by Stephen Owen | Tactical Hog Blog
So you couldn’t go the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show because you aren’t an industry insider? Then you should attend the NRA Show! This year it was in Houston, Texas and it was a great experience! More than 550 exhibitors were there, covering 400,000...
by Stephen Owen | Tactical Hog Blog
Read this with a big echoing reverberation in your mind: the World Predator and Wild Hog Expo (expo… expo…) Ten days ago, along with fellow SHWAT™ Founder Jonathan Owen, I attended the World Predator and Wild Hog Expo in Waco, Texas. This is not a big show by trade...
by Stephen Owen | Tactical Hog Blog
Smash an Aimpoint T-1 with a Baseball Bat? YES! And Film the Durability Test. In a world where technological advancement is accelerating and pushing new products out faster than you can buy them, is the Micro T-1 still relevant? Since its introduction in 2007, the...
by Stephen Owen | Tactical Hog Blog
By Natalie Foster at A Girl’s Guide to Guns It all began with an email from Nathan Dudney of Dynamic Research Technologies. We had met a few months earlier on a rainy April day at a Starbucks in Memphis. I was on my range tour trip for my website,...
by Stephen Owen | Tactical Hog Blog
If you’ve been paying any attention to SHWAT™ you know we get to use some amazing gear. It hasn’t always been that way for me though. Prior to founding SHWAT™, I’ve worked some low paying jobs, been through the fun of being laid off, and experienced some of the...
by Stephen Owen | Tactical Hog Blog
Every now and then, you get the opportunity to do something when you least expect it. The circumstances are all wrong, but it’s just too irresistible. Last night was one of those times for me. I was out at relative’s farm north of Dallas trying out a night vision...
by Stephen Owen | Tactical Hog Blog
Dateline Las Vegas – SHOT Show 2013 is on, and SHWAT™ founders are here. We’re going to continuously update this article for you, so keep checking back to see what’s exciting in the firearms industry right now. Politically, there are a lot of...
by Stephen Owen | Tactical Hog Blog
Over the last few years, we have seen several shootings highly publicized in the media. Yet, as a country, we have been growing more and more pro Second Amendment or “gun friendly” if you will. Many Americans have recognized that guns themselves are not the problem. ...
by Stephen Owen | Tactical Hog Blog
It’s the night before Thanksgiving, and all through the house, tactical training junkies and hog hunters alike are thinking about wish lists.You’re right, that doesn’t rhyme, but either way, you’ll soon hear the tune of the “Twelve Days of Christmas” everywhere. So...
by Stephen Owen | Tactical Hog Blog
I was recently invited to attend a Defensive Carbine Class by Bushido Tactical owner Wade Rorich. Wade has a background in the South African military and police forces and experience in maritime security as a private contractor protecting cargo ships from pirates. ...