The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE or ATF) has released a new version of Form 4473. As reported by Guns.com and Orchid Advisors, the change comes about four years after the last revision to the form and includes clarifications for medical or state-legalized marijuana use, NICS checks for some NFA items, as well as other stipulations listed below.

Thanks to Adam Scepaniak for sharing this.

Adam Roth of Aridus Industries has been updating Beretta 1301s. Nathan S. recently posted about the YT-1301 latch and shroud.

Italian firearms manufacturer Davide Pedersoli has launched their new version of Howdah pistol chambered in .45 LC / .410 bore. The gun was initially introduced in SHOT Show 2016.

Last month I posted the Wheelgun Wednesday photo. Here is a wheel of guns but of a slightly different variety. These are shotguns by Blackaces Tactical. As you can see in the photo, they are magazine fed pump action shotguns. Blackaces Tactical offers a unique firearm that is cleverly classified as only FIREARM. Normally Shotguns are classified as smooth bore and having a barrel be 18.5 inches or longer. Any barrel shorter than that is either considered a short barreled shotgun (SBS) or Any Other Weapon (AOW). The Blackaces Tactical took a look at what criteria the ATF determines a certain classification of firearm. So their DT series firearms actually falls into loop holes of what it can’t be so it can only be classified as firearm.

The good people at Ranger Point Precision have been on quite the roll recently. As I contemplate one of their custom . 40S&W lever action carbines (yes, you heard that right), they have just announced the release of another gun from my growing wishlist: a Marlin .410 lever action shotgun. Born from a donated Marlin 336 in .30-30, the RPP scattergun is lighter and has more shell capacity than the official version released in 2004 that was built on a hefty 444 frame.

Aridus Industries, known for the metal Q/D shell caddy systems, has been hard at work designing new products for the market. It would seem that they are highly interested in the Beretta 1301 series of shotties based on their various previous of product on their Facebook page and their other released product, the YT-1301 Latch and Shroud for the platform.

DDI is an interesting company. They are at the forefront of on-shoring production of the AK platform, bringing manufacturing of the weapons system to the US including the forgings for the bolt carrier group, trunion, and other critical components. On the flip side, DDI also looks across the seas for new designs to import, this time landing in China with another 12-gauge. Their first 12-gauge, the DDI-12 was from China as well. 

Edward O wrote a review of the QBZ style bullpup shotgun on Outdoorhub.com. The LA-K12 Puma was imported last year into Canada. It is a Chinese made bullpup 12 Ga magazine fed shotgun. According to Edward, the Puma is a collaboration between Lever Arms and the private Kuandian Shotgun Factory in Liaoning, China.

SilencerCo has just announced their latest installment of the Summit Series of custom guns and suppressors. Besides the custom American Flag case from San Tan Woodworks, the new package includes a new breacher front cap for the included eight-inch Salvo.

Whether you’re focused on honing your tactical skills or interested in spending as many hours as possible in the woods you undoubtedly own more than a few lights. Some are simple flashlights, and more than likely there are untold numbers long forgotten in various drawers and boxes. Others are specifically made for tactics or hunting, but are handheld. And then there are the lights designed to be mounted to your firearms. Even those particular lights can be hard to find in your hoped-for design, whatever it may be. Companies such as Sightmark understand the importance of seeing what you’re after which is why they offer a full line of sights, lights, and binos. Now they’re also offering a 3000 lumen spotlight capable of getting the job done in more ways than one.

Winchester fans rejoice! Winchester is introducing a model that is an improvement on the bread ‘n butter SX3, and it is aptly named the SX4. To start, they will only offer 12 Gauge configurations, but 20 Gauge is to surely follow. The difference between the new SX4 and the older SX3 is going to be in the little details, but lets look at their similarities first.

Jürgen Schrott took this photo.

Even the most experienced “stamp collectors” can be missing the coveted $5 red stamp. While making and transferring National Firearms Act (NFA) controlled items like Short Barreled Rifles (SBRs), Short Barreled Shotguns (SBSs), Silencers and Destructive Devices (DDs) require all the requisite BATFE paperwork AND $200, the price to transfer Any Other Weapons (AOWs) is only $5. But is an AOW really a bargain?

Henry Repeating Arms will start sales of a .410 caliber lever action shotgun in January 2017.

Early August we posted about the new KRX Tactical shotgun, the new box fed 12-gauge by TriStar. The KRX Tactical blends familiar features and controls with a more traditional semi-auto shotgun while remaining at a reasonable price point. Shortly after the press release was posted, we were contacted by the people over at TriStar to set up a review of the AR style shotgun.

Since FN was already sending us a 3-Gun focused rifle, it seemed only natural they would send along their SLP Competition 12-Gauge shotgun. I would have liked to run the two guns together in a 3-Gun match, but weather and my schedule prohibited it. That said, we did manage a thorough test of the SLP Competition.

