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If your objective when working or carrying off-duty is to remain below the radar, to show no indicators that you’re a cop or armed, then plain clothes is what you need. I mean “plain” in the ordinary sense of the word. The tactical “plain” clothes that have hit our industry like a storm over the last decade are not actually “plain.”

The WINDSTOPPER® Patrol Soft Shell has quickly become one of my favorite jackets. The outer shell is a stretch nylon and the backer/liner is fleece. One thing I really like about the fleece backer is it covers the entire inside of the jacket to include the sleeves and collar.

The new line of clothing for S&W includes performance shells and pants, as well as more stylish gear for concealed carry and plain-clothes assignments, for both men and women. I’ll be reviewing the men’s Range Jacket here (which is very similar to the more military-styled Shooting Jacket). But first: just what should a jacket optimized for concealed carry do?

The heart of this pant design is the holsters that are designed into the front pockets. Both pockets are specifically stitched to hold a handgun in place and they have adjustment straps to help adjust fit. I received two test pair of these pants, one in Navy Blue the other in OD Green, and have worn them as part of my regular attire for a couple months now.

All in all I was very impressed with the uniform and I’m glad to have it as part of my field wear. If you have use for multi-cam pattern uniforms and the pocket/design features suit your needs, I recommend the TRU-SPEC highly.

Tru-Spec’s TRU Tactical Response Uniform is based on the ACU recently adopted by the U.S. Army, which is currently available from Tru-Spec. With input from several tactical officers around the country, including members of the Department of Homeland Security’s ICE SRT team in San Diego, Tru-Spec has added several proprietary design improvements to its TRU [...]

A CC vest needs structure so that it drapes effectively over the gun without printing, and so that it actually moves out of the way during the draw stroke (a flimsy garment doesn’t do this reliably). And obviously it needs to be long enough to cover the gun (many vests aren’t).

With any outer garment, when you start adding in pockets and overlaps, you inevitably add more fabric which means more weight. In doing so it’s possible to make something as light as a windbreaker heavier than necessary. Another challenge often found is that when you design and manufacture a “rain coat” the very material that [...]

It feels odd to be writing a product review and citing the instigating event to SHOT Show back in January, but here I am. At SHOT Show I was in the Magnum booth looking at new products and was shown the Rapid Deployment uniform line. A couple months later I received a sample set to [...]

At several of the large shows/conventions where vendors have displays I’ve seen the Tru-Spec apparel on display. At one such convention I had a long and enjoyable conversation with the LE sales representative for Tru-Spec and, as a result, I ended up with a box of uniform apparel to wear test. I had the perfect [...]