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.
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…
Semi-Auto on Steroids: SRM Arms 1216 Shotgun
What if you could have a shotgun built from the ground up as a fighting shotgun, shorter than most while weighing within a few ounces, and with a total capacity of 17 shells? The SRM Arms 1216 makes this a reality.
Prepper Special: Versatile Pump Shotgun
I’ve had the good fortune to train with some of the great instructors, most of whom come from Gunsite lineage—Chuck Taylor, Clint Smith, Bill Jeans, Pat Rogers, Bill Murphy, and Louis Awerbuck. Bill Murphy ran the 260 Shotgun class at Gunsite, and Louis taught “the gauge” through his company, Yavapai Firearms Academy.