Expo Arms build part 3

Barrel – https://alnk.to/4qGpdw9

Upper receiver – https://alnk.to/5uaX6q5

Upper Parts kit – https://alnk.to/b7tcuxo

Gas tube – https://alnk.to/3ch6lPL

Gas Block – https://alnk.to/7fkwUBD

Bolt Carrier Group – https://alnk.to/74pLVNx

Charging handle – https://alnk.to/58lr8Qe

KAK extended A2 flash hider – https://www.kakindustry.com/catalog/product/view/id/889/s/1-2-28-a2-extended-flash-hider/category/48/

Junk on the Bunk: Personal First Aid Kit (PFAK) and Hygiene Kit

The little, and oft overlooked things, can make or break you and mean the difference between success and failure.

Badlands Fieldcraft

1) Wet Wipes 2) 100% Deet bug spray 3) Toe nail clippers and Tick remover 4) Fix’n Wax 5) Foot powder and boot bands 6) Cumberland Concepts Zipper Bag
7) Floss and Q-tips 8) Wash cloth 9) Camp soap 10) Imodium, Tylenol, Ibuprofen 11) Hand sanitizer 12) Sawed-off tooth brush 13) PFAK with bandaids, antiseptic wipes, Melagel, moleskin

I’m going through my gear and making sure it’s ready to go for the upcoming Fieldcraft course next month and thought I would share what I carry to cover basic hygiene and health in the field.

I carry my Hygiene gear and my Personal First Aid Kit (PFAK) in a Cumberland Concepts zipper pouch. I love these little pouches and use them for any organizing of small items in my equipment. A PFAK is different than an IFAK, and I’d like to clarify how. I came across this term in an…

View original post 588 more words

5 minute project: Prep a smoke grenade for use

Badlands Fieldcraft

Not too long ago Mike from Von Steuben Training and Consulting put a good write up on American Partisan about the tactical employment of smoke grenades and I’d encourage you to check it out.

This was a subject I had on my to-do list as well so I got my butt in gear and got some smokes ordered up. I went ahead and followed his advice and got the EG-18X smoke grenades from Enola Gaye. I’m also going to follow his advice and use duct tape and electrical tape to help weatherproof the grenade and identify its color, but I’ve also tried to improve on his ideas as well. That’s the great part about this community is how we can all share ideas and improve off of each other.

Don’t get me wrong, this is no form of one-upmanship though, reading Mike’s article and seeing his use of duct tape…

View original post 946 more words

Budget build upper part 2

Barrel – https://alnk.to/4qGpdw9

Upper receiver – https://alnk.to/5uaX6q5

Upper Parts kit – https://alnk.to/b7tcuxo

Gas tube – https://alnk.to/3ch6lPL

Gas Block – https://alnk.to/7fkwUBD

Bolt Carrier Group – https://alnk.to/74pLVNx

Charging handle – https://alnk.to/58lr8Qe

KAK extended A2 flash hider – https://www.kakindustry.com/catalog/product/view/id/889/s/1-2-28-a2-extended-flash-hider/category/48/