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I want to start off by saying that this is not an advertisement, I am not funded, sponsored, nor have received any free shit to review from Special Operations Equipment (SOE), because I know how people are on the internet, and just in general.
This is just my opinion of the undeniable quality of a product.
This is just my opinion of the undeniable quality of a product.
I have tried many duty belts, many inner belts and even more gun belts and very few companies even came close to what I wanted in any of those categories.
But one day me and some buddies were out enjoying a day of Freedom (a.k.a range day) and I was getting pissed off because this PIECE OF SHIT 5.11 gun belt, I believe it was the 1.5" trainer belt but I'm not too sure, was sagging under the weight of the gun and pretty much falling apart.
My buddy Mike saw my frustration and showed me the belt he was wearing. It looked and felt like the most rigid and sturdy belt I had ever seen, it was all around well built. He told be where he had gotten it and informed me that if I did order one I might be in for a little wait, but assured me that it would be well worth it.
By that recommendation I was introduced to SOE.
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| The SOE logo. |
With in 2 weeks I had received an email that "A box of american made Badassery" was being shipped to me, and 2 days later it was at my doorstep.
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| 1.5" EDC Belt |
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| 1.5" EDC Belt with promotional white and blue Combat Cock |
The Combat Cock was part of a promotion that they had been running. They run these promos every now and then giving you pretty good discounts and free shit ranging from a variety of things; many different Combat Cocks, bags, and other nylon gear.
Now back to the belt. On inspection the belt is a simple yet very rigid 1.5 inch nylon belt with a cobra buckle closure. It was very well made and the stitch work is beyond superb, it looked like it was made to take abuse.
The belt looked great, it looked strong but looks can be deceiving, so my plan was that I was going used the hell out of it. And so I did, I used the hell out of it, from classes, to plinking at the range, to just using it everyday and eventually using it as an inner belt while on duty, it impressed me more and more, it didn't fall apart, it held its stiffness and rigidity and just worked perfectly.
Special Operations Equipment had impressed me with the quality and durability of there product, they had definitely gained a life long customer. I ended up purchasing more things from them, a lot more. I bought more belts from them, which are still running strong.
For work I bought a duty belt with a hook velcro lining to replace my old galls duty belt, a velcro lined low profile inner belt. And I also bought some of there other nylon gear, all of which are fucking amazing and durable.
More recently I ordered another duty belt from them, my original one is still going strong and still looks new the 4 years that I have had it, but the new one looks better because it sports a cobra buckle.
All I can say is that if you want durable quality made in the United States nylon gear ranging from chest rigs, belts and bags look no further than Special Operations Equipment, they are the best at the craft. No matter what other brands of belts I have bought and used, I always end up going right back to SOE belts and the other band belts go right in the trash.
If you want to check out there products click HERE.
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| Cocks for everyone |
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Today September 17, 2016 marks the 129th birth of the Constitution of the United States of America.
On this day 129 years ago, September 17, 1787, thirty-nine brave men, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to ratify and sign the document they had created.
We encourage all Americans to observe this important day in our nation's history by attending local events in your area. Celebrate Constitution Day through activities, learning, parades and demonstrations of our Love for the United State of America and the Blessings of Freedom Our Founding Fathers secured for us.
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On body EDC update 09.13.16
My keys in a Key Bar key holder, Trayvax Axis wallet, R.A.T.S tourniquet, Leatherman Rail multi-tool, Casio Pro Trek PRW-3000 triple sensor atomic watch, Ti-EDC titanium knuckle, jet lighter, Spyder Co Resilience knife, Glock 19 gen4 (9mm) w/extra magazine, Surefire X300 weapon mounted light (New upgraded 600 lumen model), 550 fire cord bracket (w/fishing kit, wire saw, & snare wire inside), G-Code incog shadow eclipse IWB holster, Surefire E2D Defender Ultra (500 lumens), ChapStick, a pen, all weather note pad, and a pack of Trident gum.
Not pictured Nexus 6P (used to take the photo), Special Operations Equipment (SOE) EDC Belt, G-code IWB mag holster, Rapid Deployment Tourniquet Holder from ReFactor (on belt), my badge and credentials.
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A great 6 part tutorial series of how to setup your AR-15 style rifle brought to you by Nate and Travis of Haley Strategic Partners.
"Nate goes over how to set up your adjustable stock to fit you and help improve your body mechanics. This video is the first of six videos in the series sharing how to set up your carbine."
