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. BAE Systems, the global aerospace, military, law enforcement and security company, has grown greatly during the past decade. Its North American L.E. and tactical divisions alone have 11 major corporations. “The amazing thing is that each one of their enterprises stays right on the cutting edge of technology and innovative design,” said Sean Conville, V.P. of Atlantic Tactical, which offers thousands of products from over 400 manufacturers. “It would be almost impossible to pick the fastest moving, best-selling items from so many companies, so let’s just look at one: Safariland,” Conville said. “Their ALS holsters are a great illustration of materials science (referring to their “SafariLaminate” thermal-molded construction), ergonomics and engineering — specifically, the Automatic Locking System. Making a holster that fast and intuitive, yet that secure is a real feat.” Conville also rates high the Safariland RLS (Rapid Light System). “Just one light that clips to your belt or pants, attaches and releases from your weapon in a flash, and it’s a first-rate hand-held flashlight, too. No special holster or holder is needed, and it gives 50 hours runtime on three AAA batteries,” Conville said. Visit www.baesystems.com. Click “Businesses,” then “BAE Systems Product Group,” then “Divisions.” At the Maxpedition Hard-Use Gear booth, Ed Head, Gunsite director of operations, pointed out the toughness of the company’s products. “Maxpedition’s packs, bags and concealed-carry gearslingers are first-quality and really innovative designs. Whether it’s on the range or deployed on operations, we know our users can rely on Max- Matteo Recanatini, Beretta’s marketing manager for L.E. and Defense, is all smiles about the sales of the Storm family of weapons. He’s holding the new Px4 Storm subcompact. Dealer Pat McGuire (left), of ProDefense, says PentagonLight products “fly off the shelves.” Pentagon’s Bruce Walker, director of business development, is happy to hear that. 28 MAY 2008 pedition products,” Head said. The Gunsite pro shop carries Maxpedition Gear. “When we think highly enough of a product to put our black raven logo on it, you can bet it has earned it,” Head said. Visit www.maxpedition.com. In the heart of the L.E. & Tactical Gear section, Mesa Tactical attracted attention with their “professional grade” tactical shotgun accessories. One buyer was Steve Barlow, a master gunsmith and owner of Barlow’s Custom Guns in West Valley, Utah. “They’ve got a new, really impressive hydraulic recoil buffer (Enidine Shot Stock Hydraulic Buffer) that fits right into Mesa’s telescoping stock systems,” Barlow said, who specializes in building entry shotguns for L.E. agencies. Mesa Tactical’s tactical shotgun stock adaptors accommodate a variety of alternative buttstocks, including mil-spec collapsibles and products by LMT, Magpul, Vltor and others. Visit www.mesatactical.com. At the Troy Industries booth, the company displayed its M14 Modular Chassis System (MCS), which vaults the 50-yearold M14 rifle into the new millennium. The M14 MCS permits mounting optics, IR illuminators and lasers, and collapsible buttstocks. Troy’s quad-railed billet T6 aluminum chassis duplicates the ergonomics of the M16/M4 weapons family, while retaining consistency with original operating and fieldstripping procedures. The Army, Marine Corps and growing numbers of L.E. agencies have adopted the MCS. L.E. dealers are learning it has a place in their shops, also. Visit www.troyind.com. What Troy Industries has done for the M14, Sage International has accomplished for tactical users of Ruger’s Mini-14 and the M1 Garand. Precision machined multifeatured chassis systems are virtual dropins, requiring no permanent modifications or bedding to achieve greater accuracy and reduced felt recoil. Visit www.sageinternationalltd.com. At the Hoffners Holsters & Training booth, Jim Pruett, owner of Jim Pruett’s Guns & Ammo in Houston, Texas, singled out the Ultrux MinimalES Paddle holster as a best seller. “We conduct concealed-carry training regularly in our 9,000-square-foot classroom and on the range, and we expose 60 students at a time to many choices in handguns and holsters. That experience has made Hoffners’ our number-one selling line for seven years,” Pruett said. “As for Hoffners’ Tactical Rifle, I have customers lined up to buy it sight unseen, based on its www.shootingindustry.com