The United States is the largest consumer market for firearms in the world, and between handguns, long guns, and all the available brands, configurations, and calibers, Americans have virtually ...

It’s no backhanded compliment to call the Mossberg 500 the greatest cheap shotgun ever made. The company’s intention from the beginning was to undercut the competition with an affordable, reliable ...

I’m fairly certain when John Moses Browning built the Winchester Model 1893, the first commercially successful pump-action shotgun, he didn’t envision duck hunters using future iterations of his ...

The 12-gauge shotgun is the most versatile tool for close-range hunting, survival, and self-defense. It can be used to ethically hunt deer with a slug beyond 100 yards (with a scope), kill small game ...

With the first patent on a slide action—or pump action—weapon having been issued in 1854, it’s safe to say that the pump action shotgun has been around for quite some time. Long known as a good ...

NORTH HAVEN, CT – Rugged, durable, and field-ready, the 500 platform has set the industry standard for pump-action shotguns for nearly 60 years. For 2025, Mossberg has added three Slugster models (12 ...

You cannot shoot a shotgun without loading it first, and you absolutely have to know how to load and unload a gun if you’re going to use it safely. Not every shotgun loads as intuitively as you might ...

The six shots sounded like thunder rolling across the wheat stubble, where a flock of snow geese cackled in protect as they took flight some 80 yards distant. As an observer, when the nod came from ...