If you have been following SHWAT™ for any length of time, you know we are fans of the IWI Tavor. We were the first in the USA to put the Tavor through a dedicated carbine class with Force Options Training and Security. We’ve hunted with it and we’ve tested the...
Timney Tavor Trigger Hands on Review and Installation with Video
It took me 28 seconds to swap my factory original Tavor Trigger out for the brand new Tavor trigger from Timney Triggers. Editing the video to show how easy it is took a lot longer. The very fact that Timney and others are producing aftermarket triggers for the Tavor...
SHOT Show 2014 – Show in Review
SHOT Show 2014 in Las Vegas is almost over and we at SHWAT™ are back home and collecting ourselves after all the frantic running from one booth to another and one appointment to another. SHOT Show really is indescribable. The size and scope of it can be overwhelming...
Best of SHWAT 2013
2013 has been a great year in many ways for us at SHWAT™. We hope you have had a good year too. As our focus shifts to 2014 and the promise it brings we take a moment to reflect on what made 2013 good. So, we’ve put together a best of SHWAT™ 2013. These are some...
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...
Top Twelve Christmas Gifts for the Tactical Hunter
As Christmastime approaches, we all start thinking about what to give others when the day comes to celebrate. And we may also be thinking about what we would like to get for Christmas too… Some people are easy to buy for. Some aren’t. We’ve put together a list of...
To Tavor or not to Tavor – Do you really have to ask?
Okay. So there has been a lot of buzz on the web and in magazines about the new IWI Tavor (IWI is Israeli Weapon Industries). The million dollar question is – Is it worth buying? My answer: After chewing through more than 1200 rounds in a full on carbine class and...
THE CLOSEST YOU CAN GET TO SHOT SHOW – ALL THE LATEST GUNS AND GEAR!
So you couldn’t go the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show because you aren’t an industry insider? Then you should attend the NRA Show! This year it was in Houston, Texas and it was a great experience! More than 550 exhibitors were there, covering 400,000...