Watches, they're a pretty underrated piece of gear. The story of the wrist watch itself is drenched in the history of combat, from the plains of South Africa during the Boer Wars and the trenches of northern France and Belgium, the skies above Germany and the Far East to the Afghan sands... The wrist watch... Continue Reading →
The annual August role-play event with Stirling Airsoft is one that I've taken part in for many years now... Over the last few years these have taken place at a military training area just across the Severn bridge in a little A-road village called Caerwent. Caerwent was once a Royal Navy propellant factory, the manufacture... Continue Reading →
Micro Rigs... Whilst they're great for providing a small and very high speed ammo carriage option, don't you sometimes wish you had just a little more storage? After more than a couple of months the with the Haley Strategic D3CRM "Micro" (Reviewed Here), it's become apparent that I'm in need of something to carry my... Continue Reading →
As a paying customer of an Airsoft event company there is a degree of freedom (for good or bad) you just don't have if you're in the military, that puts the onus on each person to work out how best to look after themselves. Whilst issued gear in the armed forces is often replaced by... Continue Reading →
Gloves... One of the most important things you can invest in for manual work. Whether it's shooting or climbing, landscaping or working in a warehouse... You need to find a glove that'll allow you to carry out your job effectively but also protect your hands from your environment. Amongst the professionals in the shooting world,... Continue Reading →
Not many attachments are as iconic on the M16/M4 series as the M203 Grenade Launcher, it's not very often that one is seen on the Airsoft field but they always get an "ooh" of appreciation. Certainly anyone over the age of 30 will have visions of Arnie blowing up helicopters in the lush jungles of... Continue Reading →
We choose to go to the Moon...We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are... Continue Reading →
When approaching people to interview there's always a possibility that they'll say no, it can be for many reasons... They might not like you, your page, the other people you've interviewed or they might simply not want to be in the public eye. So when I asked Andy (There's a lot of Andys knocking about... Continue Reading →
Wiley X... they've been known as a premium eyewear brand for many many years, they're even mentioned in David Bellavia's account on the Second Battle Of Fallujah House To House as being very much a coveted item. They could have been content with simply sticking to their eyewear products but like other eyewear manufacturers such... Continue Reading →
