Lifestyle Archives ⋆ Primer Peak

Top Five Books for Gun Owners [2025]

December 30, 2025 Daniel Reedy

A few weeks ago I found myself at a local gun rights group’s monthly range session. While there I spent quite a bit of time […]

Vehicle Emergency Kit Essentials [2025]

December 23, 2025 Kourtney

Everyone likes to compare and brag about their EDC. What $600 knife and miscellaneous tools they’ll never use and how much they can shove inside […]

Mount West Watch Co. “Summit” Review [2025]

December 17, 2025 Paul Whaley

I host two local watch enthusiast meetups each month. We’re located in Salt Lake City, Utah, but we’ve hosted meetups all around northern Utah. Well, […]

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Markwell Hard Candy Enamel Review – Eye Candy [2025]

May 27, 2025 Paul Whaley

After the publication of my Markwell “datematic” review in 2024, I was excited to see what the brand would release next. John from Markwell alluded […]

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Toys, Tools, Guns & Rules – A Book for Parents and Kids (Review)

February 11, 2025 Daniel Reedy

Earlier this year I spent a few days at home with a fever, cough, and general yuckiness. After a day of playing video games, it […]

Signum Cuda Titanium Full Lume Review [2025]

February 4, 2025 Paul Whaley

I trade watches back and forth with my good buddy, Tim Johnson. We loan each other watches to test and evaluate, and the subject for […]

Seiko SNJ025 “Arnie” Review – Get To The Choppa! [2025]

January 14, 2025 Paul Whaley

I love film. I’ve written about it in a few places here at Primer Peak, and that love for cinema has influenced me in many […]

Markwell Watches “datematic” Review [2024]

December 24, 2024 Paul Whaley

Once a month, I host a watch meetup for Salt Lake City, Utah. It’s a casual gathering, where watch nerds come to enjoy food and […]

The Diamond Smugglers – Ian Fleming – Book Review [2024]

December 10, 2024 Paul Whaley

While people know Ian Fleming for his James Bond series, he also published a handful of non-fiction works. In 1957, Fleming published The Diamond Smugglers, […]

A Trip To The Browning Firearm Museum in Photographs [2024]

September 24, 2024 Paul Whaley

At the tail end of August of 2024, I made a trip to the Browning Firearm Museum. I worked down the street from the museum […]

StressFire Volume 1 – 40 Years Later – Book Review [2024]

July 18, 2024 Paul Whaley

StressFire: Volume 1 of Gunfighting for Police is a classic 1984 book written by Massad Ayoob. It played a large part in overhauling police shooting […]