As part of our continuing search for awesome North American companies that manufacture awesome things, we turn our attention to Chris Kopp of CTOMS. CTOMS manufactures some of their own gear, retails other top shelf gear, and provides first rate emergency medical and tactical climbing, rope access, and rescue training. They also have an excellent blog called Private Bloggins that deals with the business and various things that relate to the equipment they sell or make.

The cat was out of the bag a week or two ago but I was really busy with my wedding so here it is. I was signed on as a Digital Contributor for RECOIL . Nothing will change for the most part on here because of this. You just might see more linked posts like this one. With that check out my review on the very awesome way of carrying more shotgun shells on you.

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I have wanted an INFORCE APL(Auto Pistol Light) badly ever since its initial release, however the issue was that I did not have a pistol at that time. Thankfully, when I got my Glock the new improved version of the APL came out in flat dark earth colour.

A industry friend of mine fired me a package of goodies several months back. In it was the Echo Niner Patch Pouch that has been used in various roles since then. The patch pouch is a male Velcro backed patch with female Velcro on the outside. A flap opens in the back allowing items to be stored on the inside.

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Fire is one of the most important tools in a survival situation or even just camping. From fire you keep warm, melt snow and boil water, cook, sterilize, make signals, and much more. Unfortunately starting a fire is not always easy, so why not have some tools that can make it easy. Ultimate Survival Technologies has a large selection of just those tools, along with many other great products.