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At a trailhead north of town, Nate Mal is chewing gum. He mashes a slow rhythm, his jawline bouncing, boots shifting on mud below. It’s noon in Alaska, a drizzly November day. Mal has set aside a few hours for hiking and foraging in the trees. His mission is spruce resin, a tacky trickle on bark chipped by hand and commanding up to $250 a pound. Mal takes the sap and melts it down. He adds chicle, sap, and powdered clay. In a warehouse 3 years ago, Mal mixed and boiled, experimented, sifted, and strained. A chef by training, he…

Tucked away on the edge of town in Carbondale, Colo., is a goldmine of ski history, memorabilia, and sick vintage gear. The warehouse is challenging to find, even when you know where it is. But follow the signs toward Vintage Ski World to an innocuous warehouse door, and beyond it you’ll find Richard Allen, 73, and his unbelievable collection of ski gear, spanning decades and even centuries into the sport’s past. For GearJunkies, skiers, and anyone generally interested in history, it’s basically a candy store. The shelves and walls are packed with colorful vintage skis, posters, and racing bibs from…

Following the release of the original Wilson Combat Division 77 Project 1, which represents some of the most advanced work that Wilson Combat has done when it comes to advanced pistol designs, the company is now offering a ‘Ghost Edition’ of Division Project 1 pistol. This new edition includes a silver-colored slide and a clear-anodized aluminum frame. Call the Project 1 Wilson Combat’s response to the categorically popular double-stack 1911 trend. But, unlike most double-stack 1911 or 2011-style pistols on the market, the Division 77 Project 1 pistol takes a different approach and instead builds off the Wilson Combat’s EDC…

Sneak Peek – Shaw Concepts ARC Helmet Cover After years of teasing, the ARC Helmet Cover will launch soon. The ARC Helmet Cover will launch in MARPAT Woodland, MARPAT Desert, MultiCam, Ranger Green, M81, MC Tropic and MC Arid. It will fit OpsCore SF Fasts (both Next Gen and the Gen prior) as well as USMC ECHs. Coming soon from shaw-concepts.com. This entry was posted on Monday, December 29th, 2025 at 17:00 and is filed under Camo, Helmets. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a…

When I first heard of the Camino de Santiago, I was in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT). I overheard someone exclaim, “You’re telling me there’s a hike in Spain where I can sleep in a bed, take a hot shower, eat and drink as much as I want, and I’m here instead?” Soon, I learned that the Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of St. James, is a historic pilgrimage route with various paths across Spain and Portugal. It leads to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the resting place of the…

By Roy Huntington Posted in #Guns I’ve tested hundreds of rifles over my four decades in the outdoor industry. The Springfield Armory 2020 Waypoint in 6mm Creedmoor is the single most accurate production rifle I’ve ever tested — period. I know I’m not supposed to give away the ending of a story at the very start, particularly with something as provocative as the statement I just made. However, I think that it’s worth your while to follow me on the journey of how we got to this point. The Model 2020 I’ve always been a fan of…

18 USC 929(R) is another of the many unconstitutional bullsh!t laws foisted on the American citizen by politicians who knew f@ck all about the subject they were pontificating upon, and cared less about the Second Amendment. Under it, foreign-made semi- auto shotguns, which appear particularly scary-looking to the ignorant may not be imported. Mag holds more than five rounds? Scary. Folding or collapsible stock? Scary. Or in the words of the statute, “not being particularly suitable … for sporting purposes.” U.S.-made shotguns aren’t subject to this idiocy, so it seems that Remington’s lobbyists at the time this got passed were…

This past October, Mission First Tactical launched its new Guardian Duty Holster. It’s a fully-featured modern duty holster that accommodates and protects service pistols with mounted red-dot sights and tactical lights. Currently, Mission First Tactical Guardian Duty Holsters fit double-stack 9 mm Glock models including the Glock G19, G45, G47, G49 and G17. Mission First Tactical also has the Zev OC9Z as a fit option as well. For lights, the Guardian OWB accepts Streamlight TLR-7 series lights. However, thanks to Mission First Tactical’s neodymium magnets and internal geometry, this holster allows for the safe carry of a loaded handgun without…

Soileater T10-V2 Insert for Taser 10 The new T10-V2 Insert from Soileater is a fully ambidextrous Insert designed to securely hold your Taser 10® inside of your chest-rig or plate carrier. Features: Out of the box Level-I friction retention with the option to add Level-II Retention by installing the included Retention Kit straps.  Comes with 2x Hook & 2x Loop adhesive Velcro® strips that allows you as the end-user to match the Velcro® inside your chest-rig or plate-carrier. This means that the T10-V2 can be inserted into any chest-rig or plate carrier that is lined in Hook or Loop fastener.  Equipped with an Internal magnet inside, to work with the Axon® Signal…

Orqa’s New Global Manufacturing Program Expands Proprietary Drone Production to 1 Million Units Annually Osijek, Croatia / California, US — December 2025: Orqa, Europe’s leading developer of FPV (first-person view) and unmanned aerial systems (UAS), today announced the launch of its Global Manufacturing Partnership Program, a strategic initiative that will expand Orqa’s production capacity to more than one million drones per year through collaborations with the US Army and with trusted partners worldwide.  This game-changing move will create, for the first time, a resilient global supply chain for the industry, wholly independent of China. Building on its proven ability to…