Ready to Rumble: Vang Comp Systems Remington 870
Sixty years have passed since the first Remington 870 rolled off the assembly line. In that time, an…
Long Guns: Mossberg 9200A1 Jungle Gun
The Mossberg 9200A1 Jungle Gun is one of the more interesting shotguns produced over the last 25 years,…
SRM 1216 Shotgun
I’M a great believer in the combat shotgun for CQC and intimidation. As a result, I try to…
Ultimate Zombie Gun: The Case for the Remington 870
There you are, out washing the car on a beautiful sunny afternoon. Above the noise of the kids playing and the wife humming to herself as she prunes her roses, you detect an unnatural, unfamiliar and eerie sound. Looking up from your Turtle Wax, you peer over the hood of the car and spot a veritable army of the undead staggering up your driveway.
Shotgun Wedding: Mossberg 500 Super Bantam For Home Defense
I’ve been around guns and enjoyed shooting since I was a little girl. In my late teens, I…
Resurrected in Steel: Return of the Ithaca Model 37
The history behind the Ithaca Gun Company and the Model 37 is a long one. In 1883, William…
Long Guns: Remington 870 Police Magnum
Remington 870s tend to catch my eye. A couple of weeks ago I was in the Class III/LE Dealer's shop that caters heavily to law enforcement here in St. Louis. I noticed that he had taken a group of Remington 870 Police Magnum shotguns in trade. I'm always interested in 870 tactical models, so I had a look at them and found they displayed some interesting features.
Negative Targets = Positive Results: Rangemaster Shotgun Training
I started defensive firearms training in 1993, back when the handgun nearly everybody used was a steel-framed Government…
Make Mine a Shotgun: Going Strong 100 Years On
Shotguns have been used as combat weapons since the matchlock. The fighting shotgun reached a pinnacle in the "trench gun" of the early 20th century—an 18-inch barreled Model '97 or Model 12 with a bayonet, spraying buckshot into groups of enemy soldiers at close range. United States soldiers used shotguns in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and they are still being used in the Middle East today.
Krebs Custom Inc. Saiga-12 Shotgun
The Russian Saiga shotgun has taken the U.S market by storm as of late, due to its magazine-fed capability, AK-47 conversion looks, and reliability. After-market conversion parts abound and blanket the Internet. Clyde Woods, Sales and Marketing Director for importer Russian American Armory Company, stated sales are at an all-time high: “The 12-gauge Saiga is so popular we just cannot get enough of them into the country.”