a package delivering on our brand promises – Perfection and Performance from Trust. The result is a system you can trust when your life depends on it.” – Jonas Ardemalm, Director, OEM RDS Sales & Business Development – Aimpoint AB.

The Aimpoint A-CUT™ interface mounting system allows for the sight to be mounted deeper into the pistol slide for extreme stability and durability – ensuring long-lasting, rugged performance in any condition. Its innovative, low-profile design makes for easier unholstering, enhancing usability and concealment capabilities.

The GLOCK x Aimpoint package comes with high performance at a great value. The Aimpoint COA optic comes direct cut from the factory on GLOCK’s most popular 9mm pistol models. The wide window on the Aimpoint COA sight combined with the low mount allows the dot to co-witness with the factory iron sights. The combined features of the GLOCK pistol with Aimpoint COA optic make for a user-friendly, high performance pistol red dot combo suitable for competitive shooters, law enforcement, and firearms enthusiasts everywhere.

For product specs and to learn more about the collaboration, visit aimpoint.us/coa.

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Why BFG Chooses Only the Best Materials

Tuesday, January 7th, 2025

Anyone who follows Blue Force Gear closely knows that we’re incredibly meticulous about every single detail even down to the stitch. No really, our stitches are carefully thought out for each item. We are that conscientious because extra stitching means extra weight and potential areas of failure (stitches coming loose or fabric tearing due to puncturing its integrity). This design philosophy is how we approach any product that we build. One of the reasons we select only the best materials available – and develop those very materials if none already exist – is to cut weight and enhance performance. This article is a brief snapshot of the history of our gear development and how we’ve become known as the pioneers of load-carriage.

It All Started with Weight Savings

Since the earliest days of Blue Force Gear, our designers have relooked at load-carriage from the ground up. They discovered that far too much weight was being built into military gear because the fabrics were inferior. Layers upon layers needed to be added for the equipment to be durable. BFG wasn’t satisfied with this logic and began looking into fabrics. They developed a proprietary high-performance fabric facing laminate called ULTRAcomp and a new MOLLE attachment system called Helium Whisper that cut weight by up to 60%.

After many tests, BFG discovered that ULTRAcompgreatly surpassed the durability of 1000D CORDURA, the industry standard at that time. It also increased signature reduction, repelled water, and was antimicrobial. Its laminate construction means that it can be laser cut, while maintaining edge stability and stiffness, allowing it to be used as a webless MOLLE platform, REMOVING material rather than adding it to achieve attachment points. This system is now known as MOLLEminus – because it’s MOLLE minus the weight, MOLLE minus the complexity, MOLLE minus the bulk.

Their patented Helium Whisper pouch attachment system was laser cut out of the same superior material, ULTRAcomp. But they took it a step further. They engineered each back panel so that only one piece of material was used for both the back of the pouch AND the MOLLE straps. This eliminated the need for additional fabric as well as stitching, thus decreasing potential failure points and sewing errors. It was truly a remarkable concept.

BFG began licensing the Helium Whisper pouch attachment system to other gear companies such as The Safariland Group, STRATAGEM, Mayflower, Velocity Systems, and more. They also now supply ULTRAcomp to other gear designers within the tactical space, and beyond.

Another material that Blue Force Gear made popular for load-carriage was elastic. They began utilizing elastic in their pouch designs after watching a cyclist use an elastic pocket to hold a heavy water bottle in his otherwise lightweight, skin-tight jersey. BFG designed a line of magazine pouches using a heavy-duty, military grade elastic for the retaining method and named it Ten-Speedas a tribute to their inspiration.

The beauty of these pouches is multi-faceted. First, they lay completely flat when not in use, a feature that is imperative for certain professional users. Second, they can retain objects that are of similar size. For example, the M4 mag pouch will retain M4 magazines but could also be used for tourniquets, bandages, multitools, flashlights, etc. The elastic creates a true multi-use pouch.

Ten-Speed is found in other Blue Force Gear products for retention. It’s used in select medical trauma kits like the MTKN! and MTKN! Plus to provide security to the medical supplies held in the inner compartment while allowing for rapid, single-handed deployment. It’s also a key feature in their Ultralight Dump Pouch. The Ten-Speed captures the 7OD Ripstop nylon bag and keeps it securely stowed.

BFG®’s Design Philosophy

For over two decades, Blue Force Gear has been designing gear – differently. BFG isn’t satisfied making the same thing as everyone else – merely changing the color or style. Instead, we design by a code of advancement – if we can’t make something better than what is currently available, we don’t make it. This is why we don’t focus on improving current designs, but rather innovating from the ground up, studying current problems and crafting modern gear to answer those needs.

We are proud to have pioneered technological innovations that have revolutionized load carriage and weapon carrying. Our rifle slings, not even mentioned in this article, are the world’s standard in weapon slings because of their simple designs and premium materials. This design philosophy of answering needs with solutions, creating elegant designs, and sourcing or developing only superior materials is the heartbeat of all Blue Force Gear.

www.blueforcegear.com/tactical-gear

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MATBOCK Monday: SHOT Show 2025

Monday, January 6th, 2025

Here is our calendar link for SHOT Show 2025. Please book a time that works for you all:

calendly.com/matbock/shot-show-2025

Note that the times listed are local (Vegas) times.

If you have any questions, please email sales@matbock.com

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FirstSpear Friday Focus: Technical Woobie Restock

Friday, January 3rd, 2025

The Technical Woobie is restocked just in time for the cooler, winter temperatures. WARM ACM 600 Merino Wool, our warmest wool layer. 100% made in the USA with 100% USA materials backed up by our standard lifetime warranty on materials and craftsmanship.

Premium nylon accents add abrasion and wind resistance, making this a durable cold weather top when worn as the outer layer.

The Full-length zipper and pockets utilize premium YKK zippers and durable FirstSpear S-Pulls.

Buttonholes inside the hand-warmer pockets and cord loops along the internal zipper seams allow for easy and discreet cable management.

Hood drawcords stash inside for windy days and an external loop hanger on the back gives you a handy place to secure the garment.

The cuffs are strategically designed with thumb holes for added protection and comfort.

The Technical Woobie offers an everyday style that’s matched with some of the most high-performance material combinations available and will quickly become your go-to top when the weather drops.

The Technical Woobie is more fitted. If you prefer a looser fit, go up one size from your regular wear (L goes to XL).

For more information check out, www.first-spear.com.

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