For more info on training or to check out some gear visit https://www.haleystrategic.com/
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| Photo via Magpul |
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The Shooting Club app take a fun and new approach to bringing the firearms community together. It touts itself as "The world's first social shooting experience", bring many people to call it the Facebook for guns. The app launched on both Android and IOS in May of 2014, and has started to gain a pretty large following. The Shooting Club allows people to talk about firearms, compare experiences and compete for cash and prizes.
Here is the way the creator describes what the application is ideally about;
"The Shooting Club is the world’s first shooting sports app that allows users to find a local indoor shooting range, improve their firearm safety and marksmanship, connect with other shooters across the country, and win cash and prizes - regardless of skill level.
People new to the sport of pistol shooting can be intimidated at a shooting range, due to a lack of knowledge and experience. The Shooting Club helps eliminate that intimidation and empowers beginners and experts alike, by providing training videos and safety tips, making practice more fun, and improving marksmanship and self-defense in a rewarding way."
My hand on time with The Shooting Club was an enjoyable one, the app still need work to fully functional on android (or at least across all android devices), and you do have to purchase proprietary targets to use the full functionality and main purpose of the app but besides that it was very fun. You have the ability to create your own groups and compete amongst friends and you can compete regionally and nationally regardless of skill level. The app truly brings the firearms community together in a new and interesting way. The only downside is the expensive proprietary targets but besides that the experience is awesome.
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| Gun control Liar |
Virginians Citizens Defense League (VCDL) filed a suit against Katie Couric and "Under the Gun" director Stephanie Soechtig. The $12 million defamation lawsuit is for the misleading edits to the 2016 film they touted as a documentary
The misleading edits to the film the VCDL said made members appear stumped by Couric's gun control questions, when in fact they were not.
"Katie Couric has publicly admitted that the film, which was presented to VCDL as a 'documentary,' was misleading and misrepresented VCDL," Phillip Van Cleave, President of the VCDL, Tod FOXNews.com. "However, Couric and the other filmmakers have refused to fix the film or to even stop promoting and distributing it. The only way to hold Couric accountable was to file a lawsuit."
You can read the full story from the source at FOX NEWS.
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The MARSOC Raiders are one of the best badasses in the Special Forces and Operations community.
They go through a crazy intense seven month training course. The video shows the awesomeness of these War Fighters.
They go through a crazy intense seven month training course. The video shows the awesomeness of these War Fighters.
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Fifteen years ago today our country was irrevocably changed. We honor and remember our fallen, the first responders, all the innocent, the heros, and our armed forces the war-fighters that are protecting our freedoms.
We the people of the United States of America will never forget!
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Here is a great video by Steven Crowder, from his YouTube channel Louder with Crowder, of the top 5 reasons you should not and cannot vote for Hillary Clinton.
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Two former Executives of Taurus, a Brazilian company and the largest weapons manufacturer in South America, allegedly sold guns to a known Yemeni arms trafficker. The arms trafficker then pushed those weapons into his nations civil war in total violation of International sanctions, according to charges in court documents reviewed by Reuters.
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| A picture of the destruction in Yemen. (source: usnews.com) |
"Federal prosecutors in southern Brazil charged two former executives of Forjas Taurus (FJTA4.SA) in May with shipping 8,000 handguns in 2013 to Fares Mohammed Hassan Mana'a, an arms smuggler active around the Horn of Africa for over a decade according to the United Nations." According to Reuters, were more information can be found.
Update 1 via Reuters:
CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-Brazil prosecutors filed charges against former Taurus executives in May
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My primary rifle is a AR-15 chambered in 5.56, it is a custom build of parts that I believe will make an accurate and reliable AR-15, assembled by myself.
In my opinion it is far better and can be cost effective to build your own rifle rather than buying one, but that a topic for another discussion.
Back on topic this is my rifle.
In my opinion it is far better and can be cost effective to build your own rifle rather than buying one, but that a topic for another discussion.
Back on topic this is my rifle.
Let's start from the upper receiver and work our way down.
The upper receiver is a forged 7075-T6 aluminum A3 AR-15 upper, hard coat anodized black and machined T marks with a Mil-spec finish, from PSA.
The barrel is a 14.7" 1/7 twist hammer forged barrel. It is machine gun steel, a proprietary blend of hammer forged chrome molly vanadium made by FN, double thick chrome lining, M4 feed ramp extensions, and is Mil-spec phosphate coated. It has been Magnetic Particle Inspected and High Pressure Tested.
