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We take a look at the new goodies presented at Shot Show this year and sound off on how we think they will be received and which ones we think we may just have to get a hold of when they hit shelves later this year. Then Jake tears a hole in Sean’s calm with…

We swing into Shot Show season here in 2023 and brace for all the things we probably won’t be getting until 2024! We also get some follow-ups on emails and Sean gets to go shooting after a month of waiting.

For the first very time, we get to answer and chat about questions you’ve asked us! That’s right, our email is open, you guys asked – and we answer. That’s how it works this time out on the show!

We had some extra audio for the last few casts that I strung together along with some outtakes and just me and Jake messing around so I bundled them together and punched out a cast for you guys. Happy Holidays and we’ll see you in 2023!

We get a great question from you guys about selecting your concealed carry option on today’s show then spend a good deal of time talking about what decisions you need to make and how to make them along with what we carry and how we came to that choice. Join us for a completely great…

Sean put the Henry .44mag lever action carbine to use recently (or tried to) and let us know how it went and what went down. 

This week Jake returns as our duo talks about the Stoeger P3000 pump action twelve gauge and how it stacks up to expectations and other less expensive entry-level guns. 

There’s a lot going on in the marketplace today with the Remington 870. Both old and new versions of it are finding their place and that spot is evolving. Today Sean goes over some of the things that means and how he’s adjusted his 870 to the task ahead of it. 

This time out on Hawk’s Eye Sean manages to get his hands on a piece of Remington history and can’t wait to tell you about it! 

Sean gets a G3c on the cheap and is surprised at how good it really is. Jake lusts after things he can’t have and the boys discuss whats going on with current trends in the market. Join us!

Sean and Jake take a look at the current state of the rules and what we think is happening and what needs to happen with 2A-related issues in the days ahead. Join us!

Podcast 91: This time on the cast Sean completes his Glock 19 conversion kit and Jake only has one Sig p365 left! We also get into old trucks, Henry recalls, and cheap optics today on the show – join us!

We go back to a core principle of why the cast was started in the first place this time out and talk about target shooting and sport shooting is fun – how did we lose that? Also, Sean fires a unicorn Jake has been drooling over. Join us!

This week on the show Sean gives the rundown on Jake’s recently transferred p30sk, Jake sells a gun and gets a job offer and we chat about current ammo prices. 

Sean finally lands a Beretta Cheetah and is over the moon about it! Then Jake comes up with a brainchild and swaps the 92fs Sean has for the p30sk and everybody is getting something new. It’s a good week here at Hawk’s Eye.

Sean takes the family out to do some target shooting and winds up selling his mom a shotgun – it was a weird day. Meanwhile Jake is waiting for the next thing he has to have in order to sell Sean his p30sk. 

Sean can’t shoot great this week and Bwana ate it up. Join us as we cover that, our chase of the newest guns to hit the market as well as current trends. 

Jake and Sean talk a bit about their current favorites and current trends in the market. 

We get our hands on a Mossberg 940 Pro today on the show. It’s a leap forward in shotgun design and the guys talk about what that actually means in real-world terms for you the shooter. We also chat about the continuing story of the SDS Imports warranty issue. Join us!

Jake gets his hands on an HK P30 and is a little giddy about it. We talk about Sig’s release of the p365 380. Then we learn that SDS ghosts Sean and take a look at Challenger brand shotgun shells. It’s a busy week!

Sean’s SDS Imports AR-T02’s barrel bulges and blows the choke out of itself on week two. We aren’t sure what to think on that one but it’s an interesting story for sure. We also go over some rigs we are looking for and what we’ve got left in the collection and what we don’t. Join…

This week we cover the latest we’ve seen from Shot Show 2022 and the products that piqued our interest. Sean gets a new budget firearm and seems to be quite enamored with it. However, without a single doubt in our mind, the darling of our eye fell upon a single entry into the 2022 lineup…

This time out on Hawk’s Eye Guns we cover new firearms coming to markets with the new shot show and Jake wonders how successful the new 30 Super Carry caliber will be. Join us as we geek out about what’s about to hit the market!

Jake and Sean go over recent purchases (Jake), what they are lusting over (Sean), and some new additions rolling off the lines. They cover some modern trends in firearms and ammo availability in the new year join us!

