Author: Jack Bogart

When it comes to spending your hard-earned dollars on soft goods for your range trips, there’s no shortage of manufacturers out there to choose from. Unless you want to roll the dice on some sweatshop bags from Amazon, your options boil down to choosing a long-established brand or a somewhat newer competitor who has nonetheless garnered a solid reputation. That brings us to today’s competitors: the tried and true 5.11 brings its Range Ready Pro, and the up-and-coming Saviour Equipment presents its Specialist Pistol Range Bag. 5.11 vs Savior Range Bag: Quick Comparison Feature5.11 Range Ready ProSavior SpecialistCapacity19L32.7LHandguns23+StructureSoftRigid framePortabilityCompactHeavy-dutyPrice~$120~$130 Let’s…

Upset with the Trump Administration over what sometimes seems like only lip service to the Second Amendment, 33 U.S. House members have sent President Donald Trump a letter urging him to live up to his promise of restoring the Second Amendment and outlining what the next attorney general should do to win back gun owners’ support. Led by Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, the Republican lawmakers called on Trump to take three specific actions: immediately cease enforcement of Biden-era gun rules and secure permanent—not temporary—relief, stop defending unconstitutional gun laws in court and rein in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms…

Images by the author Reloaders like to control all aspects of their craft – this I know from first-hand experience. From sourcing components like cases, bullets, powder, primers, etc., to getting things ready to go to “press”, the more control you have over things, the better. Nowhere is that more true than with case preparation. You cannot create top-quality reloads without having a good foundation for them to begin with. Cartridge cases comprise that foundation. Good quality cases are necessary to create uniform, consistent loads regardless of caliber or purpose. Whether you are blasting steel targets, running tactical courses, or…

A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would give some military veterans and active-duty military members the ability to protect themselves from danger anywhere in the nation. On April 20, Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, a former Army Special Forces officer, introduced the Special Operations Forces Concealed Carry Act, which would grant eligible veterans and active-duty personnel nationwide concealed-carry privileges, effectively overriding state-level restrictions that can differ significantly from one jurisdiction to another. Supporters of the bill argue the measure would recognize military training and provide consistent legal protections for service members who travel or relocate. If…

Images by the author unless otherwise noted (This review is a complimentary piece to a recent hands-on review done by fellow TTAG writer, Luke. You can see his review here. This is a first-impression article, and this will be more of a background-type piece on the Strike Eagle.)  It seems that right now, it’s LPVO time in my neck of the woods. I just got out my Monstrum Ladon 1-6×24 LPVO from a previous review, and had mounted my Griffin Armament 1-8×24 on my Ruger Scout .308. (Look for a review of the Griffin Armament scope soon). Needless to say,…

Now that philandering U.S. Rep. Gary Swalwell, D-California, has been exposed as a molester and possible rapist, people and groups formerly in lockstep with the disgraced governor wannabe are abandoning him like rats abandoning a sinking ship. Five women have accused Swalwell, who a few years back had an affair with a Chinese spy, of sexual misconduct in recent days. A former staffer accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2019 and 2024, and another woman has alleged that Swalwell drugged and raped her in a hotel room in 2018.  Among the groups now trying to distance themselves from Swalwell…

Anti-gun politicians like to claim that when they pass restrictive gun laws, they are simply doing the will of the people they represent. However, a sharp increase in gun sales just before and after such laws are passed tells a distinctly different story. Larry Keane, senior vice president and general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearm industry trade association, made that point well in a recent report looking at gun sales in New Jersey and Virginia. “The clearest way to measure the will of ‘The People’ isn’t always at the polls every two or four years,”…

The gun-rights group Gun Owners of America (GOA) is blowing the whistle on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division for revealing sensitive tax and firearm information of a GOA member. According to an April 17 news release, GOA is asking the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General to investigate what it calls a “a series of alarming breaches in which the government intentionally filed, on a public court docket, the sensitive tax returns of a GOA member, along with details of this person’s private firearm collection.” According to GOA,…

Images by the author and from stopboxusa.com Shooters today are blessed to have available to them many ways of storing and protecting their guns. From huge safes that can withstand a house fire to small, portable boxes, there have never been as many ways to keep a gun secure. A while back, I ran across an ad for a product that aroused my interest. Having a dozen grandkids makes me probably more safety-conscious than many others, although that’s an area that all gun owners need to address.  Enter StopBox. I was a bit intrigued by the concept of a reinforced-plastic…

We’ve chronicled many times in the past the gun-rights community’s love-hate relationship with the Trump Administration concerning the Second Amendment. President Donald Trump came into office vowing to protect the right to keep and bear arms, and in many ways, he has done so. However, his Department of Justice has been somewhat schizophrenic on the matter, often supporting Biden-era infringements instead of working to overturn them. In a positive move, the DOJ is now backing out of the fight over the Biden-era final rule that redefined who is “engaged in the business” of selling firearms. According to the gun-rights group…