by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Can OD Green and/or FDE Cerakote make literally anything tactical? I’ve owned space pens since I was a kid, but they’ve mostly been shiny and tiny. When I discovered they could now be had in everyone’s favorite tacticool finishes, I figured I should share my...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Jack Carr’s The Terminal List Amazon Prime Series exploded onto screens staring Chris Pratt as Navy Seal Lt. Commander James Reece. Confounding the woke critic crusade protesting the The Terminal List, audiences freaking love James Reece as a uniquely skilled...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Where do I even start with the Hekate silencer review? It’s taken longer to get done that I expected, in part because CGS silencers are unlike pretty much everything else out there. The discovery phase required learning some brand new things – well, new to...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Let’s see, how can I start off this Diamondback DBX57 review? I was going to say, “… one of the most fun, coolest guns of 2021…” But, I first shot the DBX57 at SHOT Show 2020. You know, right before the world exploded, travel got hard,...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Here at SHWAT™, we’ve reviewed Lalo boots (and others) in various flavors. I’ve worn Lalo from the ancient city of Petra Jordan (made famous in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) to the lava fields of Hawaii’s Big Island while hunting sheep....
by Dylan Saunders | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
One hundred and fifty feet below my climbing boots, a gloved hand keyed a mic. My radio broke the stillness of the crisp fall air. “Bear! Heading straight for you!” “Roger, where is he?” “Heading straight up the cliff. I think he smelled you. He came straight up the...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Should you buy a Silencerco Maxim 9 in 2021 and beyond? Is the Maxim 9 practical? Can you concealed carry a Maxim 9? We’ll answer these questions and more in this Maxim 9 review. And by “we” I mean the two of us, yours truly and yours truly....
by Hollis Lumpkin | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Prehistoric dinosaurs. Giant lizards. Apex predators. You guessed it – alligators. I’ve hunted alligators a number of times and in a number of ways. Each experience is totally unique, but it is without a doubt one of the most fun things I’ve done. Here along the...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Walker’s keeps improving the hearing protection, my ears are still ringing and so we keep reviewing the new Walkers ear pro products to save you from the same fate. We’ve done other Walker’s ear muff review stories, and generally we like them. I...
by Dylan Saunders | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Since scope technology has advanced from wire reticles to etched glass, BDC (ballistic drop compensator) reticles have become increasingly prevalent. Unfortunately, most are not really well designed, and most shooters don’t really know how to use them to their full...
