Category: Gear, Mods & Ammo

How to Mount a Safariland ELS Bracket to a Speed Belt

I’ve grown fond of the traditional speed belt, whereas you have an outer belt with hooks and an inner belt with loops. A single belt keeper wraps around the slack of the belt and your set. It’s a quick system, and using Blade-Tech Tek Loks with your mag pouches and shell carriers makes rearranging the belt an ease. The downside to using Tek Loks is that the belt becomes bulky where you have items attached,

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There’s No Shame In Using A Pump Shotgun For 3 Gun

Pump shotguns are heavy, slow, and many claim not an “optimal” option for 3 Gun. It’s because of this, that the typical first piece of advise you’ll get as a new 3 Gun shooter trying to prioritize investments is to buy a new shotgun and replace that clumsy old pump that you already have laying around. I’m here to argue different, and it’s on the assumption that you’ve already got a pump sitting in the

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Benelli M2 Field Load Port

Opening the loading port on a Benelli M2 (DIY)

Aside from adding a magazine extension tube, opening the loading port up on your shotgun is probably the most important modification you make. This was a DIY task that warranted much contemplation when I considered the risk of potentially ruining a $1,400 shotgun, but some practice with a less expensive 870 made me a bit more comfortable with the process. There are plenty of shops out there that will do this for a nominal fee, but

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Taccom Duelin Dueces Reviewed

A small fortune. That’s what it used to cost you to put a good amount of shotgun shells on your belt, until Taccom came out with the Duelin Dueces.   They come in at what I’d consider an economy price, just $44.95 direct from Taccom, but they offer so much more than just a cheap price tag. The Taccom Duelin Dueces are machined from Delrin, a thermoplastic that provides low friction and excellent dimensional stability –

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Vortex Viper PST 1-4×24 Riflescope Reviewed

Introduction to the Vortex Viper PST 1-4×24 Riflescope If you’re looking for a high-end optic for 3 Gun that won’t break the bank, your search is over. Having tried to stay within a reasonable budget and make 1.5x work with other scopes, it’s just not the same as the true 1x the Viper PST will give you. Add to that an etched illuminated reticle (with adjustable intensity), you can work targets up close at a red-dot-like

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