It’s the Socorro, New Mexico Very Large Array.
You Never Know Where They’ll Show Up
January 18th, 2015HOG Saddle Goes OD for 2015
January 17th, 2015
The new OD Green PIG Saddle w/ Patriot Brown pads & knob.
Units will be on display at SHOT Show booth #20605.
Bill Geissele Talks 2015 New Products
January 17th, 2015Bill Geissele goes over the latest products for 2015 from Geissele Automatics and ALG Defense.
John Wayne Visits Hurlburt Field
January 17th, 2015Here’s one from the AFSOC archives.
Whiskey 5 – DSGI
January 17th, 2015Who:
Founded in 1995, Defense Solutions Group, Inc. (DSGI) is a privately owned U.S. Corporation serving Law Enforcement, Defense, Aerospace Industries, and the Shooting Sports. DSGI supports individual military and law enforcement personnel and the rapidly expanding civilian shooting sports markets through the retail company DSG Arms.
DSGI currently sponsors 3-Gun and Tactical Shooting Matches around Texas and the U.S. These efforts also include sponsorship of DSG’s own fleet of competitive shooters in addition to material support for other professional, collegiate and amateur shooters and teams.
What:
DSGI provides information products as well as manufactured goods under various DSGI brand names. Additionally the company distributes other high end brands of weapons components, optics, body armor and tactical gear to government, wholesale, and retail. DSGI’s information services development began in 1995 to provide the Aerospace and Defense industries with an easily accessible method of researching inventory availability as well as current and historical data about aerospace and defense related component purchases used in support of Air Transportation and U.S. Defense capabilities, via the internet.
Familiarity with current information technology coupled with in-house knowledge of the innovations made in weapons and equipment in the years prior to 9/11 allowed DSGI to transition seamlessly into direct military supply.
Today DSGI not only delivers the very best in brands and technology to the U.S. Military, but has also expanded its presence in Law Enforcement agency support while maintaining a large wholesale distribution network.
Where:
Through the retail website www.dsgarms.com, DSGI supports US Government operations as well as a growing audience of civilians and competitive shooters all over the US and many LE departments in Texas and surrounding states.
Our customers include United States Army Special Operations Command, Naval Special Warfare Command, Joint Special Operations Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DSS), Special Operations Group (SOG), U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Embassies around the globe, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Texas Department of Public Safety, SWAT, Texas Ranger Division – Border Operations, Federal Air Marshal Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) and many more.
When:
Founded in 1995.
Why:
In recent years technology and innovation in individual weapon systems and operational gear has evolved at a historically rapid pace. Operators today have different requirements and the equipment needed to meet those requirements can be very specific. Gear that was useful just a short time ago may have already been eclipsed in utility and durability by new products and DSGI maintains a constant presence in choosing the very best.
Our customers’ commitment to their mission drives our efforts to provide only high-end operational equipment choices. DSGI offers some of the very best selections related to weapons, components, armor, optics, eye protection, cleaning and maintenance products and more via its GSA Multi-Award Schedule Contract GS-07F-6007R.
DSGI understands that many purchasing responsibilities also fall on the individual Operator, Soldier or Law Enforcement Officer and DSGI, via DSG Arms, supports these individual purchasers with many of the same product choices offered directly to the government. Special discounted pricing is available to each and every active duty Military and Law Enforcement professional.
The same quick service and solid customer support is extended to our largest and smallest customers alike.
Product selection is key. Utility, innovation and durability drive the products we choose to offer our valued customers. At the same time emphasis is placed on the integrity and commitment to DSGI of the supplier and its support of our Fighting Forces and U.S. citizens.
DSGI strives to provide the most innovative and durable high-end parts and accessories for the AR15 & M4 family of weapons as well as active wear, gear and boots. With a 70,000 sq. ft. campus, DSG’s massive on-site inventory, pro-active shipping, and super-responsive sales staff has created a large and loyal customer following based on superior selection and service.
Gunfighter Moment – Daryl Holland 
January 17th, 2015
Streamline your kit and don’t be that guy with the floppy leg holster, soon to lose his pistol when he really has to run for it!
Why wouldn’t you want a streamlined kit? Sure, cover the vital body parts of the head and torso. However, don’t become a Kevlar turtle because mobility and speed are extremely critical in a gunfight without even getting into marksmanship capabilities. For what’s at stake, you would think that everybody wants a lighter and more streamlined kit. If it’s not the heavier weight slowing you down and humbling you or adding more wear and tear to the body, I t’s that there is always something to climb over in an urban environment. I’ve been told that around 80% of the world’s population lives around the urban environment. During my time as a sniper, weight became a high consideration due to climbing into position before the assault, which meant roof tops most of the time. I’ve been on dozens of roof tops in Baghdad alone. Even as an Assault Team Leader, every suspect had a wall or fence to climb over.
