Originally streamed on Feb. 13th, the Professor sits down with an adult beverage to talk live about the new BFT47 from Century Arms, and bayonets.
We took a brand new Tisas Zigana PX9 Gen 3 “Duty” pistol and ran 1000 rounds through it. The testing was designed to be realistic and practical and to mimic the conditions that the end user could expect.
In addition to the pistol, we evaluated Wolf 9x19mm ammunition, carry gear from CrossBreed Holsters and the EDC CLP product. Professor Paul ran myriad shooting drills and discussed them throughout.
We test out the new VP12, a 12 gauge, AK-style, semi-automatic shotgun from SDS Imports. During our testing we will feed the VP12 a variety of 12 gauge ammunition from lightweight field loads to heavier recoiling 00 buckshot and slugs. We will also use both standard 2 and ¾ as well as 3 inch shells.
The VP12 is fed via 5 round magazines and the controls very closely mimic those of the AKM or Kalashnikov guns. This semi-auto gun has an adjustable gas system and an externally threaded barrel to allow the installation of a muzzle brake, should the shooter desire.
O.F. Mossberg listened to their customers and created the new Model 590S. The “S” stands for “short-shells” or “shorty”. By modifying the shell elevator, Mossberg created the first from the factory pump-action shotgun designed to hold and cycle 1 ¾, 2 ¾, and 3 inch 12 gauge shotshells.
We recently took the gun to the range and tested it and are excited to report back to you. In addition to the new shotgun, Professor Paul is pleased to review a fantastic piece of gear for shotgun shooters from Original SOE Gear of Camden, Tennessee.
We are experiencing a crisis in education, people, young and old, do not seem to know how to rack their weights when they have finished using them. Fear not, we are here to help.
Jarrad Markel will offer an easy to follow video tutorial explaining and demonstrating how to put the weights back on the rack in a public gym so they are ready for other people to use them. We are pleased to offer the public service.
Professor Paul has a quick gear checklist for anyone who is preparing to attend a firearms training school. We will consider a number of obvious and not so obvious items and discuss why they are important.
When you get to a gun school, you want to be able to focus on learning not on gear problems. This video should put you ahead of the game and help you make the most of your time on the range.
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Professor Paul teamed up with Readyman and Juxxi for a Battlbox Mission 92 unboxing video. We will examine the Basic through Pro Plus Battlbox gear offering. Are you ready to step off into the wilderness?
The month’s Mission includes something sharp that folds and something sharp that does not. There is something to sleep on and something to camouflage your gear from a perspective of sight and scent. Also, there is something that launches sharp and pointy things.
The Pimphand of America broke out his guitar and jammed out in the spirit of the season.
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Jarrad is out in the field with his Crate Club! It’s time to pop this baby open and see what inside he can use to help survive the outdoors.
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Professor Paul is back with another BattlBox review. This one is Mission 93 and he will take the gear out into the snow and test it out. We have an Uberleben fire starter and backpack stove, axe wax and a Skatchet, Holtzman Gorillas Survival Knife and a Hiker Medic kit from MyMedic.
A big thanks to www.Readyman.com and www.BattlBox.com for giving us the opportunity to review this gear.
As you would expect, the ARX100 is semi-automatic and has a 16 inch barrel with a true 5.56mm NATO chamber. The muzzle device is a NATO-style flash hider/muzzle brake. By using a great deal of high-strength polymer and aluminum, as well as steel where needed, Beretta was able to keep the empty weight relatively low at only 6.8 pounds. For a full-sized rifle this is exceptional. By comparison, the empty weight for the Colt M16A2 is 7.5 pounds.
The operation for this rifle is a short-stroke, gas piston. One of the features that the Beretta engineers built into the rifle was “the lightweight technopolymer receiver allows for reliable operation with virtually no lubricants.” The old Marine in me cringes at the thought of running a dry rifle, but I appreciate the idea of deliberately minimizing metal and metal contact to reduce friction.
All of the manual controls on the ARX100 are built to be ambidextrous. I suppose the only feature that is not “ambi” is the side folding stock which both retracts and folds to the right side of the receiver. The charging handle for the bolt can be set up so that it is accessed either from the left side of the receiver or the right. As you might expect, Italy, being a NATO member, required the ARX160 to use the STANAG 5.56mm aluminum magazine. The ARX100 followed suit. The magazine release is ambidextrous.
The BattlBox Mission 94 theme would seem to be adventures on the road and illumination. There are numerous products from Rhino USA for your car, truck, or SUV. There are illumination tools from Paleblue, POD LED, and UCO.
Naturally, there is something sharp in the Pro Plus box; a Civivi Brazen flipper pocket knife with a Damascus blade. Listen louder for our review of this box filled with tremendously useful gear.
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When we talk about the Bug Out Bag, the first question needs to be; where are you going? Or, what do you plan to do when you get to where you are going?
Professor Paul has some recommendations for gear that should go into a Big Bug Out Bag (BBOB). We will address the basic needs; Water, Food, Shelter, Warmth, Comfort, and Medical Gear - www.shopsotg.com
No one will argue that the Smith & Wesson Shield pistol is compact enough to easily be carried concealed. However, there seems to be a question as to whether or not it is accurate beyond close range.
Professor Paul took his personal Shield 2.0 chambered in .45 ACP and outfitted with Night Fision Accu8 Tritium sights to the range for an accuracy test. Can this compact EDC gun be relied upon to make headshots at 15 yards? How about hits at 25 yards?
You say that you live in a “good neighborhood” and nothing bad will ever happen where you live? Okay, what about your Aunt Suzie? When the riots hit and the looters are prowling, how quickly can you get to your Aunt Suzie to save her from the lawlessness?
We will focus on the gear that should be kept in a basic Roll-Out Bag. When you have to go NOW, there will be no time to go out in the garage or down to the basement and find the gear that you need. Your emergency gear needs to be ready and staged if you are hoping to be successful during a crisis.
Do you own a ballistic sledgehammer? Is the .308 Winchester only good as a distance cartridge? Can rifles chambered in 7.62mm NATO be employed as close quarters fighting tools?
We have the DS Arms SA-58, a faithful reproduction of the FN FAL and we will run the gun rapidly and in close quarters. You can decide for yourself whether or not the FAL has “too much recoil” for rapid shooting or even double-taps.
We were able to review the first METE pistols from Canik USA a bit more than a year ago, now we have the newest handgun in the METE line; the MC9. This subcompact, striker-fired, polymer-framed pistol is comparable in size to the G43 9mm.
This small handgun has a lot to offer the armed citizen. We examine the features and go to the range to test it out.
Sometimes other people help us to learn lessons. The “Running Late Bag” idea came about after a good friend was rushing his child to school and left home without any of the fundamental four on his person. He ran into a threat and had no tools.
Professor Paul will offer a solution to ensuring that you are alway able to be dangerous on demand, regardless of how much of a hurry you might be in. Never leave home without the fundamental four on your person.