#Shotguns

According to Phil Bourjaily these are the six worst shotguns of all time. A very odd collection:
Browning Citori 425 Women’s Shooting Sports Foundation Edition: The Blue Ox

The M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System is a straight pull bolt action shotgun that can be used standalone or fitted to an M16 or M4. It is designed to fire lethal, non-lethal and breaching rounds.

Shooting TImes UK has just posted a review of the Remington 1100 G3 Shotgun

From the Marie Claire Magazine website:

It hasn’t always been thus but since 1978 there hasn’t been a time when I haven’t owned at least one firearm. The actual number has gone up & down over the years, depending upon where I have been living, how much dosh I have been making, availability of shooting & lastly (cue red mist at this point) how many of my lawfully owned processions the State has seen fit to seize in a parliamentary mandated fit of vindictiveness.

Home Back-Up Protection are selling a bed / mattress mounted shotgun rack. This is quite a clever idea!

A blunderbuss is a muzzle-loading firearm with a flared, trumpet-like barrel which discharges lead shot upon firing. It is the predecessor to the shotgun.

The Box O’ Truth has tested various cartridges to see what penetrates brush the best. As I hunter I found this is a *very* interesting read as it has been something I have wondered about many times.

Until today, since 1986, Soviet/Russian cosmonauts have carried an interesting three barreled pistol / carbine / shotgun into space!

Kim du Toit has written a post on the top 100 guns he would buy if he had an unlimited budget:

Slaton @ Gun Shots discusses long distance (100-200 yard) slug hunting:

The Shooting Times UK has a review of the Yildiz over-and-under 20 gauge (or 20 bore as they call it in the UK).

Izhevsk Mechanical Works is a Russian arms and vehicle manufacturer founded in 1807 by Tsar Alexander I.

A reader recently asked where he can find an animation showing how a pump action shotgun works. This is not the best animation ever, but it is all I could find. Click here to view it (scroll down the page).

Ha! I would love to have one of these!