ARES Defense-FightLite® Industries STEP-22™ Silenced Pistol – Transform Your Ruger .22 Pistol!
Here at SHWAT™ we rarely publish anything off a generic press release, usually we try to be more in depth. I’m making an exception given the nature of the announcement. I think this is something a lot of us would be interested in: a monolithic integrally suppressed...
The PULSE 24 Hour Backpack from Elite Survival Systems – Video and Review
For three years I’ve used and loved Elite Survival Systems gear, so when they rolled out the PULSE 24 Hour Backpack I wanted to get my hands on one. In doing this review, I discovered that I’m a bit of a backpack aficionado. I didn’t even realize it, but it seems I...
Tactical Squirrel – More than Just Another Subscription Box
I had a couple hundred nutty ideas about how to introduce you to Tactical Squirrel. I saved them in a virtual hollowed out tree trunk… Tactical Squirrel scurries around the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoors industry collecting and temporarily caching their finds. They are...
Setting Up Your Bow for Night Hunting – Welcome to the Dark Side!
The first time I heard it, that shrill bawl, the hair rose off my neck to stand at attention and any sign of weariness from hours in the stand promptly left my body. I had never heard that sound before. What’s that? Was that a woman screaming? Could it be a cougar? I...
Manticore Arms Transformer Rail Video – The Most Versatile AR-15 Rail So Far?
Quite simply, the Manticore Arms Transformer Rail for the AR-15 is the most versatile rail I’ve seen yet. That statement probably breaks some unwritten rule about giving away the conclusion at the beginning of a review, but you’ll still want to watch the video after...
The .450 Bushmaster – A Big Bore, Big Game, Big Fun Blaster!
Remember your excitement when you got your first AR-15? If you’re like me, it was memorable! Now imagine something even more so - getting something BIGGER! Yes, it’s just a matter of time before you’ll get the itch to join the “BIG BORE” club. Typically characterized...
Rocket Pod Shotgun Slug Fail
Shooting is an amazing thing. Guns are obviously useful as defensive tools, grocery getters and land maintenance implements. But most of the time, guns are simply just fun to shoot! And we invent ways to make them more fun and interesting all the time. For that...
A New Breed of Hearing Protection – The Silynx Clarus Pro Review
Hearing damage sucks. Believe me, I know. So I’m on a constant quest to find the newest and best options for hearing protection (aka “Ear Pro”) on the planet. Certainly the quest is self serving, but if you’ll follow these hearing protection stories I hope you will...
5 Things You Should Never Do with Your AR-15 Trigger (And One You Might Consider)
If there is a Dr. Frankenstein of the shooting world, it is the AR-15 owner. We love to accessorize, modify, and reconfigure our AR-15s. We shorten barrels and switch handguards. We cycle through optics, transplant buttstocks and grips, and change calibers like mad...
12 Gauge Eye Pro Test – Angel 7 Apollo and Angel 7 Stealth Eye Protection
Scientists are chasing the concept of bionic eyes, but in reality the idea remains much more in the realm of science fiction. So in the here and now, hunters and shooters need eye protection. As a guy forever grateful for Lasik surgery, I’ll chase a promising eye pro...