Sean recounts his trip to the local big-box store on Black Friday weekend and what a mistake that was followed by some highlights of the upcoming year in firearm design and releases. Join us!

Podcast 76: This week we go over what felt recoil is and how to figure out what’s right for you. Jake went shooting this week and has some thoughts on sights and rifle ammunition. Join us for almost two hours of talk about firearms!

This week Sean had a relapse and made another purchase. This time he got his hands on an A300 Ultima but had to let another one go in order to make the trade. Jake and Sean talk cowboy guns and oddly enough Browning Hi-Power’s. 

Podcast 74: This week on the cast, we check out the Benelli Nova up close and personal and see if this all-black field gun lives up to both its brand and the hype heaped upon it. Join us as we talk about this and the guns coming next!

Podcast 73: This time out on the show we cover the new (to him) shotgun Sean is getting. We chat about the fact Jake has remained strong, then tackle why it is that Texas is even still standing considering they now have constitutional carry now in effect. 

Podcast 72: This week upon a listener request – we cover shotgun chokes: what they do, how they work, can you fire slugs through them, and what to expect when you do. We also go over what Jake and Sean want next and how they came to that decision. 

CZ releases its newest edition the P10m that Sean thinks isn’t very micro at all. The 51 featherlight repairs for other folks seem to keep happening and Sean wants a Cheetah. 

Podcast 70: Kimber has released their new “mirco” 9mm that is huge for a micro and exactly the same dimensions as a sub-compact. It is completely not a Glock clone as we suspected but something else entirely. Also Jake’s Walther PDP came in and he loves it and Sean wants to be The Man With…

Podcast 69: Remember when we said that we were going to lay off buying new rigs for a while? Yeah, that didn’t happen. Sean finished his rifle build and got a Ruger Security-9 Compact and Jake went off the rails and sold a few guns then went right into ordering a Walther PDP. Apparently, we…

Podcast 68: This week on the show we start out with Jake buying some guns he probably shouldn’t have – then he buys another one he REALLY shouldn’t have. Sean is then saved by a heaping load of shame and we end on the start of an epic Savage Axis rifle build. Join us for…

Podcast 67: We start off the show with our normal misadventures trying to stumble through today’s active gun market and Sean has a birthday. Then progress to what Sean actually uses a .44 lever-action for and why you might need such a thing where he lives. It’s not typical but when the need arises you…

Podcast 66: This week on the cast Sean goes over a bunch of stuff we got wrong on the last cast about the Beretta 92 fs and Beretta M9… sorry, our bad. Then we cover firearms we’d like to get in the near future and have the ever-present ammunition conversation about what’s available in our…

Podcast 65: There’s a special thing that happens when folks that have the same sickness get together. You can see it in lots of places in life but in this episode, you can watch as two grown men start swapping firearms like they are baseball cards. It’s funny really how both of your hosts can’t…

Podcast 64: Sean picks up another couple of shotguns, we know, there’s a shocker. Jake picks up a new lead thrower and Sean tries to pick up his old one. Then we cover the surprising quality of the Taurus G3. All that plus Texas is about to be a constitutional carry state. Join us!

Podcast 63: This time out we start out discussing Jake’s new Sig P365 and how he came about needing a second P365 in his life. He also purchased a 9mm S&W Sheild that he is never going to shoot. After he gets all that off his chest we roll into talk about Bwana’s new Henry…

It all started with a conversation about Jake’s new Black Aces semi-auto shotgun. It’s great and he digs it but somehow that then started a 30-minute conversation on bullpup shotguns, what they are and why people like them. We really did try to stay on topic this time, really – it seems to be harder…

Podcast 60: Welcome back to shotguns of the ’70s with Sean! Yeah, we know, he just can’t help himself when he sees an old shotgun in trouble he just keeps tilting at those windmills and trying to save them from the ravages of obscurity. This week we have a particularly interesting example in the form…

Nope that is not a mistake, Sean, did in fact, go buy a second Winchester the following week. He may be a little out of his mind right now but he’s having a great time! Join us as we discuss his sickness and the joy of finding great clay busters! Download the cast

