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LED Shoe Laces

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

Leave it to Doctrine Man to find the 21st Century Alternative to the reflective belt. Meet the LED Shoe Lace.

Seeing how these are already out of stock, I’d hazard a guess that these will be showing up at an Air Force Base near you.

www.coolproductsusa.com/shop/led-shoelaces

The Eureka4 Holster

Monday, November 19th, 2012

Obviously a Spanish product, the Eureka4 holster is demonstrated by this Spanish Police woman. Eureka4 is an innovation incubator and this is their first product. However, I’m not quite sure what to say about their marketing video.

www.eureka4.com

Thanks Kevin!

The Best Instructor on the Planet

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

www.GetOffTheX.com

www.facebook.com/JamesYeagerofTacticalResponse

www.TacticalResponse.com

Medal of Honor Warfighter – The Most Accurate Video Game Ever

Saturday, October 27th, 2012

Mmm…maybe not

Thanks CK

Wolfhawk – The Knife That Mounts On Your Rifle

Saturday, September 29th, 2012

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Normally, a knife that mounts on your rifle its called a bayonet, unless it’s the Wolfhawk. A joint venture between Battle Blades and TOPS Knives, the Wolfhawk series utilizes a sheath that incorporates a Mil Std 1913 rail compatible mount.

Offered in two blade (Hunter and Tanto) and two handle (micarta and paracord) versions, it features a 3-1/4″ blade made from 1095 High Carbon steel (RC 56-58).

When I see things like this that are done simply because they can be, I fear we have invented everything.

The “Official” Word on the ‘Recoil’ Magazine Gaffe – Updated

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

This gets even better. According to David Reeder of ‘KitUp!’ the statement below by My Galloway (who no one can now reach) is not an official position. In Reeder’s article it sounds as if ‘Recoil’ Editor Jerry Tsai is saying that Galloway did this of his own accord and is off the reservation. Unfortunately, his only source for this denial is Tsai, the epicenter of the controversy. Wonderful. ‘Recoil’ publisher Source Interlink Media doesn’t have a single voice and hasn’t addressed the issues. Regardless of whether this remains their position, they haven’t issued a retraction or clarification. And, they still have intimated that the anti-Second Amendment sentiments weren’t Tsai’s but rather H&K’s. H&K has officially denied this.

To summarize: The “Offical” position is unoffically the unofficial position. Is anyone in charge? What a mess!

Please read ‘Recoil’ magazine publisher Source Interlink Media’s position on Editor Jerry Tsai’s Second Amendment gaffe in issue number 4. For those of you unaware of this internet crap storm please read this first soldiersystems.net/2012/09/10/you-cant-run-from-the-internet-take-2

In light of some of the comments and complaints made about a paragraph in a recent article about the Heckler & Koch MP7A1, Recoil wishes to make the following points clear:

· It is simply not credible for anyone to question Recoil’s support for, and commitment to, the Second Amendment. Recoil is first and foremost a gun lifestyle magazine, aimed at the modern shooting enthusiast.

· The opinions in the paragraph in question accurately reflected those of the manufacturer, and should have been reported as direct quotes. Recoil acknowledges the way the paragraph was written has caused unnecessary confusion.

· Jerry Tsai, a passionate gun enthusiast and the visionary behind Recoil magazine, will remain as editor of Recoil.

We thank you for your support and understanding.

Quite honestly, if you read the article, it was one paragraph that was actually quoted from the manufacturer and we did not state it that way. Recoil has 26,000 likes on face book and the magazine has only been out for three issues and issue number 4 is just hitting the streets. I honestly believe that this will not hurt the magazine. I have not lost anyone as a result of this and do not expect to.

Joe Galloway
Associate Publisher
5.0 Mustang & Super Fords
Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords
Phone 813-675-3493
Fax 813-675-3557
Email joe.galloway@sorc.com
Assistant: Jennifer Conklin 813-675-3507

Now, I have a few words. Initially, I didn’t want to throw Jerry Tsai under the bus. As I understand it, he is a very nice guy and he had the vision and passion to launch ‘Recoil’ in the first place. But, after talking to many in industry I realized that Mr Tsai was way out of his league here. If it hadn’t been this, his inexperience would have manifested itself somewhere else. I have come to the conclusion that if ‘Recoil’ is to survive, there is no way that Mr Tsai can edit or write for it. Unfortunately, publisher Source Interlink Media is so naive about the firearms industry that they don’t get it either. Pretty scary. Even worse, they aren’t getting it after losing multiple advertisers. They don’t believe they have lost readers either. They think that Facebook ‘likes’ equal readers. What they don’t get is that folks have ‘liked’ them on Facebook so that they can more easily follow the lunacy.

But, what is worse than some losing advertisers and readers is their relationship with the very industry that they are supposed to be covering. Rather than manning up and accepting Mr Tsai’s words, they are now blaming the words and associated anti-Second Amendment sentiment on Heckler & Koch. Well done. You’ve now alienated one gun maker and the others are probably rubbing their chins wondering if you’ll make them look bad as well. Who is going to provide samples for those cute little photo layouts? What gun company is going to take them to the range? Who will even talk to them? You can’t have a magazine without content. I supported ‘Recoil’ from the beginning and I would have stayed right behind them had they shown industry that they were willing to learn from this and move forward. Instead, they don’t get it at all. They’ve now taken an adversarial stance toward the firearms and tactical industries. I can’t abide by that.

I have heard various versions of this today so I’ll just paraphrase, “Recoil, you need industry. You’ve shown us we don’t need you.”

Please Don’t Do This At Home

Thursday, September 6th, 2012

If you are going to video yourself shooting someone in the armor in your spare room, at least button up your shirt. Tactical Fanboy recently ran this video of Italy’s B-Max demonstrating their armor plates.

Anti-Military? Ummm, How About Anti-Nazi?

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

Over the weekend we reported on the MarineCorpsSS Facebook page. It seems that some who have served in the Marine Corps Sniper community are butthurt over the Corps’ wise choice to ban the use of the Nazi doppelsigrunen insignia of the SchuetzStaffel. Considering that the symbol is forever associated with the systematic killing, torture, and enslavement of approximately twelve million people at the hands of the SS, it’s no surprise that reasonable folks are flabbergasted at the thought of Marines wanting to identify with the device. Quite frankly it’s anti-American.

Apparently after our report, someone reported the page to Facebook, that by its own admission is, “A page dedicated to keeping the SS symbol alive and well in the Marine Scout Sniper community”. Facebook deleted the header image that featured the offending Nazi insignia. So naturally, the owners of the page have posted a retort. It’s absolutely hilarious considering the message the Nazi symbology they hold so dear sends to others. And, it pretty much outs them as the Nazi lovers they so long to be.

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We didn’t out them, but is it any surprise that they were? Here are their two previous headers. Notice that their small photo lost the lightning bolts first so as to disguise their intent.

First it looked like this

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and then, it changed to this

At this point I am sure the group has garnered the attention of NCIS who are probably, at this very moment, perusing the fan list to see if any are still on Active Duty. Not to mention DHS, the Southern Poverty Law Center as well as the Anti-Defamation League who are all ardent anti-Nazis. Of course, the answer to this mess is simple; stop being a wannabe Nazi.

I’ll leave you with this.

The Facebok page is www.facebook.com/MarineCorpsSS