New from Tokyo Marui: AA-12 BB Gun
https://youtu.be/I18DuQfBksE
Maxwell Atchisson developed the Atchisson Assault Shotgun (a.k.a., AA-12) in 1972. Despite the hype, including talk of mounting the AA-12 on a remote control helicopter for the military, the military and police-only full-auto AA-12 has failed to find...
Syracuse University’s Top Cop’s Statement on Lost Shotguns
Syracuse University Department of Public Safety Chief Bobby Maldonado issued the following statement after several of his officers lost four shotguns off the back of a truck on the way back from training
In...
Question of the Day: Finance Your Gun?
Wilson Combat makes some pricey pistols, as do a lot of manufacturers. Rifles too. And shotguns. And whenever we publish a review of a multi-thousand dollar firearm TTAG readers kvetch about the cost. "I...
Incoming: Black Aces Tactical’s “The Firearm”
See that? That's not a short-barrel shotgun -- despite the SBS reference in Black Aces Tactical's press release (after the jump).. It is what the ATF calls "a firearm." As such, you can buy Black...
New From Ralston Arms: Scavenger 6 Survival Rifle
https://youtu.be/hBx8D2NgvNo
Tim Ralston has been the subject of a handful of Discovery Channel and History Channels spots, and was the inventor of the Chiappa X-Caliber as well as other firearms. His niche is survival or...
Gun Review: Weatherby Element Deluxe Shotgun
With some notably pricey exceptions, Weatherby is known for building affordable to moderately-priced reliable firearms. Their shotgun line's like Jennifer Lawrence: proficient and attractive yet accessible. Weatherby's upped their not-incredibly-expensive scattergun game with the $1099...
Quadcopter Shoot Down: Because Fireworks
https://youtu.be/Zjmz0buBass
OK, so someone shot down a quadcopter with a shotgun. Fun! The question is, what's up with the fireworks? And if FPS Russia can speak English with a fake Russian accent, why can't these...
2015 TTAG Readers’ Choice for Best New Shotgun: Benelli 828U
Until recently, Benelli has only produced auto-loading and pump action shotguns. That changed this year when Benelli introduced their 828U Over/Under shotgun. According to our readers, their gamble paid off. Big time. The 828U's scores another...
Texas Walmart: We Don’t Sell Long Guns to Residents of These States
As you probably know, you can't buy a handgun out-of-state and take it with you. It has to be shipped to a federally licensed gun dealer in your state of residence; you can take...
Gunbroker.com’s Top 5 Best-Selling Guns in November 2015
"There were 185,345 background hoicehecks on November 27," fortune.com reported, "easily beating the previous all time high of 177,170 on December 21, 2012, which was shortly after the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut." The...
Stuff a Carrot in a Shogun Barrel And . . . [VIDEO]
https://youtu.be/nVuWs1n2sQk
Mythbusters did a segment where they busted the cartoon-related myth of plugging the barrel with a finger to make a shotgun explode. Click here to watch it in German (because YouTube). SPOILER ALERT! The results were...
Porsche Driver Redefines “Riding Shotgun” [VIDEO]
https://youtu.be/-PSYtDxWnE8
Writer P.J. O'Rourke famously described Porsches as "ass-engined Nazi slot cars." If we're talking about ye olde air-cooled Porker (as above), they were also known as "dentist killers." So it's only fitting that Philip Thorrold...