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 as the...
Range Dancing vs. Practical Application
With firearms instructors sprouting from the earth like dandelions in a garden, it’s easy to get lost in the weeds. This proliferation of expertise is an extremely sharp double edged sword. At no time in my life has the average individual been better able to seek out...
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...
2016 Update: SBR vs. Pistol with Arm Brace – It’s not Just About AR Pistols Anymore
Did you know the concept of “pistol” versions of “carbines” and “rifles” goes back more than a generation? So this whole Short Barreled Rifle (SBR) vs. rifle caliber pistol argument goes back a lot further than most people realize. The first pistol versions of the...
The Remington RM380 Pocket Pistol – Because We Need Guns for All Occasions
Just about every hunter I know regularly concealed carries a pistol. That makes the rest of the story significant. Stay with me, and think “Small, Medium, Large.” This press release just hit my inbox: “Remington Model RM380 Micro Pistol Now Shipping.” I’ve been...
New – SilencerCo Radius Rangefinder, Maxim 9 Integrally Suppressed Pistol, Osprey Micro and Hybrid
In its second annual lets-set-the-world-on-fire product launch SilencerCo has launched four new products including the Radius Rangefinder, Maxim 9 Integrally Suppressed Pistol, Osprey Micro and Hybrid. If expect the unexpected is the SilencerCo’s mantra, they’ve...
From Hater to Evangelist: My AR-15 Pistol Saga of Eating Crow
Once there was a time when I laughed at the notion of the AR-15 pistol. That time of laughing has passed, so if you enjoy watching others publicly eat crow, read on. My brother, Stephen, and I have been debating the merits of AR 15 pistols for some time, so let’s...
Beyond the Dead Turkey Thanksgiving Tradition – New Gear, Old Friends, Dead Hogs
Tactical hog hunting is about a lot more than hunting, a lot more than eradication of an invasive destructive species. It's about more than thermal and night vision gear, black rifles and Kryptek camo. Sometimes tactical hog hunting is high speed up close. Maybe you...
My Daily Carry Gun and Tactical Hog Hunting: Do They Go Together?
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...