Podcast 58: Greetings one and all, join us for this recorded on Easter morning episode of Hawkseye Guns! This week Sean finds there is birdshot in the stores and is so happy about it he buys a Winchester SXP Trap in 12ga. Jake can’t help himself either and makes a rifle purchase. We are stoked…

Podcast 57: This week on the show Sean’s Ithaca model 51 has broken again. No, you aren’t downloading last week’s episode by mistake it really did break again. Then Because of his failure to be able to shoot anything else Jake is looking into shooting black powder guns. Join us for this episode of Hawkseye…

Podcast 56: There was a lot going on this week. Still, no bullets hanging around. First, when Sean went to shoot the Ithaca it broke – again. Next, there were a lot of hopeful new gun owners prowling the local shops this last week with fresh cash in hand. Join us for this and more…

Podcast 55: This week your intrepid heroes explain stupid things they have done to guns and try and walk through some of the new legislation that is coming our way for firearms in the US. We most likely get none of it right but have a great time doing it! Download the cast

Podcast 54: As we continue through what has become the worst ammunition shortage in recent history Jake and Sean gather to chat about it and the other firearm-related activities they’ve been up to in the past month. Join us! Download the cast

Podcast 53: The dog that was 2020 now behind us Jake and Sean look to the future at what 2021 might hold and how things might work moving forward. It may not be perfect but with a little luck, things might look pretty not bad… ish. Download the cast

Podcast 52: This week on the cast we talk about the Urban Carry Lock-Leather holster, Jake deal with a personal crisis as he has run out of Sig’s to buy and Sean begins the process of trying to talk Jake out of his Henry rifle or his Walther PPK. We had a lot of fun…

Podcast 51: This week on the cast Jake and Sean talk about a very brave or very stupid turkey and the current mods on their various project guns. Download the cast

Podcast 47: This week on the show Sean’s review of his new Taurus Spectrum and the current state of the firearm market at large gun shows in the south.  Download the cast

Podcast 41: This week we talk rifles of all kinds and trends going on in the market for those folks buying their first and those who aren’t. Jake continues his lust for a Henry .357 lever action and Sean has an addiction to flipping low-end guns. You know, about par for the course.  Download the…

Podcast 40: Jake’s Henry lever action finally arrived and he got to shot it this week. Reactions and what he thinks of it plus we talk gun shop stories and buying guns you may or may not need. Plus: reports come back on Jake’s offspring’s shooting experience! Download the cast

Podcast 39: For cast 39 Sean gets a 48. A franken-gun showed up at the local shop and Sean just had to have it. It was old, cheap, beat up and weird – of course, Sean gravitated to it like a moth to a bug zapper. It turned out well and he didn’t pay a…

That’s right, after years of his kid not being interested in shooting he may have cracked the code and gotten something she’s willing to grab a hold of and put lead downrange. We are all excited and can’t wait to hear how it turns out. Download the cast

In this cast recorded over two weeks prior, we cover a bunch of topics from handguns like the excellent Rock Island Armory 1911 to the birth of the Hawk’s Eye Guns ‘Tournament of Junk’ we just thought up. It’s a far-ranging cast as far as scope goes and as usual, we don’t stay on topic…

This week we cover a ton of ground not the least of which is Sean’s lust for Jake’s newest member of his gun cabinet in the form of the Black Aces lever-action shotgun. Sean’s girls get their hands on sixty-year-old bolt action .22’s and while the girls are shooting those Sean runs his project gun…

Podcast 35: This week Sean and Jake cover a complete range of topics from housebound flame wars on YouTube to the coolest podcast listener on the planet to Han Solo’s c96 Mauser and how Sean is going to purchase/build one of those one day. Yeah, we really stay on topic this cast. Join us for…

Podcast 34: So what happens when the lockdown lets up a little and Sean has some money in his pocket? Well, he goes and buys a new shotgun of course! Though when we say new its more of a new to him type situation, I mean, let’s not get crazy. Then again he did buy…

Podcast 33: So this week on the show Sean takes his girls out for the first time shooting an actual gun. It goes great and couldn’t have been more perfect. There is a basket of things to worry about when taking kids shooting for the first time but this turned out great and gave Sean…

Podcast 32: This week on the cast Jake rolls us through the many wonders of modern Taurus guns and how he has come to own several in a very short amount of time during this time of lockdowns and plague. Download the cast

