“…The most tacti-cool shotgun I could find prior to 1980!” proudly cliams Ian from our beloved Forgotten Weapons. The 10B is a bullpup semi-automatic shotgun built by the High Standard company designed by a private individual police Sergeant Alfred [Read More…]
If you’re like me and enjoy having various accessories for your shotguns, you might be interested in the newest addition from Mesa Tactical. Their new item is called the SureShell Shotshell Carrier and is just what it sounds like, a holder for shotshells on your [Read More…]
TACCOM is in the works to produce a magnetic shotshell carrier for 3 gunners and shotgun competitors. They only have a prototype so far and are accepting preorders to the tune of $54. Although for a product to be released for shipping on the 19th, I’d expect at [Read More…]
This mystery shotgun with a custom speedloading mechanism was around Shotgun World Shoot in Italy. I never got to see the owner shoot or do any reloads, but I heard he is very fast in “Option 3” (empty start) and in reloading. The gun is a modified Benelli M1 (Super [Read More…]
After listening to Larry chat about the shotgun all week at the class (review coming) where Larry showed he was quite the fan, the video on the DP-12 has finally gone live on the double-barreled 12-gauge. With the quick two-shot capability, the DP-12 easily demolishes a [Read More…]
While at Bullpup 2015, I got to spent some time at the Gear head Works booth with Paul Reavis, the founder and current owner. Gear Head Works and Manticore are probably the most prolific and dedicated Tavor accessory parts makers out there. Midwest dabbles in all sorts [Read More…]
Ian over at Forgotten Weapons put up a new video covering a unique O/U shotgun. He isn’t sure what it is specifically beyond knowing that it was made in Paris by Lefaucheux. Lefaucheux was Casimir Lefaucheux, a French gunsmith who spent his relatively short life [Read More…]
Ever since the movie came out in theaters, I’ve been waiting to buy it and take copious amounts of screen shots in order to make this post. Well, the movie was released on the 15th to the general public for paid download, you can go buy it yourself here at Google [Read More…]
For the FNH USA 3Gun Championship match, I needed some rifled slugs to use in my Mossberg 930 JM Pro. While I was returning from visiting NYC CNC in Ohio, I stopped at Cabela’s in Triadelphia, WV. I bought two packs of 15rd Winchester Super-X Rifled Slugs. They [Read More…]
Airgun use is on the rise in the hunting world, and now there’s a new offering from Air Venturi. The company is known for producing airguns, but this particular airgun is something more unique, because it’s not a new rifle, it’s a pneumatic .50 cal [Read More…]
Taofledermaus has done a few shotgun-related tests as of late on his Youtube channel, among them being this one, which shows the use of a Q-tip in an attempt to stabilize a shotgun slug. Take a guess at the results before watching this to the end.
The mostly shotgun accessary company Mesa Tactical, based out of California is partnering up with Beretta USA to bring their popular Urbino pistol grip stock to the 1301 line of tactical shotguns. This is an interested development because previously the 1301 was not [Read More…]
It’s a match made in duck-hunting heaven: JEBS Precision Choke Tubes and Duck Commander are teaming up, just in time for the coming season. If you want to give your hunting an edge this year, you might consider a new choke, and JEBS chokes are considered leaders [Read More…]
There’s nothing like a mystery round to pique the interest of gun aficionados all around the internet, and thanks to Taofledermaus, of Youtube fame, there’s a new one. A viewer apparently sent Taofledermaus two mystery shotgun slugs, so he took a close look [Read More…]
The Target Man’s Spartan AR550 Armor isn’t just tough, it’s tough as nails – or, more accurately, tough as Level III body armor. According to The Target Man, their AR550 has a 10% harder ballistic core than its predecessor, and they’ve done [Read More…]
Dickson sent us a beautiful photo of a damned beautiful gun. He has converted his triple-barreled Chiappa Triple Threat to a Short Barrel Shotgun with 12″ barrels. It is, in essence, a classic Coach Gun on Steroids! Also pictured is a Vintage Rolex Oyster [Read More…]
Greetings! May your hunts be prosperous, and your nights restful! Jambo! [I just made that up.. ha ha!] Well, this is a range report of sorts: just to give you all an account of how far I have been able to go with Mathilda, my Mossberg 500A Shotgun, in recent times. I [Read More…]
Whether you’re a hunter or target shooter, odds are you’re always looking for ways to improve your shotgun. Tacstar has a new aftermarket accessory out that not only helps you reload faster but also allows you to mount optics to your gun. It’s the [Read More…]
Just in case bullet air valve covers, revolver cylinder shift knobs, NRA bumper stickers, bullet hole decals, etc…etc… etc… were not enough, KickStarter has yet another firearm-themed item (that somehow made it through their Terms & Conditions). [Read More…]
Dave Miller, a competitive sporting clays shooter for CZ- USA was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most sporting clays broken in one hour at 3,653 at the Heartland Trap and Wobble Skeet club in Missouri. The previous holder was a shooter named [Read More…]
Did you watch the film Kingsman: The Secret Service? In the film, the Kingsman Agents use a modified Russian Tokarev TT-30 pistol. The prop master added a shotgun barrel. It was never used in the film but it was explained that it can shoot shotgun shells. Do you think [Read More…]
Our good friend Andrew at GY6vids loaded .223 Remington cases into 12 gauge shotgun shells and fired them into ballistic gel. When he told me about the test I was skeptical that there would be much penetration at all. I thought a lot of gas would leak when they are [Read More…]
I was surprised to see that TFB has never run a review of the Akdal Mka 1919 shotgun. After all, I’ve had one in my safe for over a year now, and they had been around in the US for years before that. But they’re not a gun in the limelight. Originating in [Read More…]
The terrain where I usually shoot clays is not suited to automobiles. The land is muddy, marshy and without trees to attach a winch. Having gotten stuck there a couple of times in the past I now leave the vehicles at a safe spot and go on by foot. Once loaded up with [Read More…]
A 25 year old man in the UK was shot in the chest by a teenager using a sawn off double barrel shotgun. The incident took place when the victim approached a group of teenagers who had turned of the water supply to the block of flats where he lived. During a [Read More…]
I recently did a TFB write-up on the inner working of the Chinese QBZ-95 bullpup. That piece plus my RS Regulate AK optic mounts and the new QBZ-95 optic articles got translated into Chinese and posted in some Mainland website as soon as they were up on TFB. That [Read More…]
Having owned multiple 870’s (and ultimately selling them because of extractors), its nice to see a few options out there as a replacement for the cast part that typifies the off-the-rack offerings. Volquartsen is taking it to a whole new level of precision by [Read More…]
While I initially thought “gimmick” the logical portion of my brain housing group immediately jumped to the practical implications of having a wooden storage box. I might (finally) have something to store those awkward hulls in efficiently. Sadly, the box [Read More…]
The insanity and ingenuity that can be found in the firearms world never ceases to amaze me. My latest personal muse is this black-powder machine-cannon suited for .36 caliber (cannon) balls. Using 4 rows of eight barrels, this portable wonder shoots nearly as quick as [Read More…]
Legacy Sports (which includes brands like Citadel, Kryptek, and Howa) has introduced the Pointer break-action shotgun. The Pointer break-action is a no-nonsense kind of firearm, using the simplest operation for a cartridge-base firearm possible: hammer-fired, [Read More…]
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