Or Things You Can Get Yourself
Tactical Pen
Here in the south, Academy and outdoors normally has them in stock or you can order my favorite from Amazon.
M-16 Pocket Knife
This is the knife I carry, but any good pocketknife is a great gift. Anything from CRKT, Cold Steel, Smith and Wesson, or Spyderco would make a great gift.
Flashlights
Anything from SureFire, 511 Tactical, or Stream Light would make a great gift. The best place to buy them on line is LaPoliceGear.com. The light I want is the new SureFire E2 Defender.
Batteries
Just because you can never have enough batteries. Surefire seems to have a good price on the batteries and I’ve used them a lot. They’ve always worked for me. The problem the 3v batteries is they are expensive. Don’t buy them 2 at a time, they are about $4 each, if you buy them 12 or more you can get them for $2 each or less.
Gerber Multi Tool
I had one of these forever and loved it. I used it to break steel bands off ammo cases, cut through chain link fence and just abused the crap out of it and they never broke. I had the same one for over a decade before I replaced it.
Ammo
You can never have too much ammo. I order it in bulk from LuckyGunner.com and SGAmmo.com.
Merry Christmas and Stay Safe,
Ben
Ben, first I am a big fan of your blog and podcasts! I found you through Bob’s podcast.
As far as cr123 batteries go, I buy them from battery junction online. Their brand is like $12 for a 12 pack and they last just as long as the surefire ones for me. I have no affiliation with them just hate seeing people pay more than they have to.
Thanks for the tip Mike!
I’m going to check it out. I just learned that the CR123 batteries from Surefire, Energizer, Duracell, and Panasonic are all made in the same Panasonic factory and then have a different label put on them. I’m pretty sure they are making others too.