Ever since its pre-SHOT Show announcement, folks have been talking the first-ever Magpul knife: The Magpul Rigger. Availability and cost were the two main talking points for those interested. Well, now we have those details. [in_content post=”7495″ alignment=”align-left” /] Magpul announced the Rigger will go on sale at 2 p.m.
A post shared by ainsrae (@ainsrae) on Apr 7, 2019 at 6:49pm PDT Axe throwing has become a popular “activity” in recent years. Several companies launched allowing first-timers to come in and throw an axe at a wooden board for some fun. While we, at Ballistic, understand the concept, we
For those of you looking to skip the story on how these two Ballistic-themed Alchemy Custom 1911s came together and enter the sweepstakes — shame on you. You’re missing a good read. Having said that, the entry form is at the bottom of this article. Good luck! There’s nothing more exciting to
We know 95 percent of you understand basic survival and firearm lingo, but for those who don’t, no need to feel stupid (maybe a little). SHTF translates to “Sh*t Hit the Fan.” So we’re looking at an apocalypse-type situation where the grid collapses and it’s every cowboy or cowgirl for
The venerable 12-gauge survival shotgun is heavy and vicious. However, there are literally millions of them in circulation. Additionally, nobody packing a 12-bore will ever be accused of bringing too little gun. The shotgun as an entity dates back to the 18th century. The British Brown Bess service musket had
It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint the Mona Lisa. Roughly 85 percent of the male population mistakes a woman engaging in friendly platonic conversation for flirting. So, what have we learned here? [in_content post=”4831″ alignment=”align-left” /] Our world is full of useless facts and statistics that may not
April Fool’s Day is a tricky day in the firearms industry. Any firearms-related news that comes out on April 1 is open to skepticism as to whether or not it’s real. For example, readers questioned Monday whether or not the B&T APC9K had actually won the U.S. Army Sub Compact
The name “Hakim Isler” should sound familiar to you. He is a survival, combat and security expert, and legit modern-day ninja. He’s also been on TV shows like “Naked and Afraid” and “Kicking & Screaming,” the former of which he completed. But, most importantly, we just featured Isler in February/March
You may remember in December we launched our first ever #BallisticBeards contest. The idea was to have you, the readers, show off some epic facial hair on Instagram. And you didn’t disappoint. [in_content post=”6671″ alignment=”align-left” /] As we said in our initial contest posting, we were going to pick three