This video is apparently sweeping the interwebs at the moment. From a number of captions so far, we see this labeled as an “FBI Alaska SWAT team” and attributing this to the FBI Alaska field office. The only thing that I am sure of, is that this is a law enforcement branch of some entity, within the United States. Whether or not this is an FBI operation or a a local SWAT operation, I can’t tell at the present time. When more information comes out I’m sure we’ll have a better picture of who and where these guys are. Anyways, kick back, and watch how not to go about making entry, or endangering the lives of your teammates.

Lever action shotguns were not popular for a long period of time, and even John Browning suggest that Winchester opt for a pump action in lieu of a lever design. However employer trumped employee and thus the 1887 was born. The T-Series is a non-NFA reproduction of the 1887 shotgun and in this video we do a bit of shooting with it.

At least according to this hunter in the Ukraine. He shoots a duck and he catches it without hardly moving. Pretty lucky shot.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Remington Arms Company and in an interesting turn of events it may not be just fans of Big Green acknowledging the landmark. A New York congressman, Rep. Richard Hanna (R), introduced a resolution on Thursday, September 15, 2016 requesting the United States legislature officially recognize the company’s anniversary.The resolution is rather fittingly listed as House Resolution 870 and is titled “Recognizing the 200th Anniversary of the Remington Arms Company”.

At an event late last year, Remington announced that they had built some very special guns for their 200th anniversary at the West Virginia Remington Writer’s Seminar. Our very own Phil White did a great job of showcasing the special edition firearms; you can check it out HERE. Instead of selling the last four sets of special edition guns on the open market, Remington has decided to partner with James D. Julia auction house to offer the last in the run to collectors.

Inforce, a manufacturer of high quality picatinny mounted weapon lights has upgraded their WML line with their new Gen2 WML series of lights. The Gen2 has a redesigned body, along with the switch that operates the lights momentary on or constant on feature. Bear in mind these changes are to be implemented with four different systems the company has, the WML White, WMLx White, WML White/IR, WMLx White/IR. The “x” connotation is longer and takes up two 123A Lithium batteries than the non “x” version. Not included in this article but I’ve heard rumors of a variant of the WML with Keymod attachments instead of picatinny…

Guns of the Special Forces is a recent publication by Pen & Sword Press written by Leigh Neville, an Australian defense and military author. The book is inspired by Guns of the Elite written by George Markham, an in-depth look at the history and then current (1990s) usage of small arms by special operations units in the world. Neville is essentially bringing the SF narrative of small arms knowledge and development up to date, in an extremely well written, 244 page publication filled with excellent description, discussion, and amazing photographs. In fact, I think the photographs are some of the best to appear in print from this secretive community the world over. I’m very used to being awed and seeing a number of photographs from OIF/OEF of SF weapons, but even for me the book blew it out of the park with the selection of pictures.

Nordic Components offers a variety of parts and kits for shotguns and AR-based rifles. Included in these offerings are a Beretta 1301 Tactical shotgun kit and floor plates that increase capacity in Magpul PMAGs.

Not even a month has gone by since the recent weapons found and seized in Spain. Just last week, Haiti discovered a shipment of guns and ammo. While not as many as the one in Spain, it has been reported that Haiti customs in St. Marc found 117 guns, 116 boxes of ammunition (30,000 cartridges), 15 handcuffs, military uniforms, boots, cell phone chargers and other gear in a truck from Miami. Another website, HaitiLibre, detailed the seizure.

Life Line Warrior Medicine is a left handed Canadian who has some videos about firearms. Yes, people in Canada have firearms and while they have stringent magazine capacity restrictions they do not have restrictions like a barrel being too short on a firearm.

Kim Rhode isn’t just any Olympic shooter, she’s an Olympic shooter who has won not one, not two, but six medals, consecutively, in an individual Olympic sport. Rhode is also the first American athlete to do so. Unfortunately she hasn’t received the media attention she deserves for this accomplishment, but the firearms industry is doing its part to make their congratulations known. In fact there will now be a box of ammunition with Rhode’s picture on it, thanks to Winchester.

As we ride the shockwaves outward from the epicenter of the explosion which began in 2004 with the expiry of the Assault Weapons Ban, our community of gun owners has rapidly mutated from the set that characterized our parents’ and grandparents’ generations. Many good things have come out of this, including better gun safety practices, wider acceptance of different shooting styles and disciplines, and such a ubiquitous access to reliable information that shooters even a couple decades ago would weep with envy. However, at the same time I’ve seen one change that I’d rather go without: Along with acceptance of the new and different (which is good), it seems many of today’s gun owners have also adopted an insistence on the most and the best.

Wranglerstar has a video documenting his removal of a decent sized wasp nest from his property.  He uses a Remington 870 12 ga shotgun. He does not mention what specific round he used but I suspect it is a generic bird shot round. Can anyone ID the specific make and model from the video?