Have you noticed how many muzzle brakes are on the market today? So when our friends at Alamo Four Star told me they were going to build the Cowl Induction Brake, I almost yawned, but I was intrigued by the name. Alamo Four Star cranks out predictably solid products...
My Go-To Scope: The Trijicon VCOG A Tactical Hunting Optic That Gets the Job Done
There’s often a division between what some consider Tactical versus Hunting. In a lot of ways, that division is wrong headed. After all, the tactical derives from the military, and the military application of the tactical is all about putting down the enemy. Of...
Performance Enhancing Drug for your Gun – CMC Triggers 2 Stage Trigger
I’ve been hunting for a trophy boar for months. I’ve seen it several times on the game camera, but never in person. Now, here I am after several hours of waiting, and here he is. He must be 350 pounds and has a serious set of tusks. Bringing my rifle up, I center my...
The Shotgunner’s Hog Hunter
I sat is a West Texas box blind, ten feet in the air and 120 yards from a feeder, on a cold, clear night, the front window of the blind open and me trying not to fall asleep. While I love night hog hunting, I’d been up since Five AM, it was 11 at night now, and I was...
Wilcox NVG Mounts – Second to none, but are they worth the money?
If you hunt with night vision or are considering it, then you will inevitably find yourself looking into how to mount your choice of gear to your head. In that process, you will also inevitably come across the Wilcox line of night vision goggle (NVG) mounts. Wilcox...
American Built Arms T-Grip – A vertical grip built with the Tavor in mind
If you have been following SHWAT™ for any length of time, you know we are fans of the IWI Tavor. We were the first in the USA to put the Tavor through a dedicated carbine class with Force Options Training and Security. We’ve hunted with it and we’ve tested the...
What is the Best Gun for Hog Hunting? – In this review the UTAS UTS-15 shows up for try outs
At SHWAT™ we are frequently asked “What is the best gun for hog hunting?” The answer is always “It depends.” If you are on a budget and need something that will do a wide variety of tasks that a firearm can be called on to do, many will tell you to go with a...
Tactical Watch Review | The Sans 13 from Smith and Bradley, Ltd.
No, it doesn’t have night vision, a breaching device or a micro folding knife, but the Smith and Bradley Sans 13 tactical watch features more purpose driven design than half of what we might call “tactical” today. Besides, it’s National Tactical Officers Association...
Best of SHWAT 2013
2013 has been a great year in many ways for us at SHWAT™. We hope you have had a good year too. As our focus shifts to 2014 and the promise it brings we take a moment to reflect on what made 2013 good. So, we’ve put together a best of SHWAT™ 2013. These are some...
Top Twelve Christmas Gifts for the Tactical Hunter
As Christmastime approaches, we all start thinking about what to give others when the day comes to celebrate. And we may also be thinking about what we would like to get for Christmas too… Some people are easy to buy for. Some aren’t. We’ve put together a list of...