Podcast 31: Sean and Jake are still locked down like the rest of the nation this week and since they tend to ramble on we cut the cast in two and are posting the second half of that chat here. They go over the new holster Sean got from Raw Dog Tactical, hunkering down, and…

Podcast 30: We couldn’t help it when we’ve got nothing else to do we talk about guns. So for this episode, we have further news on the Corona Gun Rush 2020 and what folks are rushing to and away from when it comes down to purchasing decisions at the wire. Download the cast

Podcast 29: This week Jake and Sean break down the Corona Virus Gun Rush of 2020. Jake is out there on the front lines working the counter in a gun shop and Sean is doing the same thing behind the lines. We can’t believe how different the landscape looks in just a very short amount…

It’s another exciting episode of Shotguns of the ’70s with your favorite basement deal shopper this week as Sean picks up another relic with a giant flaw he’s completely stoked about. Jake meets a firearm friend on the street and of course, we end the show talking about everyone’s favorite 9mm. Join us! Download the…

This week on the show we start off a bit political and wind up relaxing with talk of handguns and heavy barrels and Jake’s march to 9mm nirvana with his continuing journey in the land of middle-aged men getting a handgun that lines up just right. Join us!  Download the cast

Podcast 26: This time on Hawk’s Eye Guns podcast Jake and Sean tackle their favorites from the 2020 Shot Show, talk a bit about Virginia, and hatch a plan to buy a second hand Yeet Cannon… yeah, we don’t why either. Download the cast

Jake and Sean talk about Sean’s renovated J.C. Higgins Model 20 12ga and how it has turned out. Jake talks pistols and we chat a bit about Sean’s brother’s pistol buying habits. We have a great time and talk guns – as always. As a side note, I have to apologize for the small hiss…

Jake and Sean go over our last-minute purchases of the 2019 year. In Jake’s case a pair of pistols that he’s been looking forward to for a while and in Sean’s case he’s actually down one… sort of. We look forward to an excellent 2020! Download the cast

Sean was about to go shoot and drug poor Jake out on a Sunday morning to do a show to talk about the new guns each of them have gotten in the last few weeks. Also, the Smith & Wesson Model 1000 is up and running and Sean couldn’t be happier about it. Download the…

This time on the show Sean picks up an odd-ball Smith and Wesson and gets some education. Jake lets loose with some tails of gun ownership in tough to carry gun states and Sean has more gun show stories. Join us for over an hour of gun talk! Download the cast

This time on the Hawk’s Eye Guns – Sean hangs out with some well-to-do rednecks and fires his first AR-15 while Bwana mutters under his breath the whole time. Also, there’s some talk of pistols, what to look for in the second-hand market and Texas gun culture! Join us! Download the cast

Sean gets a Bersa Thunder 380 and Jake reports back on his new Bond Arms pocket gun. Plus: the light history of American service pistols, Movies with guns in them we like and our love for Doc Holiday and Raylen Givens. Download the cast

New guns all around this time out on the show! Sean is acquiring several new pistols and Jake is picking up a pocket gun of epic shortness this week on the show! Join us as for an excellent hour and a half of straight-up gun chat!  Download the cast

Sean and Jake cover some new guns, gun shows and the Guns of John Wick in this episode of the Hawk’s Eye cast. Also, Sean doesn’t overmodulate the audio this time out! So a bonus there! Join us as we geek out for an hour and a half of movie firearm fun. Download the cast

We re-launch the Hawk’s Eye Guns Podcast – this time out with Version 2.0 of the cast! Jake joins the cast as my new partner in crime on the mic (co-host ya’ll) and he and Sean break down what they love about life around firearms and a smattering of other firearms topics on this ‘from-the-hip’…

Download this episode (right click and save) This time out we continue our gun rescue series with stories of the rescue of the H&R 925 metalwork and the ambitious plans of Bwana’s new grip making process. I’m sure after this you will be looking forward to what he comes up with just as much as…

As mentioned in podcast 15 we are starting a couple of gun rescues. The first of which is Bwana’s H&R 925 in S&W 38 cal. It has seen some better days but more importantly represents an excellent example of the kind of project we enjoy talking on. It looks pretty great, right? Well, honestly not really,…