SEP20214 PMCI SPECIAL RIFLE BUILD – “A-TEAM RUGER MINI 14!“IF YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM OF NOT OWNING ONE OF THESE COOL RIFLE VARIANTS, IF NO RETAIL STORE CAN HELP,VISIT WWW.RUGER.COM AND WWW.SAMSON-MFG.COM AND IF YOU CAN FIND THEM IN STOCK, MAYBE YOU CANPURCHASE YOUR OWN A-TM MINI-14!” – TRAMPAS DETAILS A VERY SPECIAL RIFLE BUILD!10 SPECIAL REPORT - PROFILING: TRAMPAS SHARES IS EXPERIENCE THAT CAME FROM GETTING TO SITDOWN WITH PMCI’S VERY OWN JIM WENZEL AND DISCUSS HIS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED GLOBAL COMPANY, PROCYPHER,A COMPANY THAT IS EDUCATING PRIVATE SECURITY TEAMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENTOPERATIVES WORLDWIDE TO BE BETTER PREPARED15 EDITORS COMMENT: WORDS FROM THE ‘ED’16 GEAR ON TEST: “GEAR FOR THE GOOD GUYS” COURTESY OF THE PMCI TEAM20 DIRECT ACTION UPDATE: BILL HAS BEEN KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THEIR LATEST DEVELOPMENTSAND INNOVATIONS FOR THE TACTICAL USER FROM GEAR GURUS DIRECT ACTION; WITH SOME GREAT NEW MODELSAVAILABLE NOW HE BRINGS IN AN UPDATE OF KIT THAT HE’S ALREADY TRIED AND TESTED EXTENSIVELY!24 GALCO FLETCH HOLSTER: IN THIS MODERN ERA OF HOLSTERS AND GEAR MADE OF KYDEX AND OTHERSYNTHETIC MATERIALS, THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT CLASSIC GUN LEATHER THAT FEELS “RIGHT”, AND THE GALCOFLETCH HOLSTER CONTINUES THAT LEGACY28 SNUGPAK NEW MODELS TESTED!: IF YOU WANT A BRITISH, NO, MAKE THAT GLOBAL, SUCCESS STORYTHEN YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK NO FURTHER THAN SNUGPAK! RELIED UPON BY CIVILIANS AND MILITARY PERSONNELAROUND THE WORLD FOR THEIR TECHNICALLY ADVANCED SLEEPING SYSTEMS AND CLOTHING, BILL BRINGS IN HIS TAKEON THE VERY LATEST MODELS!32 ASP RAPTOR DF: FOUNDED IN 1976 BY KEVIN PARSONS, PHD., ARMAMENT SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURESFOCUSED ON THE NECESSITY OF SYSTEMS THAT WERE TACTICALLY SOUND, OPERATIONALLY FEASIBLE AND LEGALLYDEFENSIBLE, AND THIS REAL-WORLD, STREET-PROVEN APPROACH INFORMS THE DESIGN OF ASP PRODUCTS ANDTRAINING PROGRAMS TO THIS DAY. JIM TELLS MORE…36 FIREARMS: RUGER LCP MAX: IT’S A “FAMILY AFFAIR” AS TRAMPAS AND HIS WIFE, CANDACE GET TOGRIPS WITH THE RUGER LCP MAX AS PART OF A T&E PROCESS THAT WAS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN RUGER AND THEWOMEN’S NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE WELL ARMED WOMAN (TWAW) SHOOTING CHAPTERS40 TRAINING: MANTIS X, THE LATEST CHAPTER!: WITH HIS EXPERIENCE SHOOTING FOR OVER 40 YEARS ANDHELPING OTHERS LEARN TO SHOOT FOR OVER 21 YEARS, TRAMPAS HAS RESEARCHED AS MANY AVENUES AS POSSIBLETO FIND EQUIPMENT AND PROGRAMS THAT WOULD HELP HE AND OTHERS IMPROVE THEIR SHOOTING EFFICIENTLY, ANDNOW HE GIVES HIS VERDICT ON THE MANTIS X10 ELITE44 GEAR: US PEACEKEEPER DRAG BAG: DURING A LITERAL LIFETIME OF TRAINING, TRAMPAS DISCOVEREDA PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF RIFLE CRAFT WAS TAKING CARE OF AND PROTECTING YOUR HIGH-QUALITYTOOLS OF THE TRADE. FOR A SNIPER UNIT, A SPECIALIZED RIFLE SOFT CASE KNOWN AS A “DRAG BAG” PLAYS APIVOTAL PART OF THE STANDARD LOAD OUT, AND SO HE CHECK A MODEL FROM US PEACEKEEPER47 BOOK REVIEW: “MILITARY RECONNAISSANCE: THE EYES AND EARS OF THE ARMY”49 6MM TRAINING – VIRUAL SHOT: DURING THE LAST YEAR THE SUBJECT OF “TRAINING AIDS” TOOK ON AHIGH DEGREE OF SIGNIFICANCE, AND OUR GOOD FRIEND IGGY ROBERTS REPORTS FROM “DOWN UNDER” AS HE GETSTO GRIPS WITH A 6MM SYSTEM HE’S BEEN USING TO KEEP HIS “EDGE”, VIRTUAL-SHOT.52 INDUSTRY VACANCIES: LOOKING FOR WORK? JUST CHECK HERE.Copyright © Calibre Publishing 2020. All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrievalsystem or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without theexpress permission of the publisher in writing. The opinion of the writers do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher. TheEditors reserve the right to edit submissions prior to publication.Thank you for downloading this Edition of PMCI, the FREE digital publication dedicated to PMC Operatives. PMCI is written byindividuals with first-hand knowledge and experience of the subject they write about - and all of whom have an intimateunderstanding of what the role entails and the day to day challenges faced by those working in this industry.PMCI will provide a platform to review and discuss the things to matter to all of us, such personal equipment, training, employmentand lifestylestyle management - and these are also our core fundamentals. 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