Gear Archives

Disspelling the Tourniquet Boogeyman [Updated]

by Professor Paul Markel | January 23rd, 2023 | 18 comments

(UPDATED 01/23/23) “Who put this tourniquet on him?” asked the trauma doctor in the Emergency Room. “Brad. It was Brad.” replied the female ranch hand who had driven the patient to the hospital. “Well, you can tell him that he did a good job and that he saved his...

SOTG 942 – Preparation Prevents Panic

by The Shipping Ogre | April 13th, 2020 | 0 comments

Prepared People are the least likely to panic or live in fear during an emergency or a crisis. What are the various levels of preparation? Is it more important to purchase stuff or to have training? Our Warrior of the Week has a question regarding rifle optics for...

SOTG 889 – The Harmless Homeless and Urban Rifle Pt. 2

by The Shipping Ogre | October 2nd, 2019 | 0 comments

Are homeless people harmless? Many people might think that these “poor” people are just “down on their luck”. Reality dictates that is not necessarily the case. We have not one, but two recent incidents to discuss during our SOTG Homeroom from...

The Cigar and the Student

by Professor Paul Markel | March 12th, 2016 | 2 comments

[memb_include_partial id=15899] Let us consider for a moment the premium hand rolled cigar. For those unenlightened, neither the Black and Mild nor Swisher Sweet Cherry flavored tobacco products are “premium cigars”. A premium cigar is composed of numerous...

M85 PAP, the Steel-Cased Solution

by Professor Paul Markel | November 25th, 2015 | 0 comments

“If you do not own a rifle that will reliably cycle steel-cased ammunition, you had better get your hands on one.” Those words of advice were offered by my original firearms training mentor, John Farnam, nearly ten years ago. John saw the ammo crisis...