I like seeing that Bravo Company Manufacturing & Blue Force Gear have done their research, with hands on experienced personnel helping design gear for the current day battlefield that keep our operators on the leading edge of kit. Several colors and options help modify to your own specific needs and easily changed out to meet the next mission requirements.
If I was putting my kit on with the chance of a gun fight, I’d consider taking kit off my legs and wear a drop holster on my belt. Before going out on a mission after modifying your kit, you should always test it by jumping up and down, running and not just jogging, but like your life depended on it. If you’re a garage sale afterward, then adjust as necessary.
Respectfully, Daryl Holland
Daryl Holland is a retired U.S. Army Sergeant Major with over 20 years of active duty experience, 17 of those years in Special Operations. Five years with the 1st Special Forces Group (SFG) and 12 years in the 1st SFOD-Delta serving as an Assaulter, Sniper, Team Leader, and OTC Instructor.
He has conducted several hundred combat missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Philippines, and the Mexican Border. He has conducted combat missions in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush Mountains as a Sniper and experienced Mountaineer to the streets of Baghdad as an Assault Team Leader.
He has a strong instructor background started as an OTC instructor and since retiring training law abiding civilians, Law Enforcement, U.S. Military, and foreign U.S. allied Special Operations personnel from around the world.
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.
Stabilizing Braces Aren’t Illegal – You Just Have To Use Them As Designed
January 17th, 2015The BATFE has struck! Several years ago, SIG SAUER introduced the SB-15, a shooting brace that attached to a pistol order to assist the shooters in wielding rifle caliber pistols one-handed.
According to the ATF, “These devices are described as “a shooter’s aid that is designed to improve the single-handed shooting performance of buffer tube equipped pistols.” The device claims to enhance accuracy and reduce felt recoil when using an AR-style pistol.” Of course, we all know that people have been using them to shoulder rifle caliber pistols. The problem is, some of those very people kept writing the ATF and asking about the legality of using them this way.
Thanks to all those inquiries from concerned citizens, on 16 January, 2016, just three days before SHOT Show, the Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division (FATD), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has issued a “OPEN LETTER ON THE REDESIGN OF “STABILIZING BRACES”.
(Insert golf clap and the phrase, “This is why we can’t have nice things.)
Here are a few pertinent highlights:
ATF hereby confirms that if used as designed—to assist shooters in stabilizing a handgun while shooting with a single hand—the device is not considered a shoulder stock and therefore may be attached to a handgun without making a NFA firearm. However, ATF has received numerous inquiries regarding alternate uses for this device, including use as a shoulder stock. Because the NFA defines both rifle and shotgun to include any “weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder,” any person who redesigns a stabilizing brace for use as a shoulder stock makes a NFA firearm when attached to a pistol with a rifled barrel under 16 inches in length or a handgun with a smooth bore under 18 inches in length.
The pistol stabilizing brace was neither “designed” nor approved to be used as a shoulder stock, and therefore use as a shoulder stock constitutes a “redesign” of the device because a possessor has changed the very function of the item. Any individual letters stating otherwise are contrary to the plain language of the NFA, misapply Federal law, and are hereby revoked. (emphasis added)
Any person who intends to use a handgun stabilizing brace as a shoulder stock on a pistol (having a rifled barrel under 16 inches in length or a smooth bore firearm with a barrel under 18 inches in length) must first file an ATF Form 1 and pay the applicable tax because the resulting firearm will be subject to all provisions of the NFA.
The letter is pretty straight forward. It doesn’t make the Stabilizing Brace illegal as designed. It doesn’t even make it illegal to use as a stock on a pistol (ahem, rifle) with a barrel under 16″ or a shottie under 18″. But if you do, you’ll need to submit a Form 1 and get a tax stamp to create a short barreled rifle or shotgun.
There’s a takeaway here, but what’s the point of even kicking the horse? It’s dead.
(h/t Recoil – Gear Scout)
Sneak Peek – EGL HickenLoop Pouch for 2 x Magpul D60 Magazines
January 17th, 2015As soon as Extreme Gear Labs saw the new 60 round D60 magazine unveiled earlier this week by Magpul they knew they had to make a pouch for it.
This is the first go around. Expect it to be refined as the magazines hit the streets.
