Want to know how to choose a rifle scope in 2020? Optics technology has evolved a great deal in the last few years. With new shooters and hunter flooding into the scene we thought it would be a good time to revisit the basics of magnified options. We hope this will...
I Shot a $10,000 Rifle Today (and some other cool guns, too!)
When you started getting interested in guns, what was it that grabbed you? I was a kid and the idea of how they worked, their actions, their histories, their looks all appealed to me. Not to mention that pulling triggers was and remains a good time. Dad had a...
The DPMS Gll .308 – This Girl’s Porsche® 718 GTS Gun
As many of you know, I am not, nor have I have pretended to be, any kind of firearm guru, gun geek, gear head or rifle mega-enthusiast. My relationship with guns is easily likened to my relationship with cars. I really like them. I use them every day. I can replace...
The Best of Both Worlds: Practical Tips to Maximize Your Low to Mid Range Magnified Optic
I was a sworn iron sight hunter. Growing up on a homestead in the wilderness of Alaska, I saw more hunters using iron sights than scopes. I watched my father down deer with iron sights at ranges most hunters with scopes would not have attempted. When I bought a rifle,...
NOT an AR! Deep Dive into the Sig Sauer MCX Virtus – Part 1: SBR
When Sig Sauer introduced its MCX it was mostly a rifle caliber MPX to me, anything but earth shattering. After testing hundreds of AR’s, getting excited about anything AR is difficult. Having tested a bunch of Sig Sauer firearms, they always seem well thought out and...
I Was Dead Wrong About McMillan Fiberglass Stocks
I was wrong. I was dead wrong. I had one of those moments where everything I had believed about something came crashing down. That moment came when I walked into McMillan's Facility in Phoenix, Arizona. I love walnut and I love maple. I know it’s not modern tactical...
Galil ACE .308 – Finally a .308 Battle Rifle / Hog Hunter That Meets My Do-It-All Demands
Me reviewing the IWI Galil .308 here may surprise some people. Over the last few years my lack of enthusiasm for the .308 is no secret. I have expressed it in articles, blogs and to my friends. It’s not some campaign against the caliber, nor is it some lack of...
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...
Prepper Guns – The Book and Why I Wrote it. By Bryce Towsley
Every writer I know plans to write the great American Novel someday. Most spend their lives talking about it, but never getting much on paper. I decided to be different. I wrote a novel called “The 14th Reinstated” a few years back. I don’t know if it’s “great” but...
Cowl Induction Brake from Alamo Four Star – SHWAT Exclusive First Look
Have you noticed how many muzzle brakes are on the market today? So when our friends at Alamo Four Star told me they were going to build the Cowl Induction Brake, I almost yawned, but I was intrigued by the name. Alamo Four Star cranks out predictably solid products...