The PIG 40 Hour Pack is a lightweight yet rugged pack which features hybrid materials construction,and is designed for crossover functionality. It is the result of a 5-year design process, which kicked off in 2010.
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Too often we will rely on a mechanical solution for a physical flaw. Though sometimes necessary, like corrective lenses for aging eyes, often it is not. Most common, making a pistol site adjustment to bring the shots back into the center of the target. Most of the time the shots are not in the center due to bad grip, improper site alignment or a flawed trigger press.
Before making that site adjustment, have someone else fire it. Someone who can shoot! Accurately! I do this in every class, several times with several student’s pistols. Sometimes I do it because I do not believe that the shooter is influencing the poor group, and that he does indeed need to make a site adjustment. Most of the time however, I do it to show the student that it’s not the gun. “This is probably the most accurate gun I’ve ever shot in my life.”
Too many have heard me say this in my courses.
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). He also served as the Principle of TMACS Inc.
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.
Seventy-One years ago today the greatest generation of America and her Allies set in motion combined amphibious and airborne landings into France in order to begin the liberation of Western Europe from the clutches of the Third Reich. Thankfully, they were victorious and within the year our common enemy had fallen.
Two big surprises for me this Blade Show. First, Triple Aught Design is exhibiting for the first time. As I looked around their booth, out of the corner of my eye I spotted some MultCam which led to my second surprise.
For years, TAD fans have been asking for them to bring back MultiCam. They are doing it, in limited runs, in three pant styles. First up will be the Force 10s seen here followed by two as-yet-unnamed models. Keep your eyes peeled and your credit card ready and be prepared to mash that ‘F5’ button.
Pallas is Spartan Blades third folder. It features a 4″ S35VN blade with titanium and stainless hardware, a 6061 aluminum frame, and an awesome bearing action with both flipper and thumb stud. Available in July 2015.
Abs Master Bladesmith Daniel Winkler makes some of the best working knives out there with his no-nonsense designs. This Blade Show is no exception. He has released the Camp Knife which takes it overall dimensions from the knives he made for ABS competitions.
Built for serious use, the Camp Knife offers a 10″ 80CRV2 full tang blade with 1/4″ backstrap And an over all length of 15″. You may notice the two tone handle which on this example is made from a combination of micarta and rubber for a sure grip even in wet conditions. It is also offered with Maple or Micarta handle.
It also comes complete with a Kydex sheath featuring a slot for a sharpener which is included.
Designed with an eye toward creating the greatest folder in the world by distilling it to as few a parts as necessary, the Aculus combines a 4″ Niolox blade with an amazing handle milled from a single piece of titanium alloy. The blade offers a thumb stud and the Aculus has a belt clip along the other side with stud in the butt for use as a persuader.
The Neck is obviously a neck knife but it’s still in prototype mode. This push dagger design incorporates a handle crafted from Titanium alloy and an ELMAX blade with only one side sharpened. Coming early fall 2015.
