Author: Jack Bogart

H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The Truth About Knives – spending his last 5 years there as Managing Editor. His background is in fixed-blade hunting and bushcraft knives, but has jumped into the world of vintage slipjoint collecting with both feet since coming to work at Knife Magazine. Clay’s primary role is as Digital…

Since its inception, EOTECH has been providing life-saving equipment to law enforcement agencies around the world. This market has been a key contributor to EOTECH’s success and to recognize this, EOTECH is proud to support organizations that support this community. Today, EOTECH is partnering with Project K-9 Hero, a worthy organization that honors the unwavering dedication of retired Police K-9’s and Military Working Dogs. EOTECH’s parent company, American Holoptics, recently took ownership of Armasight, a manufacturer of quality Night Vision and Thermal products. Part of that acquisition included a inventory of Pet Supplies. On behalf of American Holoptics and EOTECH,…

Drone Round announced today that its 5.56x45mm L Variant counter-UAS cartridge has been integrated into the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer (ISMT), the U.S. Marine Corps virtual small arms training system produced by InVeris. The integration gives Marines a way to build engagement skills with the multi-projectile round on the same simulators already installed at bases across the Corps, timed to the arrival of the first live deliveries. USMC photo by Ashley Calingo The Marine Corps has purchased 400,000 L Variant cartridges to date and has stated its intent to procure an additional one million rounds in fiscal year 2027, which…

The U.S. special operations forces community is actively tackling the invisible threat of repeated blast overpressure to protect warfighters’ brain health without compromising combat readiness. This is important since, in just six months of initial entry training, a SOF soldier will fire thousands of small arms rounds, employ hundreds of flash-bang devices, and conduct dozens of explosive breaches. For these operators, low-level blast exposure of less than four pounds per square inch is not a rare incident, but rather a daily, unavoidable reality of their training and operational environments.  Managing this risk factor presents a massive challenge. The scientific community…

Edgar Brothers Collects the Keys to Its New Headquarters and National Defence Manufacturing & Innovation Centre Macclesfield, Cheshire — 3 September 2026 Edgar Brothers has collected the keys to its new headquarters and National Defence Manufacturing & Innovation Centre (NDMC). Fit-out of the building will now begin. The purpose-built 70,000 sq ft facility is eight miles from the current Macclesfield site. Operations will continue there while the new building is fitted out, with the full move due to be completed in Q1 2027. The NDMC supports the firm’s plans for continued growth in contracting and distribution, whilst allowing for moves…

By Yamil Sued Posted in #Guns Editor’s Note: Springfield Armory provided the Master Class 10-8 Performance 1911 pistol used by the author in this review. The opinions and evaluations expressed here are the author’s own. I must admit something: I’m a Fudd at heart. I love carrying a full-size 1911 .45 ACP in a leather holster. It’s a classic setup that’s hard to beat. But like many, I’ve also become spoiled by modern, striker-fired 9mm polymer pistols. For years now, I’ve carried a Springfield Armory Echelon 4.0C comfortably in an IWB (inside the waistband) Kydex holster. The Echelon’s lightweight, slim…

MOLLE/PALS compatibility allows users to mount pouches and accessories across plate carriers, chest rigs, battle belts, packs, and other load carriage platforms without being locked into a single brand or proprietary system. That compatibility matters because most military units, law enforcement agencies, and individual users are not building complete loadouts from scratch. They are improving equipment that has already been purchased, fielded, configured, and trained with. A new pouch may be lighter or more capable, but those improvements mean little if the pouch does not work with the equipment already in use. The best upgrades improve a proven system rather…

INDIANAPOLIS — Army Gen. Christopher LaNeve, vice chief of staff of the Army and acting chief of staff, emphasized the Guard’s indispensable, multidomain contributions to the joint force at home and abroad during an annual National Guard conference in Indianapolis Aug. 29. Referencing the Army’s newly released strategy document, the Army Azimuth, LaNeve stressed the Guard’s essential role across all three Army priorities: defending the homeland, warfighting and projecting power on and from the land. “You carry a heavy load of defending the homeland, whether that manifests in Joint Task Force Southern Border, D.C. Safe and Beautiful, or response efforts…

Feral hogs are a year-round problem across much of the U.S. where they tear up pastures, destroy crops and multiplying faster than most landowners can keep up with. When I had my own land to protect, I needed a rifle that could handle them at close range in thick cover, day or night. I settled on the Springfield Armory M1A for hog hunting — specifically the SOCOM 16 CQB in .308 Win., paired with a Sightmark Wraith HD digital riflescope.In 2017, I was fortunate enough to acquire 20 acres of land where both my folks and I would each have…

Based on Sailor feedback, female Sailors can now purchase newly designed Service Khaki slacks with back pockets and modern fit sizing. Based on Sailor feedback, female Sailors can now purchase newly designed Service Khaki slacks with back pockets and modern fit sizing. Slacks will be available for purchase or try-on at NEX Norfolk, NEX Oceana and NEX Arlington, Virginia; NEX Great Lakes, Illinois; NEX Jacksonville and NEX Pensacola, Aviation Plaza, Florida; NEX San Diego; NEX Kitsap-Bangor, Washington; NEX Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and NEX Bethesda, Maryland, as well as online at myNavyExchange.com. “This is the first pair of slacks being introduced…