Serving a purpose
Reasons for wearing gloves are as numerous as reasons people wear a shirt, pants, vests or jacket. We have jeans and sneakers for one situation and a suit and tie for others. A citizen carrying a gun won’t want to look like a Cop and everyone knows that Police wear uniforms most of the time. Gloves can be used to keep hands warm in the Fall, and other gloves are heavier for Winter weather. Tactical gloves can mean fingerless gloves, but fingerless gloves might be hunting gloves.
Well here’s one more stick in the fire. What kind of glove do you need to be able to load bullets in a magazine and still be able to pick up a quarter, open doors and not get your finger caught in the trigger guard on your AR15? How many of your regular hunting gloves or winter gloves will hold up? Larry Vickers Gloves are known in the firearm industry and the new Duty gloves are not as long as the Vickers Mid-length gloves, but they have the same durability and feel. I think it takes some time to get use to wearing gloves while operating a firearm, but for $30 these are a great option to have in your range bag or tactical vest.
I’ve seen so many people on firing lines with spotting scopes complain about the optics they have and what they should have gotten or what they wish they knew before getting a scope. Sometimes people have this idea that having an optics magnify 45x will make things easier to see at great distances and any experienced observer know that isn’t true. Magnification can become void due to heat and mirage and even zero magnification can cause you to have trouble hitting an object at certain distances.
There seems to be a big transition in the Law Enforcement community to leg holsters. Its kind of funny how the old western look disappeared for a few decades but now it’s back again. If we all road around on horses we’d probable agree that carrying a sidearm on a leg holster is appropriate and its not just for the cool Han Solo look.
Do you own a rifle that could use a nice scratch up the barrel? Well, I thought so, so why do people not think about buying a rifle case for every gun they own? One thing I’ve found is it’s really a good idea to buy atleast, one soft case for each semi-auto you own and then put a tag or label on it so you know that gun will fit in it. How many times have you gone to the range and had to figure out which rifle goes where?
When training for a class or tactical situation, dealing with an unloaded magazine or an unloaded gun in the situation is expected, all guns go empty at some point. Most of us have the ability to plan ahead and carry extra magazines, but there may be a point where loading a magazine up will be necessary. Maglula from Butler Creek makes a great 
Woolrich Elite products are some of the most durable tactical apparel pants out there. Their tactical pants are long lasting and don’t shrink like some of the 5.11 stuff that so many people have complained about. 5.11 products are interesting, but the tactical pants they have been making are apparently taking a major downturn in the quality control arena. Woolrich has been in the clothing business for over 100 years and one thing you have to acknowledge is they know how to make clothing.
Everyone has there taste and styles in firearms and even some have their preferences in the type of ammunition and bullet weights. Some operators prefer to dress in black and prefer to look as tactical as possible while others just can’t figure out why they would need a tactical vest in the first place. Some tactical vests are about as comfortable as strapping on a parachute and not always modernized.
Direct Impingement firearms have a questionable existance in the military industry since the design is more than 60yrs old, but the Magpul P-Mags have possible extended the life of them since the reliability of the magazines has also increased the reliability of the firearm. Magpul P-Mags can take a beating and still run strong. Check out some of the tests people have done with them on youtube.com
Binoculars are a very versatile tool. The reality is this, a good pair of binoculars is just an extension of your eyes. What do you use your eyes for? Binoculars can be used for eveything you use your eyse for. Nikon Binoculars come in fixed power from 7×32 – 10-22×50. When you are looking for a good pair of binoculars, keep in mind that some of the best views are with the medium and larger sizes and they can get heavy real fast. If you are looking for high magnification you may want to think about spotting scopes instead since they are normally used with tripods.