Private Military Contractor International Magazine - June 2020

In this issue

It's a whole new world out there right now and as we're all still keeping low and slow, this time the PMCI crew looks hard at training tools that you can be safely using at home to keep your edge honed to perfection! Trampas also takes us inside a very special "Tac .22" build and gets to grips with the SIG XFIVE, whilst Bill brings in the latest news from Polish gear specialists Helikon-Tex; add to this a fabulous blade creation from Cap'n Craig and the Skallywag crew and the usual mix of news and reviews, and PMCI has you "lockdown covered"!

DESIGNATED TRAINING GUNS

WHEN IT COMES TO FIREARMS TRAINING, MANY OF US DEDICATED TO THE DISCIPLINE WILL SPEND HOURS ON THE RANGE SENDING HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS DOWN RANGE EACH MONTH. SADLY, IT IS A HARD FACT THAT MOST WILL NOT SPEND JUST AS MUCH TIME OFF THE RANGE HANDLING OUR FIREARMS, WORKING ON BASIC FUNDAMENTALS SUCH AS DRY FIRING OR MORE ADVANCED TECHNIQUES SUCH AS MOVEMENT OR WEAPON RETENTION DRILLS. ONE OF THE PRIMARY EXCUSES FOR NOT DOING SO IS SAFETY.

9 mins

GEAR ON TEST

HELIKON-TEX PILGRIM ANORAK AND PANT In my musings on training and especially “situational awareness” in this issue sometimes I need to apply that same advice to myself and not get tunnel-vision when I’m looking at my own gear locker! I work pretty closely with the guys at Helikon-Tex in Poland and our conversations tend to be about gear for range and operational use, but amongst their other lines are some real gems!

7 mins

HELIKON-TEX NEW DIRECTIONS FOR 2020

At SHOT in January one of the more exciting meetings of the week for the entire PMCI review team was a chance to get together with the folks from Helikon-Tex. International readers may already be familiar with the name, and this Polish manufacturer of tactical gear and clothing has been on our team radar from some considerable time! The PMCI crew have been evaluating their latest garments and designs and now report back.

7 mins

READY TACTICAL SLING

Firearms training and tactics are an ever-evolving series of techniques as is the gear that goes along with it. Few people outside of administrative personnel fully understand the cost and time that goes into every time a unit or department changes equipment. There is not only the cost of the equipment itself but the cost of training or retraining the end user, often compensating them for their time or having to work around their schedules for availability. -TS

9 mins

TRAINING SIGHTS

When learning the basics of firearms training, two key fundamentals of shooting any firearm are sight alignment and sight picture. Sight alignment is defined as the relation of the front sight to the rear sight in line with your eyesight in order to shoot straight at your intended target. Optimally, your alignment will have equal height across the top plane of the sights and equal spacing of light on each side of the front sight when looking through the rear. Sight picture is commonly defined as the relation of sight alignment with the intended target. -TS-

7 mins

ELEVATED SILENCE EOSXL .22

In the tactical world, operators are used to hearing common calibers mentioned such as 5.56, 7.62, .338 Lapua and even .50 BMG but what about .22 LR? Yes, you read that correctly, .22 LR. Is there a time and place in the modern realm of tactical operations? In my humble opinion, from both personal experience and in-depth research working with one of the top suppressor manufacturers in the country, the answer is YES! More specifically, yes, if the right tool is used for the right job.

9 mins

SIG LEGION XFIVE P320

For decades now, SIG Sauer has been known to Military and Law Enforcement communities as the “professional’s choice”. Due to the company’s reputation for rugged, high quality firearms, everyone from local police departments to elite units such as SEAL teams have employed them to face evil at all threat levels. -TS-

8 mins

SKALLYWAG TACTICAL: D2 DAGGER

Our world is amazingly full of rich culture, beauty and light, but for many armed professionals, we know all too well there is a dark side as well. One in which evil lurks at any moment to pounce and effectively change the world as we personally know it. When we prepare for a mission, whether it’s in daily life or occupational assignment, we load out for the dangers we expect to face.

5 mins

AMERICAN SPEEDLOADERS

Every year, the PMCI crew spends a week together in Las Vegas, Nevada, amongst some of the biggest names in the firearms market from around the world at the “Industry Only” vendors event known as SHOT SHOW. Our mission is to find those handfuls of genuinely innovative products that set themselves apart from the competition.

3 mins

RAVEN 6MM GBB PISTOLS FOR TRAINING

I was very pleasantly surprised late in 2017 when I was introduced to the pre-production versions of the new RAVEN “6MM” GBB pistols and I’ve been using one of the 1911-style models ever since in my personal home training regime, way before “6mm Training” even became a buzz! Since then the marque has moved ever-onwards offering a mind-bending array of models to choose from.

8 mins

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Private Military Contractor International Magazine Description:

Private Military Contractor International is the first publication dedicated to PMC operatives.
Available only as a digital magazine PMCI includes news, reviews and general interest articles written by past or current military and PMC personnel .
All our writers are experienced individuals with an in-depth knowledge of their subjects.
The magazine also includes lifestyle and recruitment sections, plus welfare and home-life articles - and best of all, it is FREE!