Suburban Shotgun
Firearms trainer and expert witness Massad Ayoob once observed that while certain firearms may be equivalent, such as…
EMBRACING TACTICAL FLEXIBILITY: Mossberg FLEX TLS
What exactly is the ideal single survival gun? You’d think by now geeks like me would have beaten…
NEW-AGE BLUNDERBUSS: Remington V3 TAC-13
Whatever the term used—combat, tactical, self-defense—shotguns can be had in various forms ranging from double-barrel to pump-action, semiautomatic,…
Mossberg 590M Tri-Rail Shotgun
Photos by Straight 8 Custom Photography To paraphrase Mark Twain, “The reports of the death of shotguns for…
20-Gauge Combat Shotguns
I’ve written before about the advantages of a 20-gauge combat shotgun, and decided it was time to revisit…
Dual-action Shotgun: Tristar Arms TEC 12
I have regarded the pump-action shotgun as my “go-to” firearm for some time. This is due to police experience when the shotgun was not a personal weapon but the “community” firearm shared by many officers. It had to come up shooting every time, and there were rules concerning its storage and load.
Stoeger P350 Shotgun
Although displaced to a large degree by carbines, the venerable pump shotgun still has a place for use…
Mossberg 590 Shockwave: Short-barreled 12-gauge Revolution
The Mossberg® 590® ShockwaveTM is one of the hottest new firearms to hit the market in 2017. That’s…
Rack, Rack. Who’s There? Shotgun Myths, Misconceptions, and Truths
Firearms myths abound: a hit by a .45 will tear off an arm, J-Frame revolvers are the perfect…
BROWNING AMMUNITION – Winchester and Browning, Together Again
Born in 1855 in Ogden, Utah, John Moses Browning is arguably the most influential gun designer in human…