Shotgun Video

Shotgun Video Review

Shotgun Video was establish in 1998, and this BDSM site is run by a sadistic, dominant top who not only directs and films all the videos, but he plays in them, too. Roger is an experienced dom who takes his subs on painful journeys they'll never forget. The site's masthead says, "No Acting ... No Mercy" and lists ball busting, CBT, S&M, B&D, and creative testicle punishment among the things that await us inside. It's been over seven years since our last review, Roger truly is a sadist making us wait so long for a password. Let's get inside and see what's been happening all these years.

Roger is in his fifties. He's blond with some facial hair and his body is reasonably fit and hairy, but he sports a bit of a paunch. He's confident, skilled, and he owns a huge array of BDSM gear from ropes, clips and clamps to harnesses, hoods, floggers, and electrical gear. And that's just for starters. Roger really knows how to treat the men who are in his complete control and anything can happen in a session. However, reading his About page is a must as it outlines in detail how these sessions work, but chief among them are the players must be over 21 years of age, they must come to the session sober and drug free, the sessions are all conducted safely, and negotiated consent is paramount,

Roger loves cock and ball torture (CBT) and has all of the tools to get the job done – ball vices, stretchers, pumps, you name it – and he sends these men into painful grunts and hollering, but one of his most painful tools are his hands which he uses to slap and punch his sub's nuts. "Oh God! Oh God! Oh God!" one man hollered after Roger punch his balls for the third or fourth time.

The men who come to submit in Roger's dungeon and playroom are masculine studs, muscle hunks, and daddies ranging throughout their twenties to their forties, with some perhaps a little older. They're in good shape and some obviously workout very seriously. Some are smooth, others hairy, and some of the men are clean shaven while others are bearded. There are both cut and uncut cocks and pierced ones, too. I saw a few porn performers like Tony Buff and Dolan Wolf, but most of the subs are amateur men who weren't there to earn a performance fee, but rather in pursuit of their kink.

While there's a lot going on here from bondage to domination, almost every scene features ball crushing, CBT, nut squeezing, stomping, and electro stimulation. These sessions are made by and for real BDSM players, and you'll find all levels of kink and play. The men are usually restrained with ropes, chains, straps or handcuffs and Roger gets off seriously and painfully working over his sub's nuts - I don't think I've seen so much CBT in one place. In one video, Roger had two men in a contest to see how much weigh their nuts could endure, and the loser fell to his knees at 58 pounds!

"Sucking Jim" is a three-part video that sees handsome sub Jim getting his pierced cock enlarged with an electric pump. Roger puts the man's nuts in a plastic vice that squeeze them tight. After removing the cock pump and vice, Roger ties Jim's balls then pulls and squeezes them. Roger returns the vice and pump to Jim's balls repeatedly until finally Jim strokes his really fat cock slowly with his hand while Roger squeezes his nuts in the vice. Jim finally starts cumming, yelling, "Yeah! Make them hurt." 
 
But it's not all CBT. I saw men getting various types of corporal punishment by hand, with straps as well as with floggers and other implements. There's some ass play with cocks, dildos and other toys, as well as some fisting. Many of the scenes are just Roger and a sub, but many feature Roger playing with a couple of men, and I've seen a couple of scenes where Roger invites another top in to work over a bottom together.

Shotgun Video offers members 570 video in MP4 format and they run from 15 to 25 minutes each. Some are a couple of parts of a longer session, others run anywhere from four to six parts. The parts are added sequentially, but it will take three weeks for a three-part session to be fully added to the site. The videos are now offered for download (previously the site had been streaming only), but they're only offered in a 480p (SD) version. The videos are average quality and many suffer from interlacing (scanline) issues. Because of these two points, I wonder if the videos are newly produced or re-releases of older sessions; I can't say one way or another.

The videos can be streamed on the site and they are now fully compatible with mobiles. They are only offered in one resolution and the player does offer a full-screen option. The video quality is average with picture quality that isn't crisp and sometimes there are interlacing issues, so they don't hold up so good at full-screen. Still, the videos are enjoyable and will certainly look better on smaller screens. Finally, there is a free membership that allows you to preview the site, but downloading is only available with the premium monthly membership option.

On each episode's page, you'll find a Gallery button that gives you at least eight screen caps, but sometimes there are more. If you want to save the pictures, you'll want to right-click the thumbnail and save the picture. The enlarged pictures themselves do not have a save function or link. The pictures are average-quality screencaps sized at 748x420 and the viewer has forward and back controls.

Shotgun Video started dating its updates some time after our last review, so we can now confirm they add a new video every Thursday. However, every scene is split into at least two shorter parts, but sometimes as many as three to six. So that means you'll really only get one or two full videos during a month. The site's tour infers there are 180 full videos, but there's no way to count them on the site.

When it comes to issues, many of our previous complaints have been resolved. The episodes are now dated, picture galleries are populated, videos can be downloadable, and the site is now fully compatible with mobiles. My major complaint is that the videos are small and their quality is average, many have interlacing issues. The Models pages mostly don't have a preview thumb, nor do they have a picture of the model on the expanded page; there also aren't any stats or details about the man, just a link to all of his scenes. The search engine is pretty useless at finding anything except more videos by a particular model. I searched for hood, piercing, and blindfold and found no scenes. There are also no tags on the videos so finding more of what turns you on will be like a scavenger hunt. Finally, there's a download limit of six videos every 24 hours. 

Shotgun Video members used to get access to a theater featuring 68 DVDs from assorted gay producers, but this has been discontinued. My last comment is more of a caveat than a complain. This site leans heavily on the side of CBT (cock and ball torture) and creative testicle punishment, so if you're not into it, this might not be the site for you.

Shotgun Video delivers authentic gay BDSM, and Roger himself is very involved with the men who submit to him. His experience is evident as he crushes or strikes their balls, restrains them with all sorts of bondage, and takes them through some very painful sessions. The videos are a decent size but lack the good quality we expect from sites. While the site updates every Thursday, each update may only be one of up to four to six parts, although some are only two-part sessions. The bottom line: if you're looking for real gay BDSM with mature men and a very experienced dom, Roger's site will give you many hours of enjoyment.

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