AXTS Weapons is having a sale to honor veterans. Until 5PM EST today (11/12/2011), if you order one of their fully ambidextrous AX556 billet lower receivers in combination with a Battle Arms Development BAD-ASS selector, you will receive $50 off the total price.
If you can’t make up your mind before 5PM today, they will be offering the same combo for $35 off the total price through November 17th.
You can purchase your AX556/BAD-ASS combo at AXTS Weapon’s website.
The fertile minds at ITS Tactical and Zulu Nylon Gear have collaborated to make the most original trauma pouch to the hit the market in some time.
The new ETA Trauma Kit Pouch is designed to hold ITS Tactical’s ETA Trauma Kit. The pouch features a new, well thought out shape and design that makes it streamlined but accessible and trim but capable of holding everything you need to treat the most common killers related to gun shot wounds (Extremity Hemorrhage, Tension Pneumothorax, and Airway Obstruction).
Travis Haley of Haley Strategic just posted a video that covers the finer points of the pouch and the kit:
Joel at Zulu Nylon Gear does amazing work, not just with the design of a pouch, but with the execution. If it has his brand on it, it will be bomb proof.
The ETA Trauma Kit Pouch will be released today, November 11, 2001, so be sure to check out ITS Tactical for details.
Veterans,
Thank you for your sacrifice. Thank you for standing to protect our nation’s freedom and way of life. Thank you for your courage and patriotism.
Thank you.
EXOTAC, my favorite manufacturer of amazingly well designed, modular fire starting gadgets, has a great new website and some great new products.
Among the new products are the nanoSTRIKER XL which is a larger version of the previously reviewed nanoSTRIKER. Its larger ferro rod section gives you more strikes at the cost of some extra weight and size.
They have also introduced the MATCHCAP XL which is a larger version of the MATCHCAP. The MATCHCAP series is the perfect way to keep matches completely protected from the elements until you need them. They also work well as a place to store some emergency tinder like petroleum jelly soaked cotton balls.
The new products that interest me most are the polySTRIKER and polySTRIKER XL. This is a new line of ferro rod products that features a molded plastic handle. The plastic handle features a slot that retains the striking tool so that it is safe from loss and very compact. The plastic also keeps weight and cost to a minimum. In fact, these are priced on par with many other ferro rods that don’t have nearly as nice a handle as the polySTRIKERs.
You can check out the new site and all the new products at EXOTAC.com.
I recently profiled a new ATS Tactical shingle for the 60 round Surefire High Capacity AR15 magazines. If open top pouches aren’t your preference or they won’t work for your application, then FirstSpear has you covered… with flaps. They have new Surefire Magazine Pockets for both the 60 and 100 round Surefire High Capacity AR15 magazines.
FirstSpear was selected by Surefire to make these pouches and they will be available in coyote brown directly from Surefire. However, if you want other color options like ranger green, Multicam, or black, they are available from FirstSpear.
The pouches feature MOLLE webbing on the exterior so you can attach other pouches to them. You probably won’t want to build out too far by stacking pouches on top of these but the webbing does wrap around the sides so it may be a good place to mount a tourniquet or something else that is compact. They also feature a flap closure that covers the magazine well to protect it from the elements and retain the magazine.
The version that fits the 100 round magazine is the only pouch that I am aware of right now made specifically for this magazine. If you own a Surefire 100 round magazine, it would be prudent to have a way to carry it when it isn’t locked into your AR.
You can check out the 60 round version and 100 round version on the FirstSpear website.
