The Estwing Black Eagle Tomahawks are now available. We first told you about them a few months ago and now they are finding their way to retailer’s shelves. Home Depot has the full Black Eagle line on their website and the prices are quite attractive.
Shellback Tactical is at SWAT Round-Up showing their wares, including something new and pretty slick – the Banshee QD.
The Banshee QD is new version of the über popular Banshee Plate Carrier. It features a redesigned cummerbund that is designed to allow very quick donning and doffing. The new cummerbund is more trim than the original cummerbund and will not allow the use of side armor. Initially, the new cummerbund will be available as part of a complete Banshee QD package. Eventually the QD cummerbund will be available as an accessory to retrofit your original Banshee PC.
Shellback Tactical is anticipating that the Banshee QD will be available shortly after SHOT Show. Check out ShellbackTactical.com.
Unity Tactical, designers of the ATOM concept, have opened up pre-ordering (with special pricing, free shipping, and free swag) of their ridiculously cool FUSION mounting system.
The FUSION is a modular mounting solution that allows you to use a single chassis to mount everything from sights, to lights, to lasers, and more in positions that allow all to work together in a way that makes sense. The heart of the system is the HUB which is designed to be mounted on the top rail of a railed hand guard and to which various different types of mounts and rails can be affixed.
It is really easier to show the pictures of the FUSION to give an idea of what it can do than it is to try write it all out here. Check out the FUSION on UnityTactical.com.
Battle Systems LLC announced that they are running a sale from now until to the end of year. If you buy $20 worth of gear, you will receive a roll of their excellent Vinyl Tape, Coyote Brown. Buy an MPIL, and you’ll get a free roll of tape. If you buy 3 rolls of tape, you’ll get a 4th roll free. There are lots of opportunity to get some free tape.
MPILs and rolls of Vinyl Tape, Coyote Brown are the very definition of stocking stuffers. Check out BattleSystemsLLC.com.
Imagine your carbine’s hand guard is the dial of a clock where the top rail is at 12 o’clock. When I first started training with carbines for defense (and fun), most weapon lights that I saw where mounted somewhere around 4 to 5 o’clock, or 7 to 8 o’clock for south paws, so people could activate their lights with their support hand thumb that was being wrapped around a vertical grip. Then, as the way people used vertical grips changed to more of a thumb break method, so did the positions of their lights to 10 to 11 o’clock, or 2 to 3 o’clock for south paws. There are also proponents of mounting their lights are 3, 6, 9, and 12 o’clock.
An example of a light mounted at 12 o’clock (on the top rail)
Sometimes you can tell a lot about how someone holds a carbine by how they have mounted their light and sometimes I am left scratching my head when I see a light mounted in a strange position for no reason at all. So, now I want to know where you mount your light and why you chose to mount it there. Did you take into account your shooting stance and grip? Does the use of cover play into your decision? Were there other factors? Is there a light mount position that want to try but haven’t yet?
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