Mountain Up Olive Drab Hat

What happens when its a 110 degrees (f) outside, you have been on the range for an hour and have been training your ass off? YOU GET HOT. Getting hot causes the sweat to start pouring down. If you are like us, you probably wear a hat as a matter of necessity, which you use to keep that sweat out of your eyes. Even the best hat can only do so much, so what are you to do?

This is where Mountain Up comes in. While discussing some of our problems with sweat out on the range, Mountain Up said they might have just the solution I needed. They guided me to their Olive Drab Tactical Cap. At first look, it seems like an ordinary hat. Tactical ball cap with Velcro, custom stitching for unit pride and Moral Patches.

Once the package from Mountain Up arrived and opened, to say the very least, was very much surprising. The hat was completely customized, inside and out. In most hat cases, they only care to style and personalize the front of the hat. The underside stitching from Mountain Up was refreshing and it felt like they took the time to take care of each order.

The fit was fantastic, snug with some wiggle room. The bill was soft to form, but kept its firmness. The hat also came with a sweet Battle Born morale patch and Battle Born hat clip. The additions to the hat really makes it feel as if it is yours. You can completely customize them to fit your style and needs.

Finally to get it out to the range. We took this hat through the ringer with walking drills, transition drills and plenty of hours spent in the Arizona heat. To my surprise, the hat actually lived up to what they said it would do. It held back the sweat. Every time! Only after about 5 strait hours out in the heat did it start to let the sweat drip down my head. Their product does a great job of absorbing the sweat and dispersing through out the fabric.

It has held up to 30+ days on the range so far and going strong. Minimal fading, have not had to wash it yet. This will be my go to hat for most situations. On the range, I would recommend them to any students or shooters who need better headgear for those long range days.

Our marksmanship programs are designed with practical application in mind. What does that mean? Shooting fundamentals expand much further than the range. The biggest applications are hunting, home defense, discipline, attention to detail and confidence.

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Frog Lube

I was at my local cool guy store when I happened across a new cleaning solvent and CLP product that I have never seen before. I was looking to try out something new since we moved out to Arizona, with a lot of dry weather and sand, cleaning becomes a full time job. I decided after a thorough comparison with other cleaning products, that I would give Frog Lube a chance.

First off, Frog Lube is completely green, which for me is incredible. I love guns, explosions and all types of other cool guy things, but I understand that its important to help reduce our footprint on the planet. For that reason I try to keep everything as green as possible. What was a pleasant surprise was when I opened the CLP bottle, I was not overwhelmed by that normal CLP smell. Instead it was a minty aroma, that made cleaning slightly more enjoyable.

So Frog Lube is a wet product that acts as a dry lubricant after it is applied. I remember during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, we had been given these cans of dry graphite spray to put onto a Squad Automatic Weapons. Due to the extreme dust, sand and myriad of crap flying around over there, the dry lube ensured that none of it would get built up and cause malfunctions. The graphite spray did its job, But your weapon needs to be cleaned once you are afforded the opportunity. Just like a wet lube, dry lube will build up carbon deposits on the weapon.

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Back here in Arizona, the conditions are very similar to those found overseas in Iraq. I am surrounded by mountains and live in a desert valley. A dry lube seemed a perfect fit for while I'm out shooting at the ranges. We ran both of our pistols, one with Frog Lube, the other with a generic "wet" lube. Over the course of three hours of shooting, our "wet" pistol had a total of 5 stoppages towards the end of the session. Our pistol coated with Frog Lube had no problems dealing with the conditions and allowed our pistol to shoot stoppage free.

Overall, its a great tool to add to the range bag. You must remember that different areas of operation require different lubrication requirements. The boys over at Breach Bang Clear did a great article covering different lubes for different needs. Do some research and find the product that works best for you. Most importantly do not get caught up in the current must have weapons cleaning products, most of them are over priced, contain no actual science behind their claims. It will come down to your research and trial and error.

We would definitely recommend this product to our students if they were experiencing trouble with traditional methods of Cleaning, Lubricating and Protecting their firearms.

Our marksmanship programs are designed with practical application in mind. What does that mean? Shooting fundamentals expand much further than the range. The biggest applications are hunting, home defense, discipline, attention to detail and confidence.

Stay tuned to our blog for the rest of the series. Head on over to Facebook and Instagram and give us a like and follow. Message us today to find out when our next event is and how to schedule your training in the West Valley of Phoenix!