Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. ’ Stuffin it SMart John Connor Strangely enough, a rambling conversation between His Editorial Immenseness RoyBoy, Carry Options editor Sammy Reese, and master leather craftsman Jerry Evans of Haugen Handgun Leather resulted in something cool, elegant and eminently useful: the Night Stand Bag, a butter-smooth gunbucket styled to perfectly organize a Roscoe, mags, tac-light, cellphone and more, at home or wherever you roam. Each is truly custom, handmade and surprisingly inexpensive for its value. Makes a terrific gift, too. Jerry doesn’t even carry it on his Web site, so give him a call at (701) 255-0723. www.haugenhandgunleather.com BagS, SaCkS, ruCkS & PaCkS M 66 y earliest childhood memories include methodically organizing all my possessions into a modified Marine field pack and a Navy seabag. I guess that doesn’t sound very “mainstream,” but my family’s life wasn’t very mainstream, moving all ’round the Western Pacific and Asia on skoshie-short notice. And one of the first rules I learned was that all my stuff had to fit into those two containers — or something stayed behind. I was just a pup when Dad cut the shoulder straps of that Marine pack, broke out his lock-stitching awl and re- positioned ’em to fit me — also teaching me the use of that awl. My first project was stitching a canvas tube pouch to that pack to hold the track sections of my little toy train firmly and securely; as Dad would say, “ship-shape & squared away.” Everything had its place; easy to stow, go, or lay hands on quick. In that regard, there wasn’t much transition to becoming a Marine: shrug into my harness, sling my rifle, hoist my seabag, and I was ready to lock, load & rock. It felt good — and those essential disciplines of organization, portability and security continued through service as a SWAT cop, then as “a contracted repre- sentative of U.S. and Western interests.” That means “living out of a bag.” You don’t have to live out of a bag to use and appreciate the same dynamics, and you’ve got so many more great choices than I had for many years! Whether your need is for a NottaHolster, an Urban Bug-Out Bag, a Traveling Trauma Kit, a “Briefcase With Bite” or just a fine field pack, the right one’s out there waiting for you! * For more of Connor’s half-baked ideas about selecting bags and packs, go to www.americanhandgunner.com and click on Web Blast! WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM • JULY/AUGUST 2009