Negligent discharges are no joke. With a shotgun, things get real very quickly. Everybody hates the rules, especially safety rules. Cool firearms instructors post videos on YouTube breaking the rules. Sometimes, you can bend the rules and get away with it and sometimes exceptions will bite you. I have learned much of what I know about the rules from mistakes, mostly the … [Read more...]
The Winchester 1897 is one of the more distinctive historical shotguns out there. It's been romanticized through movies and video games but its name is still one that will escape a lot of people. The 1897 was a big star beside 1911 in the film, the Wild Bunch. More recently it was the shotgun of choice for Llewelyn Moss as he battled Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. … [Read more...]
It usually takes something special to get one of our writers on the site truly excited and that is exactly what happened this year during NRA 2017 . One of the things in the long list of great new ideas that we got excited about was the American Tactical AR-15 Shotgun, chambered in .410. Semi automatic shotguns that look like military sporting rifles are nothing new, the … [Read more...]
There have been many variants used when applying the term "Tactical Shotgun." It can be a full sized semi-auto/pump shotgun set up for military/police use. It can involve ghost ring sights, red dot sights or a variety of other optics. Barrel length can generally vary from 18" out to 20" and may or may not include an extended on board ammunition supply such as a sidesaddle or … [Read more...]
The AK family of weapons is reliable and rugged. It was designed to be operated by illiterate teenage conscripts with little to no training. It was never intended to protect a family after a natural disaster and is ill suited to that purpose. If the answer comes down to supportability and simplicity, you need a shotgun. Everybody has their own ideas about guns, that is part … [Read more...]
Stoeger has released tactical shotguns based on its most popular models, the semi-automatic M3000 and the award-winning P3000 pump. The new Stoeger M3000 Tactical is built around an ultra-reliable inertia driven action capable of handling light loads as well as heavy buckshot. Chambered for 2 3/4 and 3-inch shells, the 12-gauge semi-auto shotgun features an 18 1/2-inch barrel … [Read more...]
