Day Two of Rock’a Lock’a BANG! BANG! Moved the event from the range and into a completely different training environment: The former state of Nevada Maximum security prison. With the addition of new attendees comes a shift into covert access, escape, rescue, and problem-solving skills, with classes conducted throughout the prison. – Lock picking – Lever locks and prison locks – SERE with a focus on restraints – Camera Systems – Vehicle extraction – Surveillance and counter surveillance Supporting the second day were TNT Rescue, KCI USA, Mechanix Wear, and Blade-Tech, along with all the sponsors from day one each bringing equipment and expertise that complemented the training program. SPARROWS instructors were also heavily involved with conventional lock picking, lever lock picking, restraints escape, Camera systems and surveillance. It’s not often you have the opportunity to pick a prison lock in an actual prison. The prison environment immediately changed the character of the event. Leading to a highly immersive environments with, participants working throughout the correctional environment. The prison Tattoo Shop also opened up and the helicopter is still circling above. Bryan one of the tattoo artists had some unique stories to share as he was a former inmate of…
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Rock’a Lock’a BANG! BANG! Kicked off last week in Carson City for another iteration of what has quickly become one of the more unique events on the tactical convention calendar. Hosted by SPARROWS Lock Picks, the event brings together professionals from the tactical, law enforcement, security, and technical communities for…
Silent Steel launches its Generation 2 Baffle Streamer family, featuring advanced 3D-printed modules, significantly improved sound and flash suppression, new OTB models and a fully upgradeable modular architecture. Silent Steel is proud to introduce the new Baffle Streamer Gen 2 suppressor family, representing a major step forward in our traditional…
The XRAY5 is SIG’s newest pistol optic and it packs a lot of innovation. As far as I know, this is the first pistol optic with no moving parts (other than the buttons on the side). There are no internal springs or screws to fail. This is the very definition…
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Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH has reached an important milestone in its training solution for the Heavy Infantry Weapon Carrier. The newly developed training equipment for gunnery and combat training for the Heavy Infantry Weapon Carrier (abbr. AGSW in German) successfully passed the Factory Acceptance Test at Rheinmetall’s Bremen site in June…
Dip Was Part of the Kit. This Is What Comes Next. If you served, you had a can. Maybe it was Copenhagen. Maybe Grizzly. Maybe Kodiak if you were that guy. Either way, dip was as standard-issue as coffee and dark humor. It worked where cigarettes could not, it kept…

