The story of Black Rifle Coffee Company is an interesting one. I first ask, when did the world start going crazy over coffee? I don’t know when it happened, but it seems the world now runs on coffee. Not just “dinner mud,” as we used to call it when working
Ballistic personality Pat McNamara — AKA Pat Mac — is about as innovative as it gets when it comes to tactical training. His drills are exhausting to watch, yet he performs them in almost effortless fashion time and time again. [in_content post=”2242″ alignment=”align-left” /] Most recently, Mac ran out 50
To test its Hell’s Canyon Speed rifle and gear, the folks at Browning organized an aoudad sheep hunt just outside of Marfa, Texas. If you’re familiar with this part of Texas, then you know how unforgiving the landscape can be, with steep elevation changes, sharp rocks and plenty of cacti.
Knife training takes on a different meaning when the instructor is Kyle Defoor. Defoor is the owner of Defoor Proformance, a tactical firearms training school that caters to military, government and civilian students. A former U.S. Navy SEAL, Defoor gained combat experience in Afghanistan during the Global War on Terror.
You’ve probably heard the phrase “The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry.” Well, if you substitute “rats” for “mice,” you’ll have described a three-year federal law enforcement operation that was shakily conceived, carelessly wrought and at times fueled by less-than-noble motives. It would spell disaster for all
By now, you’re all familiar with our good friend and Ballistic Magazine star Pat McNamara. Mac spent 22 years in the U.S. Army and understands what a good combat pistol should be. So he wanted to create his own: the Blaze Ops 1911. [in_content post=”1905″ alignment=”align-left” /] To craft the perfect
If you don’t follow Ballistic contributor Pat McNamara on Instagram (@TmacsInc), well, for starters, you’re an idiot. It also means you probably aren’t familiar with his workout routine, which is of the superhuman variety. Mac also loves to work out with music — of the metal variety — blasting in
John Moses Browning was born five years before the Civil War, yet his gun designs inspire the armaments of the world today. He designed the .50-caliber M2 machine gun as an anti-balloon weapon during World War I, yet this timeless gun still perches essentially unchanged atop U.S. MRAP vehicles and
For the spring 2018 issue of Ballistic Magazine, we teamed up with Master Bladesmith Charly Mann to build the ultimate survival knife. A task easier said than done, but we did it. The knife is called the BUC. It stands for “Bush Urban Combat,” and it might just be the ultimate
