Consumer Information

Firearms: How Clean Is Too Clean?

When I clean firearms, I do so with an eye toward maintaining function. For most uses, I don’t keep them…Read More >

Camping & Survival

Apocalypse Guns: Best Firearms for SHTF Scenarios

The subject of emergency guns, or apocalypse guns to use the vernacular, comes up often. I don’t call the pandemic…Read More >

Ammunition

The Benefits of Hornady Defense Ammunition

Among my favorite types of ammunition for personal defense are those using the Hornady eXtreme Terminal Performance bullet. The XTP…Read More >

Ammunition

Bigger Guns, Bigger Headache?

Some folks like big houses, big trucks and big guns. My 115-year-old house isn’t huge and suits me just fine.…Read More >

Ammunition

Scoping Out Shotgun Slug Accuracy

For the past 50 years, I have always had some type of 12-gauge shotgun. My first shotgun was a 12-gauge…Read More >

Firearms

If I Could Only Have One: Shotgun Edition

In the continuing series “If I Could Only Have One”—click here to read last week’s article about revolvers— I am…Read More >

Consumer Information

A Beginner’s Guide to Shotguns

Shotguns are one of the most useful tools in your arsenal. A reliable shotgun works wonders for home defense, hunting, training, and clay sports. Shotguns are among the most versatile guns out there. Many experts say that if they could just have one gun, it would be a shotgun. However, there are many different types on the market, separated by gauge as well as action. This guide introduces those new to shotguns in a concise manner.