When Federal Premium announced their 3rd Degree turkey loads it put much of the ammunition industry on alert. The idea of putting 3 different shot sizes into one shell sounded like a garbage idea, literally. If you manage and space those load types appropriately though, [Read More…]
Federal Premium has rolled out a new series of shotgun shells for turkey hunting as much of the US gears up for spring season hunts. The all-new Grand Slam turkey loads are going to be offered in your 3 likely suspects of 10 Gauge, 12 Gauge and 20 Gauge with payloads of [Read More…]
At the time of writing tihs, the World Shoot IPSC Shotgun in France is just 99 days away. The event in France is the 3:rd World Championship for IPSC Shotgun. At lof of competitors, including myself, are getting ready to fight for the medals (or just enjoy France at its [Read More…]
Longthorne is a shotgun manufacturing company located in Northampton, UK. They make high-end over and under and side by side shotguns. This company is a relatively new one. It was established in 2010. What sets them apart from other companies is that they widely use [Read More…]
Black Aces Tactical is always known for pushing the envelope on edgy, high curb appeal configurations and accessories for shotguns. Their most recent addition to their line-up though takes it back to the old school. Starting in the 1st week of March, Black Aces Tactical [Read More…]
At SHOT Show 2018, Mossberg made the headlines with their 590M double stack mag fed shotgun. I missed their new line up but got to see them at the Great American Outdoor Show. Mossberg has one of the largest booths at GAOS. They brought out their entire lineup and the [Read More…]
How to ball tap your friend with a shotgun. Ask him “Hey Man, you got your gun on safety?” Pull the trigger Laugh a lot This is rather funny and most likely a harmless prank. Even if they were shooting some potent 3″ or 3.5″ shells the shot [Read More…]
Navy Arms Co makes the SRM1216. It is a semi auto bullpup shotgun that has a 4 tube magazine. At the Great American Outdoor Show, they had their latest version of the SRM shotgun. The SRM1228 is a 12 gauge just like the SRM1216 but it has been modified to shoot 12 gauge [Read More…]
Do you like customized AKs? Look no further, just scroll down and enjoy the pictures and YouTube video below.As the company Raid Gear in Russia shot their promotion video they used some interesting firearms and gear. Here you can see the 1P87 optic. I wonder where they [Read More…]
While walking the aisles at the Great American Outdoor Show, I came across these at the Inland Mfg booth. Ohio based Inland Manufacturing are the guys behind the reproduction M1 Carbines and are also collaborating with Ithaca to make reproduction M37 trench [Read More…]
The theme for this year’s SHOT Show 2018 (for this writer, at least) was the focus on the female shooter. Not surprisingly, there were more female-centered booths this year than any other year in SHOT Show history. One such booth was the Girls With Guns (GWG) [Read More…]
Short in the front, long in the back. All mullet. Photo belongs to Taylor M. He claims this is his new 3Gun setup. I am sure it was meant as a joke. Or maybe he is so good he just wants to give himself a handicap to make the game more challenging. With this setup, [Read More…]
Turkish company Derya brought two variants of their new bullpup shotgun to SHOT 2018. The N-100 and N-200 are both semiautomatic, magazine-fed, bullpup shotguns that Derya is awaiting ATF approval for importation into the United States. The Napoli/N series uses Derya 5 [Read More…]
During the SHOT Show 2018, Charles Daly has introduced new pump action shotguns called Honcho. One of these shotguns is available in 12 gauge or 20 gauge chamberings. The second one is chambered in .410 bore (see the top image) and it has a spring assisted action. The [Read More…]
In today’s episode, we follow Miles to Shot Show 2018 Media Day at the Range and visit the UTAS booth. This year Utas, a well known Turkish importer and distributor, is bringing the CR12 in multiple cerakote colors primarily for hunters and competitors. Another offering from UTAS is the 12 gauge [Read More…]
I am sure many of you have seen and heard about the Mossberg 590M? Like you I wondered who made the magazine. I doubted Mossberg came up with a magazine so quickly. Well if only I had looked under the magazine my questions would have been immediately answered. Yes they [Read More…]
There’s certainly no shortage of Turkish shotguns at SHOT Adler Hunting Arms company, the Turkish shotgun manufacturer mostly known for their lever actions (and many rustled jimmies down under) have introduced a bullpup version of their 12ga. J210 “vertical [Read More…]
Remington always has one of the largest booths since it includes DPMS, Bushmaster, Marlin, and AAC. At SHOT Show 2018 they were showcasing their magazine fed 870 DM with a simulated shoot off competition. The competitors would sign up on the laptop you see at the the [Read More…]
A company you may have not heard of, but have absolutely seen their work in numerous films for decades is Independent Studio Services (ISS). This 3rd generation, family business got its start in 1977 by the way of Greg Bilson, Sr and the family business is making [Read More…]
Boyd’s Stocks has updated their At-One line of laminate adjustable stock sets to include Remington and Mossberg pump shotguns. With prices hovering somewhere around $200 for the stock and forend combination, potential buyers can pick from traditional wood colors to an [Read More…]
One only needs to spend a minute or two at the Lauer Weaponry/DuraCoat booth to instantly recognize why the company is absolutely thriving. A family-owned business with 14 employees, DuraCoat has been one of the leaders in firearms finishes for over 11 years. But if [Read More…]
TFBTV’s Corey Wardrop speaks with Shaundi at the Browning booth at SHOT Show’s 2018 Industry Day at the Range. Shaudi shows us the CXS (for Skeet shooting), the CST (for Trap shooting) and the new CX, a hybrid gun showing features of the two. We then take a look at the fresh-to-market [Read More…]
Brownells breaks into the manufacturing market with a new line of Retro AR-15s. All rifles are 100% newly manufactured parts, and four models were debuted at SHOT Show’s Industry Day at the Range 2018. The four models are faithful reproductions with features including: slab-side, partial [Read More…]
Keith Garcia is a phenomenal 3Gun competitor. My friend Brian M. mentioned that Keith Garcia has lighting fast hands when it comes to 3Gun. “He can reload a tube fed shotgun probably faster than I can reload my Vepr12” and Brian is no slouch in 3Gun. Just [Read More…]
Since the announcement last week, there has been a lot of rumor and speculation about the secret behind Franklin Armory’s Reformation. Many people thought that since Franklin Armory is known for their Binary Trigger, then the NFA work around must be trigger [Read More…]
How many times can the 100+ year old pump action shotgun design be refined to keep shooters interested? Who knows, but it is pretty clear that we have yet to see any signs of hitting a wall. On its surface, the Mossberg 590M simply looks like a modified tube fed shotgun [Read More…]
Beretta brought out their 1301 Tactical but this time it comes in FDE and they have made some small changes to it. Check out Nathan S. review of the original 1301 Tactical to familiarize yourself. The most noticeable difference is the fact it is not black. They are [Read More…]
There are a lot of cool new toys and gadgets every year at SHOT Show. But let’s not forget who organizes and sponsors this amazing gathering each year – the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). I stopped by the NSSF booth for an unofficial chat with [Read More…]
From Pete M’s article: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/01/17/iwi-tavor-ts12/ IWI is set to release the TS12 – a 12 gauge bullpup shotgun with a maximum shell capacity of 15+1 2 3/4″ shells. It is a gas operated semi automatic weapon with three rotating magazine tubes and [Read More…]
At first glance, Mossberg’s new 590M magazine-fed shotgun is a progression of their popular and reliable scatterguns. Look a little closer, however, and you will see some potentially industry-changing technology: the new magazines come in double-stack form. In [Read More…]