Modern Classics: The Remington 870 Police Magnum Shotgun
While Mossberg has since overtaken Remington in the last five to ten years, the fact remains that the Remington Model 870 is still a very viable tool.
While Mossberg has since overtaken Remington in the last five to ten years, the fact remains that the Remington Model 870 is still a very viable tool.
Many shooters with older eyes or vision issues have found that an illuminated dot optic provides them with a better reference point than a traditional iron sight setup.
I have been paying attention to the gun world since long before I could purchase a firearm. When I was
Recently there was an SNW post regarding the danger of putting aftermarket parts into guns where the parts might fit,
I can’t recall who it was that hipped me to the idea that it was possible to convert a .40 S&W pistol to a 9mm by swapping barrels and magazines, but twenty years ago, that’s what I did.
As far as bullpup rifles in general are concerned, they tend to be rather polarizing. Folks either love them or they seem to have an irrational hatred for them.
While there are those who might view the shotgun as a distance tool because it is a long gun, just as we considered with the rifle for home defense, the shotgun is a power tool.
When you find yourself in the gravest extreme, you won’t magically rise to the occasion, but you will react with the level of training that you’ve mastered. What that level might be is up to you.
Americans love handguns for many reasons which we don’t have time to enumerate here. The reality is that proficiency with a handgun is more difficult to come by and achieve than it is with a long gun which has four points of contact.
Much of the correspondence we get boils down to, “What gun do you recommend for…?” Fill in the blank with, “a home defense pistol,” or “a home defense shotgun,” or “a home defense rifle,” etc.