With this week’s announcement of Executive Orders from the White House on guns, many in our shooting and hunting community have experienced dismay, outrage and other strong emotions. Full disclosure – I may have dabbled in a bit of that myself. Reality check: The only...
Pick a silencer, any silencer, and add it your typical 300 Blackout AR-15. What you end up with is an overly long platform. Buy a $200 NFA tax stamp and you can run a shorter barrel to bring the overall length back down to something familiar. But what if you could...
Clearly 2015 is the year of the silencer, aka "suppressor" or "can." Now famed Texas gun maker LaRue has entered the game with the TranQuilo priced at a mere $699. No disrespect meant to LaRue or their many fans, but does the LaRue Tranquilo look like a stainless...
High performance cars are as much about lifestyle as they are speed or handling. There’s a certain swagger their drivers enjoy. So it is with silencers. Be the only guy that shows up with the new Salvo 12 shotgun silencer from SilencerCo and it won’t be long before...
"Seriously?" "That's it?" "I'm retiring my old suppressor..." All that gushing followed a single pull of the trigger on our custom rebuilt Remington 700, now chambered in 300 Winchester Magnum and sporting an SWR Specwar 7.62 silencer. Work the bolt. Shoot again. Six...
It's a wrap - 2012 has just flown by, and SHWAT.com is now a year old! In that year you've seen SHWAT launch from obscurity and - many thanks to you - grow dramatically. We hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have. We've been privileged to bring you stories from...
Imagine you were invited on a SHWAT™ tactical hog hunt with the founders. Our guide is Bill Wilson at his Circle WC Ranch, and since he’s supplying the guns they are going to be equipped with suppressors. Yes, this is going to be a good time! Before the evening...
SHWAT™ founders Jonathan and Stephen attended the First Annual Silencers are Legal Shoot in Dallas on Saturday April 28th. The event was organized by suppressor manufacturer Silencerco, and hosted by Elm Fork Shooting Range. Full auto was allowed, but all shooting...
Firearms suppressors, often more commonly referred to as “silencers,” are in the news—and that’s great news for tactical hog hunters. In Georgia, for example, the State Senate recently approved a bill to legalize the use of suppressors for hunters. While the bill...
