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My Low-Profile Plate Carrier and Lynx Brutality AAR (w/ Jari Laine)

June 20, 2023 Ian McCollum 0

I’m joined today by Jari, the CEO of Varusteleka to talk about one of the pieces of gear we both used in Lynx Brutality: Varusteleka’s new Low Visibility Plate Carrier. It’s designed to keep the […]

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Lynx Brutality 2023 Day 2 – Missiles and Grenade Launchers

June 10, 2023 Ian McCollum 0

Day Two at Polenar Tactical’s 2023 Lynx Brutality! My Arex Delta L and Perun X16 continue to run flawlessly in today’s final five stages. Despite making plenty of mistakes today, I ended up placing 27th […]

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Lynx Brutality 2023 Day 1 – Kettlebells and Electrocution

June 9, 2023 Ian McCollum 1

It’s time for Lynx Brutality 2023! Polenar Tactical presented this match again at the Lynx Pro Training Center in Slovenia, and they outdid themselves. It was a really excellent match, with both great physical challenges […]

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PTR-44 Sturmgewehr at a 2-Gun Match

May 17, 2023 Ian McCollum 9

Today I’m taking the PTR-44 Sturmgewehr out to the local 2-Gun match. I’m excited to get a chance to run it in a competitive environment – I have shot some original StGs, but only on […]

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Near-Complete Failure: Delta CAR-15 at Midnight Brutality 2023

April 22, 2023 Ian McCollum 12

Thanks to the 1 Shepherd cadre for making Midnight Brutality possible! And thanks to our excellent match sponsors: Tactical Night Vision Company (TNVC) B.E. Meyers Advanced Photonics Live Q or Die Varusteleka Midnight Brutality was […]

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Beretta’s New 80X Cheetah at the BUG Match (feat. Symtac)

March 4, 2023 Ian McCollum 9

Back in 1975, Beretta introduced a line of mid-size semiauto pistols. The Model 81 was in .32 ACP (intended for the European market) and the Model 84 was chambered for .380 ACP for Americans. These […]

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Desert Brutality 2022: Finland Edition (Valmet & Valmet)

December 31, 2022 Ian McCollum 17

For my main run through Desert Brutality this year, I decided to have fun with a full historical load out – or at least a mostly-historical load out. I used a Valmet M62/S (the semiauto […]

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Bonus Material: Flux Raider at Desert Brutality 2022

December 4, 2022 Ian McCollum 2

I ran Desert Brutality 2022 this year with a B&T USW-320; a modern stocked pistol chassis for the SIG 320 pistol. One similar product on the market right now is the Flux Defense Raider, and […]

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2-Gun: Suspiciously Silent vs Ludicrously Loud

November 26, 2022 Ian McCollum 13

This month’s 2-Gun match was three pretty short stages, so my friend Tom and I decided to just play with a fun theme – he brought a pair of huge .50-caliber cannons (.50AE Desert Eagle […]

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TT33 Tokarev at the BackUp Gun Match

November 19, 2022 Ian McCollum 20

My holster and mag carrier in this match are made by BattleGnome Solutions in Slovenia, and available worldwide exclusively from the Polenar Tactical web store: https://polenartactical.com/shop/holsters/1363-tt-holster-bgs.html I was talking to the guys who operate BattleGnome […]

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