The Hornady Rapid Safes are designed to fill the gap between safety and rapid access to your firearms. A home defense weapon should be secured, but also be easily accessed. With this in mind, how do you find a compromise between safety and access? The Hornady Rapid Safe series is attempting to provide an easy […]
Best Shotgun Ammo For Home Defense
There is a lot of debate about which is the best type of shotgun ammo for home defense. We have a lot of articles dedicated to home defense shotguns, and plenty of other shotgun articles in general, but nothing dedicated to the ammo you’d use for home defense, specifically. At least, not that I can […]
What’s The Difference Between Buckshot, Birdshot, and Slugs?
Whether you’re looking for your next home defense gun or something to go hunting with in the woods, it pays for you to know the differences between the different kinds of shotgun shells available in each gauge of shotgun. The below article discusses just that, with examples of each for your reference. Buckshot VS Birdshot […]
3 Dangerous Shotgun Myths That Could Get You Killed
I’m someone who has frequented a local gun store on one or more occasions, and have even worked at gun law seminars when I lived in Pennsylvania. Some of the stuff I’ve heard gun owners and gun shop employees say is enough to get someone in trouble if they actually believe this nonsense. Something I’ve […]
Smith & Wesson’s New M&P 12 Bullpup Shotgun
S&W has been teasing for more than a few days that they were releasing something new, just in time for the NRAAM 2021 to kick off. Today, that new thing was announced in the form of the M&P 12 Bullpup Shotgun. What is a bullpup shotgun? A Bullpup is a design that helps to keep […]
Best Home Defense Gun
It’s been said that the best gun for your defensive situation is the one you’ve got in your hand. While this is true, I’m a firm believer in stacking as many cards on my side of the stack as possible. Because of this, I have chosen what I’d consider to be the best home defense […]
Top 5 Best Budget Guns
“Best budget gun” articles are a dime a dozen. My main problem with these lists is they often feature cheap guns, but they are typically not very good guns. I won’t name names but some guns are great if you want to load them, put them away, and never actually use them for anything. If […]
Shotgun Shotstring
What is a shotgun shotstring? A shotgun shotstring is produced out of a shotgun as a by-product of a choked shotgun barrel. It is a column of shot and its length varies as to the degree of choke in the barrel. Its length is from first pellet in the lead to the last pellet at […]
Remington Model 870 Tac 14 Review: Is It Just A “Short Shotgun?”
This is an update to an old Remington Tac 14 review originally published in 2018. The ‘other firearm’ category on a 4473 has likely never been checked to the degree it was in 2017 with the Mossberg Shockwave and Remington Tac 14 making massive waves in the industry. The reason why, is because anytime anything […]
