Posts by Ravelin Group
Celebrating 18 Years of Safe Direction® Ballistic Containment Systems
Jeff Cooper famously declared: “Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.” I was one of Colonel Cooper’s American Pistol Institute (pre-Gunsite) students back in 1980. His uncompromising tutelage remains deeply impressed “between my ears”. I’ve attempted to do my best over the past 42 years to instill…
Read More“Cut, Hack and Hammer!!” Vintage Becker Tac Tool
Specifications: BK&T Tac Tool, Also know as TacTul, DivTul and ResqDivTul 8 1/2″ fixed blade, 13″ overall length, 1/4″ material 440A sandblasted steel; Esta-Loc Handle, Eagle Cordura sheath Marked with the BK&T logo, made in the 1990s for BK&T by Blackjack Knives in Effingham, IL Every knife maker worth his salt inserts hard-won experience and distinctive…
Read MoreGAW Leatherworks Lever Wrap
TGR Enterprises, Inc. offers an easy and effective DIY remedy for painful “lever knuckle”. “Lever knuckle” mainly occurs after rapidly working the action of your lever-action carbine or rifle and the backs of your middle and ring fingers get bruised from making hard contact when quickly working the steel lever. The Brass Stacker™ GAW Leatherworks…
Read MoreCanik TP9 SF Elite
Century Arms Canik TP9 SF Elite in 9mm gobbled up 600+ rounds of factory loaded 115 grain FMJ ammunition (Mag-Tech, S&B, Winchester and Federal) plus 100 rounds of Federal’s 124 grain +P HST load without any significant indigestion or malfunction. This made-in-Turkey entry into the crowded and popular polymer frame, striker-fired 9mm defensive pistol performed with…
Read MoreFred Perrin’s Clever Claw
Coup de main is a military term (literally, helping hand or blow by hand) referring to a maneuver that relies on speed and surprise in order to accomplish an objective in a single blow. Close combat instructor and native of France, Fred Perrin, is responsible for designing a line of fixed, short-bladed knives that are capable of delivering a…
Read MoreAll In: Cheata Trotter Bra
Today’s post was written by my wife, Kate. I’m a woman who has stayed at the sidelines of defensive firearm training for 30 years. I simply love a man who loves firearms and devotes his life to firearm training. However, over the last three decades, I’ve been called on, as a support person, to do…
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