Zombie Squad

I honestly spent an hour today looking into that tissue box, only to see it can't hold a Glock 17. I'd get one custom made but that would be nearly double the price...

The good news: the person who has begun sharing my bed is okay with me keeping my Glock 17 nearby while we sleep. In the past it has simply sat on the nightstand in its holster. However, she would prefer if it were concealed from plain view simply because she's still getting used to the lifestyle. T...

Looks like I'm closing on the 15th, should have photos for analysis before the month is over.

Tagging this, I'm in the exact same situation.

I'm about to close on a place closer to my work, rigging it up for frequent out of town guests due to being next to the airport. Noticing the guest room had a walk-in closet, I got the idea of beefing up that interior door and using that area to house my rifle locker and store anything of distinct v...

The dominoes to wait for with the shoulder brace: Which other brands will get the same okay, and will ATF publicly say it doesn't care. For the time being it looks like the SBR tax stamp is now extinct unless you want a particular shoulder stock.

I personally am your standard mall ninja hoarding .223 and 9mm, but time and time again I've read into the theory of caliber diversity in prepping for both shortages and disasters. Years back some one on here posted a Front Site article recommending that preppers should carry a pouch of no less than...

I am completely open to power sources as long as it's nothing overly exotic. If I can charge it USB or swap it with gas station batteries, I'm happy.

I've been running a Petzl Tactikka for backpacking and outdoors work since 2007-8, been happy with it while knowing it's obsolete. REI dividend just arrived, I'm looking at their new Petzl and Black Diamond options and even the budget ones run 200 lumens while my old one barely hits 40. Time to have...

As for the secondary market, do recall that those 50s-era 1911s will be sold for a starting price of $1,000 for the rack-grade models. If they can mark up beater-barrel 1911s to cost more than a high-end Springfield sporting model, expect these M9s to be less than convenient to obtain. Regarding the...

I'm looking to find some easy kit foods to keep in my car. The snag? I'm in Illinois. It's about to dip below zero again. Meanwhile, this is my work car, lot of days in hot parking lots. What are some temp-stable or relatively stable foods I can keep around with occasional restocking?

Spent all day yesterday working a GSSF match, it's truly half-match and half-raffle so you have a lot of pros with ten Glocks in each caliber and size and a lot of random people who borrowed a gun for the match who end up getting a free Glock of their choosing. Since I was squadding, I asked some of...

In a TCCC course recently the instructors has us run both these tourniquets for the stated reasons, he initially was a SOFT guy but has switched to CATs for self-application speed because even as a seasoned medic he was having snags self-applying and getting the shackles locked. The SOFT still works...

I've been updating my on-body and in-bag gear quite a bit lately, recently broke out my car kit which is currently just a general odds and ends kit for mild issues. It's just a plastic box kit from Target which I added components and tools to, squeezes under the front seat. However, the last few yea...

I did the exact, same, thing. Heard the Mini was the standard...then using it in low-tide swampland had me struggling to get small amounts due to the slow flow, particularly if you're trying to use large amounts instead of sipping from a bag as many do. Unless you're sipping from a filtered pouch/bo...

Just heard from my tactical guru who for a while was marketing a shotgun course, saying just grab any old pump action and they'll get you running with it. Reportedly, that project failed so horribly they're nixing the entire course selection. They ran a weekend deal where day one was shotgun, day tw...

Tried out using my space tarp to reflect heat at the ZS: 20 winter campout. Worked beautifully, we tried it side by side with a crinkly old school one and the disposable one seemed a tad warmer.

I have some idle time to kill over this winter, looking to make the most of it with some courses or classes. Anyone know what I should look for in a wilderness first aid course to get my money's worth? Also, any other standardized courses for the outdoors that would be handy and utilitarian?

Obviously I'm biased and sheltered from this section of the firearms community, I am very open to hearing what makes shotguns work and their ideal uses. I'm not buying one unless three-gun starts up in my region or if some friends get me into clay shooting, but for some it may indeed be the key. As ...

I live a truly typical life. I work in a cubicle all day, and drive home to a wooded but wildlife free suburb that is slowly being turned into industrial parks and houses. I rent a room in a townhouse with neighbors' kids running around on various wheeled toys outside. I am not a hunter, and my frie...

So...I can't take selfies with the passing livestock?

Leave No Trace has classes and direct instruction?

Looking to try out a Sawyer Mini, but am finding tricky options in integrating it with a hydration pack. I have a standard blue 3L bladder, in theory I could just cut the tube close to the bladder and add the filter in-line. This makes it tricky to access when it needs to be backwashed later on. Or,...

Deanna's husband really did mean well, but wow was he a terrible engineer. This is nepotism at its finest. The senator's husband who never found work as a carpenter designs the defense wall with the supports on backwards, her 'I was in ROTC for two semesters' son becomes head of defense, next you'll...