The barrel has the amazing Lantac Dragon(5.56) muzzle break pinned and welded to meet legal overall length.
The bolt carrier group is a Salient Arm International bolt carrier group with an integrated gas key, to eliminate the possibility of failure from hard use. The entire BCG is polished and held with a pre-nickel and Titanium nitride (TiN) coating.
The upper receiver is a forged 7075-T6 aluminum A3 AR-15 upper, hard coat anodized black and machined T marks with a Mil-spec finish, from PSA.
The barrel is a 14.7" 1/7 twist hammer forged barrel. It is machine gun steel, a proprietary blend of hammer forged chrome molly vanadium made by FN, double thick chrome lining, M4 feed ramp extensions, and is Mil-spec phosphate coated. It has been Magnetic Particle Inspected and High Pressure Tested.
The barrel has the amazing Lantac Dragon(5.56) muzzle break pinned and welded to meet legal overall length.
The bolt carrier group is a Salient Arm International bolt carrier group with an integrated gas key, to eliminate the possibility of failure from hard use. The entire BCG is polished and held with a pre-nickel and Titanium nitride (TiN) coating.
The charging handle is the AXTS Raptor with SAI branding. The handguard is the Bravo Company(BCM) 13" KMR keymod handguard. And to finish off the upper Magpul MBUS Pro flip up sights.
Now on to the lower receiver.
The lower is an 80% Arms 80% lower made from 7075-T6 aluminum, Mil-spec hard anodized black finish.
The lower parts are from a DPMS lower parts kit. The trigger is a Geissele Automatics Super Dynamic Enhanced (SD-E) trigger, with KNS anti rotational pins. Mil-spec buffer tub, spring and buffer from BCM. A Magpul K2+ grip and finished of with a Magpul STR stock.
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| Three different classes and not a single issue. |
This beautiful rifle is shooting sub moa groups at 100 yards.
To sum up everything I built this AR-15 the was I wanted it from the very beginning. I'm not going to get into the argument whether it is better to build or buy, but if you have the know how and you know what you want why buy something that you will just end up parting.
To sum up everything I built this AR-15 the was I wanted it from the very beginning. I'm not going to get into the argument whether it is better to build or buy, but if you have the know how and you know what you want why buy something that you will just end up parting.
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AR-15 bolt carrier groups are one of two components that are considered to be the heart of the rifle, the BCG and the barrel. When you see a bolt carrier group you wouldn't associate the word beautiful with it, just function.
Then there is the Salient Arms International's titanium nitride bolt carrier group with an integrated gas key it is beautiful, sexy, and superbly functional.
I have this bolt carrier group in three of my rifles, I have put over 7000 rounds through the AR-15 I use most often, my primary rifle, and over 1500 through the other two rifles.
What first brought me to this BCG was an AR-15 build that was to be the culmination of some of the best AR-15 parts available. At first on my search for the best bolt carrier group I was drawn to the Sharps Rifle company Balanced Bolt Carrier with Relia-Bolt (review coming soon Sharps BCG), an amazing BCG in its own right, and I was going to go with it but I wanted something better.
Then there is the Salient Arms International's titanium nitride bolt carrier group with an integrated gas key it is beautiful, sexy, and superbly functional.
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| Picture from SAI Facebook page |
I have this bolt carrier group in three of my rifles, I have put over 7000 rounds through the AR-15 I use most often, my primary rifle, and over 1500 through the other two rifles.
What first brought me to this BCG was an AR-15 build that was to be the culmination of some of the best AR-15 parts available. At first on my search for the best bolt carrier group I was drawn to the Sharps Rifle company Balanced Bolt Carrier with Relia-Bolt (review coming soon Sharps BCG), an amazing BCG in its own right, and I was going to go with it but I wanted something better.
I wanted something more reliable, to start a bolt carrier that had an integrated gas key, because the gas key is where most BCG's fail from hard and excessive use, and a good coating that can stand up to wear and that was easy to clean.
On my search I found many BCG's that were coated in nickle boron, but none with an integrated gas key, I found very few with integrated gas keys but they had Mil-Spec coatings. Then I found a small fraction coated in titanium nitride, so I started to look into that coating and found that it was used in mill ends and milling tools because it made them far more durable, extended there life, and had low friction coefficient.
