Shotguns

Reader Sam Bocetta writes: The shotgun is the original home and self defense firearm and they are still, arguably, the best weapon to choose to defend your home and yourself against intruders. The reason is...

  There’s something undeniably rugged about the AK-47 design. Intended to be used by relatively untrained conscripts and maintained less frequently than Robert’s guns (if that’s even possible) it keeps working under even the worst...

Back in 2015 the Obama administration banned companies from doing business with the Russian company Kalashnikov Concern, one of the popular manufacturers of Russian made AK rifles. That's why Kalashnikov USA is now a...

Colbert I. King is an "opinion writer" at The Washington Post's. As opposed to? When it comes to the WaPo firearms-related coverage, facts are in short supply. But wait! Mr. King's article The guns that don’t make...

In this widely circulated image of Aisha Gombi Bakari, you can see the homemade revolving shotgun that she uses to hunt Boko Haram Islamic terrorists.  The lock up does not look impressive, but it...

The 2017 Texas Firearms Festival will be held on the weekend of September 30 and October 1 at Best of the West Shooting Sports (just outside of Austin). Click here for tickets. Then come...

Major Van Harl USAF Ret writes : European military and police have been using 9mm ammo in their handguns and machine pistols since WWI. The U.S. military switched from their WWI 45 ACP handguns in...

I went to my local gun store the other day to see about ordering a Mossberg Shockwave. Imagine my surprise when the salesman told me that they're not legal in Texas. When I asked...

I was wandering through my local gun store the other day and saw a pistol grip 12 gauge pump with an 18.5” barrel with Hawk 981 stamped on its side. I like to think...

https://youtu.be/5ZVhrhpoEOQ Mike Rogers of Lone Star Arms writes: After range testing the Kalashnikov USA KS-12 over the weekend, I'm still impressed. It ran beautifully with high pressure ammo, and didn't cycle low pressure shells. But that's...

Mike Rogers from Saiga modifier Lone Star Arms has his first USA KS-12 shotgun. Here are his first impressions . . . Well the UPS guy showed up today with a box, and said "New toy?"...

Many members of TTAG's Armed Intelligentsia -- your correspondent included -- keep a 12-gauge shotgun for home defense. As I've pointed out many times, it's a fearsome weapon. But it's not without its disadvantages...