by Hollis Lumpkin | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
After the leaves have changed and the weather turns chilly, most people begin to look forward to the holiday season. But, not everyone. That cold November weather means one thing to a group of camouflage-clad, shotgun-wielding outdoorsmen and women: duck season. After...
by Casey Jones | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting, The Hunt Junkie
In the spring of 2018, three years ago, I ordered my first PWS. The MK216 MOD 1-M chambered in .308 WIN. Funnily enough, I outlined the reasons for my purchase decision in my .233 PWS review published in May of 2019. I concluded that review with a promise to publish...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a prize opportunity. It’s not actually a SHWAT™ giveaway, but it supports a good cause with solid prizes. And given the shifting national mindset, well, this seems like a particularly good idea right...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Well, with 2020 behind and the unknowns of 2021 upon us, one thing we can all get excited about would be building your own Ultimate Hunting Vehicle, right? We all have plenty of reasons to max out a hunting vehicle, but we don’t all have unlimited budgets. Given...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Is your favorite pistol brace equipped gun about to become an SBR and force you into the biggest gun registration scheme in American history? Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any weirder, the ATF decided that they can get more shenanigans under the wire...
by Dylan Saunders | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting, Wilderness Tactical Hunter - Dylan Saunders
You have sights on your rifle, and you may not even know how to use them. Aperture sights (receiver, peep, ghost ring, tang, bullseye, whatever name you know them by) have been in use since the 1400s when some unknown marksman or armorer drilled a hole in a piece of...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Change my mind. If you’re shooting 35 yards or never leave the square range, I get it. A tripod isn’t for you. And there was a time before tripods found their way into my hunting and shooting. It was a happy time, carrying less gear into a field in the...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
“What AR-15 should I get in 2020?” is a question sent my way more this year than any other that I can recall. “What’s the best AR?” “What’s the best AR-15 for the money?” Based on my personal experience, there’s...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
White lights and ARs go together like bread and butter. Tactical lights can gather some applause with a rugged build and good looks. Spotlights are found on many predator hunts. We love lights here and have tried plenty of them. But we’ve never seen a weirder...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Across the web, about now publishers are pushing out a press release. The Silencerco SCO15 lower receiver is just being announced. That, of course, begs the question, “Do we really need another AR lower receiver on the market?” Unless you’ve been...