The Israeli Battle Dressing
The Israeli Battle Dressing and its imitators are probably the best battle dressings on the market today. They can be applied with one hand (assuming…
Month: February 2017
When a tourniquet is not the thing to stop bleeding
Some years ago, coagulating agents came on the scene. The first I’m aware of was Celox, which did the job but had some downsides, the…
Range Theatrics
Not sure if that’s what I would have named this, but I can’t argue with the message in the video. Train like you fight was…
Could the ATF support changes to the NFA?
(As seen in several Intertubz venues.) While it’s early, Hell may have actually frozen over. More likely, if this is proven true, the boys from…
Cleaning and protecting your guns
I found this Firing Line forum thread while traveling about the Intertubz. It dates from 2014, but it’s the closest thing to a scientific test…
Distance vision
There are times that you’ll need to see at a distance. While you could use a telescope, telescopes are generally something less than portable. Of…
Why would you need to carry a gun to work?
Oh, I don’t know…maybe because sum dood could show up and threaten to bash your brains out with an axe. The threat level out there…
Quick note on labels
I’m starting to use labels, which allow me and you to organize and search posts by categories. You can use the label widget over on…
Toward a useful first aid kit
Everyone has seen and some of us have purchased a pre-packaged “first aid kit”. You know, one of the little plastic boxes with the pretty…
Can it be fixed?
No, I’m not talking about my malfunctioning Glock 30, now on its way to Georgia. I’m talking about things in general. Can that piece of…
This could go all kinds of wrong
As gunnies and concealed carriers, we all know that a meeting with the police has some amount of hazard to it. Anyone with a brain…
One more C-A-T video
Here’s the last one I’m going to post, DIY, for an arm.
A new gun malfunction
This past weekend I went to the Greensboro Gun Show and acquired a Glock 30 Gen 4. I’d decided that I needed to up my…
C-A-T Tourniquet Lower Exteremity Application Video Tutorial
In keeping with yesterday’s video on applying the C-A-T tourniquet to an arm, here it is, DIY, for a leg.