I have been shooting a lot of shotgun drills lately, and today I’m back with another! The Shotgun Skills Gauge is a one-stage, 5-round test of your scattergun abilities. It is easy to setup, quick to run, and will tell you a lot about where you stand with your favorite social smoothbore. Let’s take a ... Read More The post The Shotgun Skills Gauge: The Perfect Shotgun Test? appeared first on Swift | Silent | Deadly ..read more

In the interest of being a well-rounded shooter, I have been doing some shotgun work. I decided to record a shotgun drill and ran across the MPOETC Shotgun Qualification. This is a very well-rounded course of fire that doesn’t require a whole bunch of ammo, but tests a lot of skills. MPOETC Shotgun Qualification The ... Read More The post Video: MPOETC Shotgun Qualification appeared first on Swift | Silent | Deadly ..read more

I recently undertook a project of fixing up an old police shotgun for a cop friend of mine. In this case it was a Mossberg 500. Check out the video to learn more. This article contains affiliate links. Fixing Up an Old Police Shotgun With plenty of these Mossberg 500As going fro $300-400 on Gunbroker ... Read More The post Video: Fixing Up an Old Police Shotgun appeared first on Swift | Silent | Deadly ..read more

Some savvy readers may have noticed that I am in the process of uprading some of my weapon-mounted lights. I recently put a Modlite on my AR. After attending Tim Chandler and Ashton Ray’s Shotgun Skills I decided it was time to bite the bullet and invest in THE pump shotgun light: the Surefire DSF-870 ... Read More The post WML Review: Surefire DSF-870 Forend appeared first on Swift | Silent | Deadly ..read more

Yesterday I attended Shotgun Skills with FPF Training. Taught by Tim Chandler and Ashton Ray, this is my first formal shotgun class. Bottom line up front: if you’re looking to improve your existing shotgun skills or gain new ones, if you want to tame the monster and turn it into a pet, you should consider ... Read More The post My Pet Monster: Shotgun Skills with FPF Training appeared first on Swift | Silent | Deadly ..read more

Things in the firearms world tend to suffer something of a pendulum swing. One such thing is the concept of racking the shotgun. For decades there was a lot of really obnoxious conventional wisdom that said working a pump shotgun’s action was a terrifying sound. The sound alone, it was said, would make a bad ... Read More The post Racking the Shotgun: Fear Factor or Bullet Magnet? appeared first on Swift | Silent | Deadly ..read more

Last year I reviewed the Streamlight TL-Racker shotgun light. I really like the light, but I have some problems with the TL-Racker as a forend. Fortunately, it can be improved upon. This article contains affiliate links. The Problem with the TL-Racker Shotgun Light I have had the TL-Racker shotgun light on my 870 since I ... Read More The post Improving the TL-Racker Shotgun Light appeared first on Swift | Silent | Deadly ..read more

In my last article about shotguns I mentioned being a fan of the slug. I had planned to address this, but it drew quite a bit of email, so I’m addressing it a little sooner than I expected. This article contains affiliate links. First, before we get going I want to quickly say something: I’m ... Read More The post Shotgun Ammo Selection: The Slug appeared first on Swift | Silent | Deadly ..read more

During the month of April I am doing two-a-days with dry practice. Aside from my normal practice routine with my EDC handgun, I am also spending ten minutes per day with my shotgun. This has me thinking a lot about the defensive shotgun setup. Additionally, with the surge of gun sales in recent weeks I’m ... Read More The post Thoughts on Defensive Shotgun Setup appeared first on Swift | Silent | Deadly ..read more