Last summer Vortex Optics launched its latest big window competition-focused red-dot sight, the Vortex Defender XL. The Vortex Defender XL is an open emitter red-dot sight that is intended to compete against popular competition style red-dot sights like the Trijicon SRO, Holosun 507 Comp, Mecanik M03 and others. The original Vortex Defender XL was available with a 5 MOA or ...
Now that we’ve established that flashlights and weapon-mounted lights serve a different purpose for the armed citizen than they do for law enforcement or the military, let’s look at a few tools of the trade. Night sights are useful as they add more confirmation that yes, our sights are pointing where they should be pointing. Remember, if we have an ...
![5 Guns You Should NEVER Sell in 2025 [You’ll Regret It Later]](https://guntactics101.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1745048305_maxresdefault-740x500.jpg "5 Guns You Should NEVER Sell in 2025 [You’ll Regret It Later]")
Remember when prepping was a punchline? Preppers were the nutjobs with bunkers and bug-out bags. Cable news laughed. Twitter mocked. But when shelves went bare in 2020 and the system started buckling under its own weight, suddenly people who spent their lives depending on that system wanted to learn how to bake bread and store water. Now, the same people ...
CANCON Arizona 2025 is wrapped up! A weekend of fun, sun, and a whole lot of CANS! Here is just a small smattering of what was there this year. Missed it? Join us in South Carolina in November or back in Arizona in 2026! We know what you’re thinking; yes, these shirts are for sale, but we’ve sold out! More ...
Versacarry recently launched its new Crusader OWB (Outside the Waistband) leather holster that combines premium vegetable-tanned leathers in a low-profile and minimalist design that accommodates some of the most popular concealed-carry pistols with slide-mounted optics found in today’s market. Versacarry builds the rear portion of the new Crusader OWB holsters with a double-ply section of leather to protect the firearm ...
Discipline at the elite-shooting level is not just a virtue, it’s a foundational necessity. Professional shooters operate in a world where precision accuracy is often measured in millimeters and hundredths of a second. Every movement, drawstroke, grip pressure, sight acquisition et al is trained, repeated and extensively refined. There is no room for guesswork or thought interference. Just as a ...