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FirstSpear Friday Focus: New MultiCam Black Drop Now available at First-Spear.com/MultiCam-Black is our full line of MultiCam Black featuring products such as the Strandhogg v3, LaserFrame Primary Pocket Panel, Fleece Pullover, and more! MultiCam Black features a distinctive pattern of blacks and dark grays, offering a sleek, aggressive aesthetic that emphasizes intimidation and authority and visually aligns with the gear used by SWAT teams and special response units. MC Black works well with night operations and urban landscapes. The subdued palette minimizes visual signatures under low-light conditions while maintaining a professional, unified look. MultiCam Black represents a fusion of function and form,…

I’ve built three solar power systems for three different vans, and every time I recalculate watt-hours, loads, battery capacity, and figure out how many solar panels I’ll need to power lights, charge computers, and maybe run an immersion blender. The biggest power drain by far is always the refrigerator. While electric fridges have come a long way, they’re still expensive and require a couple of lithium-ion batteries to keep them running, especially if it’s cloudy and the panels aren’t getting much sun. Draining your house batteries and losing your way to keep meat and veggies fresh on your trip is…

By Will Dabbs, MD Posted in #History If you hang out in this hallowed space, you clearly like guns. If you like guns and you don’t live under a rock someplace, you already know the news. President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, which recently passed the House, includes a snippet of language that removes sound suppressors from the purview of the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA). This came about by the bill including Section 2 of the Hearing Protection Act. Trust me, this is a really big deal. I’m not a lawyer. I took civics in high school, but that’s…

Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More With more than 2,000 miles of rivers and the most whitewater rivers in the southeastern U.S., North Carolina is a paddler’s paradise. From mellow riffles and Class I rapids to more challenging runs, North Carolina’s whitewater scene has something for all experience levels. But one river has earned a reputation among experienced paddlers as a bucket list whitewater experience. Known for its steep and technical rapids, the Cheoah River offers tantalizing Class III to V rapids that give even the most experienced paddlers a…

For someone like me, who has been competing in USPSA and other practical shooting competitions since the mid-2000s, the idea of mounting a red dot sight on your pistol is nothing new. I was used to seeing red dots on the Open Division pistols from the very beginning of my time in that sport, and red dots actually pre-dated my involvement by almost twenty years.  One of the first movers in the world of red-dots sights was Shield Sights of Great Britain, who pioneered the compact RMSc footprint. RMSc stands for “Reflex Micro Sight Compact,” and those initials should give…

Anduril and Meta are partnering to design, build, and field a range of integrated XR products that provide warfighters with enhanced perception and enable intuitive control of autonomous platforms on the battlefield. The capabilities enabled by the partnership will draw on more than a decade of investment by both companies in advanced hardware, software, and artificial intelligence. The effort has been funded through private capital, without taxpayer support, and is designed to save the U.S. military billions of dollars by utilizing high-performance components and technology originally built for commercial use. This partnership comes at a pivotal moment in the evolution…

Firearm: Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro OSP (MSRP: $649) We’re going back to a familiar handgun for today’s kit: The Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro OSP. The standard Hellcat was one of the original offerings at the start of the recent micro 9 mm double-stack boom along with the SIG Sauer P365. These pistols brought near-full-size capacity to a pistol size that had really only been known for revolver-like numbers in single-stack guise. Seemingly overnight, the small 9 mm pistol expanded from a six- or seven-round magazine to 10 or 11, with slightly extended versions offering 13 to 15 rounds in a…

US Army Publishes ATP 3-01.81, Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) Operations The US Army has just published ATP 3-01.81, Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) Operations (MAY25). Army Techniques Publication (ATP) 3-01.81 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) Operations provides operational considerations for defending against unmanned air threats for multi-domain operations. This ATP offers planning and integration guidance for counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) platforms in a layered defense, along with both active and passive defense techniques for countering the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) threat in various areas of operations. This ATP also provides guidance on how to plan for, and incorporate, C-UAS Soldier tasks into…

Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More The folks at Weatherby have been busy. The latest release, the Model 307 Alpine ST, blends lightweight performance with modularity and magnum-grade firepower. At just under two grand, this new rifle enters the lightweight backcountry market with a carbon fiber stock, spiral fluted steel, and a promise to tame even the hardest-kicking magnums. While we haven’t put it through the wringer yet, here’s what we know so far. A New Addition to the Model 307 Line Specs at a Glance Action: Weatherby Model 307…

Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More Patagonia this week announced a “milestone” for its brand, unveiling a historic site that will serve as its very first location in the mountainous region for which it was named. Casa Frey, located in Bariloche, Argentina, had once been the home of explorer, conservationist, and the director of South America’s first national park, Emilio Frey. Since it went up for sale in 2014, the 6-acre property was under threat of being demolished to make way for condominiums — until the Ventura, Calif., company stepped in.…