Author Archives: Joe

About Joe

As an Oath Keeper Joe is known for his staunch, unwavering defense of Liberty and the Constitution. His background in medicine, from the streets as a FF/EMT to a level 1 trauma team, bring a unique perspective to TBS team. As a life long firearms enthusiast you may also recognize him from his work with MAC and as founder of 13C Gun Reviews.

Third Annual IV8888 RangeDay hosted by IraqVeteran8888

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Joe | Permalink 0

The Third Annual IV8888 Range Day was again a huge success, even if mother nature did her best to try and sabotage it. The event is a gathering [..]

News Stories, Reviews

New offerings from Manticore Arms debuted at 2015 Bullpup Shoot

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Joe | Permalink 0

During the 2015 Bullpup shoot Sven from Manticore Arms, Inc. took time to join us to talk about some new Vepr and AK products as well as a [..]

News Stories, Reviews

Testing AR500 Armor and thoughts on body armor

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Joe | Permalink 0

We put some AR500 Armor to the test with Everything from Tavor to a SCAR17, Saiga 12, AK47, 74, M1 Garand, Mosin Nagant, PS90 and more.

Reviews

13C Updates, Support and Giveaways, how you can virtually support our efforts!

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Joe | Permalink 0

These past few months have seen increases in not just the quantity of reviews and videos but also the quality. We’ve invested in better cameras and audio, editing [..]

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Complacency. WI man dead after negligent discharge to his femoral during reholstering

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Joe | Permalink 0

Friday evening a Wisconsin man, Timothy Phonisay, shot himself in his right thigh at approximately 11pm in his home. It appears that Mr Phonisay was reholster his pistol, [..]

News Stories, Political

An Airman, a National Guardsman and a civilian walk onto a European train. And kick ass.

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Joe | Permalink 0

Meet Airman Stone, one of 3 Americans to foil what would have been one of the worst mass shootings on board a European train from Belgium bound to [..]

News Stories

NLX223 Charging Handle from Next Level Armament

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Joe | Permalink 0

The AR-15 has come a long way over the past several decades and so has it’s charging handle. The need to be able to operate the charging handle [..]

Reviews

Improved T-REx LT rail for the IWI Tavor

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Joe | Permalink 0

    About a year ago I reviewed the T-REx rail from Homeland Guns for the Tavor.  The rail was a excellent high quality solid piece of billet [..]

Reviews, Uncategorized

Weaver Tactical 1-7x Dual Focal Plane Optic First look

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Joe | Permalink 0

Weaver has a new scope out and it’s getting some well deserved attention.  I picked up 1-7x24mm Tactical model and it’s several features I like rolled into one [..]

Reviews

DPMS G2 vs SCAR17 accuracy testing w/ Federal Gold Medal Match ammo

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Joe | Permalink 0

I get asked time and again my favorite .308 rifle and to be honest the SCAR 17 still tops my list.  I was also getting asked, what about [..]

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