Then I saw a Facebook post, that is what brought me to Salient Arms International, they had a BCG with everything I was looking for. There Facebook post said that it was there new BCG with integrated gas key coated in a pre-nickle and titanium nitride coating and it was on sale...for $300 shipped, normally $335+ shipping. At first I was very hesitant, on sale for $300, that's a lot for a BCG, especially when I just wanted to test one out. But you know what they say about curiosity, it got the best of me and I was ready to pull the trigger and buy one. I was going to go to there web site but they didn't have one up at the time, they claim its coming soon but with them soon is a relative term. I ended up calling then to place my order, it was seamless.
I had placed my order and was told that it would ship the next day. I was checking out there other offerings and I saw on there Facebook page that they had a SAI branded Raptor charging handle and it was also on sale, so I decided to get it added to my order.
When I had called back to add the charging handle I was put on hold, at first I thought it would take a while but the music that played while I waited was "America as fuck" just how I like it, all in all it was a very short wait and they added the charging handle to my order.
I got an email that night with my tracking number and the next morning it was on the way.
I received the BCG and charging handle in the mail about two days after ordering it, and needless to say I was excited.
The fit and finish on this bolt carrier group is very impressive, beyond superb. The pre-nickle and TiN coating is even throughout and slick and smooth to the touch. The look and feel was that of top quality, but before I made my final opinion on it I had to test it out...thoroughly.
I got an email that night with my tracking number and the next morning it was on the way.
I received the BCG and charging handle in the mail about two days after ordering it, and needless to say I was excited.
The fit and finish on this bolt carrier group is very impressive, beyond superb. The pre-nickle and TiN coating is even throughout and slick and smooth to the touch. The look and feel was that of top quality, but before I made my final opinion on it I had to test it out...thoroughly.
I installed the BCG and charging handle in the rifle completing it and now it was off to the range.
In the first range day that I used the rifle I put roughly 400+ round through it with nothing but smooth cycling, not one malfunction. I had decided not to bother cleaning the rifle or the BCG until I was able to at least 1000 rounds through it. The following weekend me and a few of the guys made a day out of going to the range, we ran a ton of drills, from individual to team drills, and distance and accuracy shooting. Needless to say it was fun and the best part the rifle ran nearly flawless, the only hiccup was one failure to eject, and that was on a mag filled with reloads, we chalked that up to the round being under powered. By the time we were done and ready to head home I had put around 800 rounds through it.
The following day it was time to clean the rifle, I wanted to see how much fouling the BCG had retained, if there was any wear marks on it and how easy it was to clean. When I removed the BCG and charging handle from the upper receiver I was pleasantly surprised at how little fouling was on the bolt carrier group, and there were no wear marks on any area of the bolt carrier.
I disassembled the BCG and began cleaning it, using that tried and true Frog Lube CLP. I quickly found how easy it was to clean, most of the fouling and grime came off easily, just by wiping it off with a piece of paper towel that had the cleaner on it. The only area of the BCG that took any effort to clean was the back of the bolt. On the rear of the bolt there was some carbon burns that required me to use a brass carbon scrapper to remove it, but that wasn't very difficult to remove.
After I had completed cleaning re-lubricating and reassembling the BCG and rifle I felt as though I made a good decision in buying the BCG from Salient Arms. This AR-15, now my primary go to AR, felt complete and reliable.
I eventually gave in and called Salient Arms to order two more of these beauties, one for a 300 Blackout build and one for a 5.56 SBR build. Long story short I would definitely recommend this BCG to anyone, it is on the pricey side but if you want quality and have the money to drop on it you should most definitely look into Salient Arms International TiN bolt carrier group.
The following day it was time to clean the rifle, I wanted to see how much fouling the BCG had retained, if there was any wear marks on it and how easy it was to clean. When I removed the BCG and charging handle from the upper receiver I was pleasantly surprised at how little fouling was on the bolt carrier group, and there were no wear marks on any area of the bolt carrier.
After I had completed cleaning re-lubricating and reassembling the BCG and rifle I felt as though I made a good decision in buying the BCG from Salient Arms. This AR-15, now my primary go to AR, felt complete and reliable.
I eventually gave in and called Salient Arms to order two more of these beauties, one for a 300 Blackout build and one for a 5.56 SBR build. Long story short I would definitely recommend this BCG to anyone, it is on the pricey side but if you want quality and have the money to drop on it you should most definitely look into Salient Arms International TiN bolt carrier group.
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