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OPEX 25 – Gray Fox Strategic

Friday, June 13th, 2025

Gray Fox Strategic formally debuted their Nexus AIWB Connector, a flexible, yet strong Tegris bridge to connect holster and accessory pouch like handcuff or spare mag for inside the waist and carry.

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OPEX 25 – Sparrows Lockpicks

Friday, June 13th, 2025

Sparrows has expanded way beyond lockpicks to add other forms of access devices. Take for instance this fence step displayed last month at Operator Expo in Ottawa.

www.sparrowslockpicks.com

OPEX 25 – Salomon Forces Genesis GTX Mid

Friday, June 13th, 2025

This is the upcoming Genesis Forces GTX Mid which is based on the popular trail running shoe, the Salomon Genesis.

www.salomon.com

OPEX 25 – Sneak Peek from Tomahawk Performance

Friday, June 13th, 2025

Tomahawk Performance gave us a sneak peek of their upcoming Cold Weather Combat Shirt. It combines an insulated upper with a Polartec fleece body.

OPEX 25 – TYR Tactical’s Duty Belt Selected by RCMP

Friday, June 13th, 2025

At Operator Expo I got a chance to check out the Tactical Duty Belt Kit from TYR, selected by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Turns out, more and more agencies in Canada are turning to TYR to provide this important piece of LE kit.

I spoke with the TYR Team and they gave told me, “TYR Tactical, renowned for its innovative body armour and ballistic carriers, has brought this same high-performance design and engineering to its line of belts. With an emphasis on durability, modularity, and comfort, these products are built to meet the demanding needs of tactical professionals.”

TYR Tactical Canada, after successfully becoming the provider of belts for the Vancouver Police Department, the Modular Assault Belt (MAB), and keeping with TYR’s tactical Motto, “Innovate or Die,” designed the Padded Duty Belt with extensive feedback and trials with local law enforcement personnel. Initially developed for officers with back and hip issues, the belt became the standard issue amongst local agencies.

To add to their success, TYR Canada was awarded the RCMP Padded Duty belt after an extensive user trial in August 2024 (5 Years 9500 Belts). After a redesign of TYR Tactical’ s TBB belt and following a user trial, it was awarded the RCMP Ergonomic Duty Belt (5 years, $ 14,000 belts), becoming the provider of all duty belts for the RCMP.

Most recently, TYR Canada was awarded the City of Winnipeg Police Duty Belts Contract.

They also provided this image which breaks down the kit.

COMPONENTS

1- INNER BELT

-External hook and loop to attach to the

Outer Duty Belt to prevent shifting

-2 Metal D-Rings for adjustable closure

2- SPACER MESH PAD

-Internal and Removable – .125”Thick

-Antimicrobial / FR Treated

-Attaches via hook and loop

3- OUTER DUTY BELT

-Single PALS webbing for MOLLE attachment

-Internal Poly insert improves belt structure

-Internal hook and loop

-Engineered using TYR Tactical’s

revolutionary Patented PV® material

-Dimensions: 3” Height

4- HOLSTER ADAPTER

-Available for 2” and 2.25”Holsters

-Slide on Attachment

5- TYR TACTICAL® BASE BELT-D

– Constructed from High Strength type 13 webbing

– Closure is through a 2” COBRA® Buckle

– Independently tested:

Vertical pull test 3084.4 kg (6,800lbs.) +/-5%

6- KEEPERS

– 1” mil spec webbing

– 4 per Duty Belt Kit

– Fastened via hook and loop

AVAILABLE SIZES

26″ – 54″

Rock’a Lock’a Bang! Bang! II

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025

During last week’s Operator Expo I spoke with Sparrow Lock Picks and I learned about the upcoming Rock’a Lock’a Bang! Bang! II. What I heard was simply amazing. I don’t think there has ever been another training opportunity quite like this one. I’d go further than calling this training. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The event takes place in a prison. If you choose to take this mission, your three day prison sentence is in Carson City, Nevada, SEPTEMBER 11-14, 2025.

Subject matter experts will lead this group of prisoners through a wide range of learning.

  • Lock picking
  • Breaching
  • Impressioning 
  • Safe and Vault manipulation
  • SERE … including resistance training
  • Vehicle Extraction with TNT RESCUE Tools 
  • Night Vision training and Lock Picking
  • Bypass tools
  • Safe and Vault drilling 
  • Vehicle Work
  • Desert Survival
  • Prison Tattoos
  • CQC with former Navy SEALs
  • Hostage Negotiation for intel Gathering

All of these skills will then be put to use on the final day as participants are placed into Tiger teams and assigned multiple tasks in seemingly real world environments. 

You’ll stay in Reno and all meals and transportation to and from the prison in Carson City each day will be provided.

Here’s a video from last year’s inaugural event.

To learn more, visit www.sparrowslockpicks.com/products/rocka-locka-bang-bang-ii.

Catch Up With Hudson Supplies At These May Events

Thursday, May 15th, 2025

Hudson Supplies May Events:

Rampart Range Day (May 27th)

OpEx (May 28-29)

Cansec (May 28-29)

Gray Fox Strategic – FLUX Capacitor Holster

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024

At last month’s Operator Expo in Ottawa, Gray Fox Strategic showed me their FLUX Capacitor holster for the FLUX Defense Raider. Now that SIG SAUER has announced (and shipping) the P320-FLUX Legion, it has become more attainable for a wider audience and the desire for holster options is growing. Talk about serendipity.

The Capacitor features universal mounting and adjustable retention and was designed to fit the Raider with or without rails as well as with a limited number of lights.  It is open ended to work with a variety of slides and compensators.  Their three retention screws as well as a few strategic catch points keep the Raider nice and secure in the holster.

Gray Fox Strategic holsters are built to order and the options list is quite expensive. Currently lead time for holsters is about three weeks.

grayfoxstrategic.ca/products/flux-capacitor