#Shotgun

A routine family visit turned into the kind of firearm discovery most shooters will never experience. When my buddy ducked into the guest room to check on his kids, he certainly wasn’t looking for anything exciting.

Beretta isn’t running out of ideas for celebrating the year of their 500th anniversary. Like with the SO10 EELL History, again we’re looking at an art piece in the shape of a shotgun. This time we don’t have one masterpiece, but a pair of identical twins.

Derya is a Turkish manufacturer, founded in 1998, and selling guns all over the world. They sell mostly tacticoolish shotguns and .22LR rifles, and lots of handguns. But sometimes they mix stuff up with Fudd-friendly material like the EX1300. Here’s what they tell us about it:

CZ isn't reinventing the wheel with the 612 TAC, and that's probably the point. You already know the 612 platform, so here's what's new: a 6+1 extended tube, an 18-inch chrome-lined barrel with a tactical brake, a telescopic stock, and ghost ring sights baked in. The company also added a vertical pistol grip and receiver-mounted Picatinny rail, plus a 3-position LOP adjustment on the stock. Oh, and the stock folds, except the hinge is not visible in any of the product images provided.

Soldiers with the 554th Military Police Company conduct range training and qualification on the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System at Panzer Range Complex in Böblingen. The M26 MASS, a 12-gauge manually operated shotgun, mounts directly under the M4 carbine or fires as a standalone weapon.

Welcome back to another TFB review. This week we have one of Benelli’s newest offerings: the updated modular version of their classic M2 semi-automatic shotguns. In a world of modern, highly customizable semi-auto shotguns, Benelli has always been one of the main options, with their lineup allowing the M2-G1 to be a fantastic option for consumers who want top quality without going extremely high on their budget, such as something like Benelli's flagship M4 variants that I reviewed last year. If you happened to miss my M4 EXT review, be sure to click the link here to check it out. Let's take a closer look at the brand new Benelli M2-G1.

Derya Arms has officially launched the MAX in the United States, a completely new proprietary magazine-fed 12-gauge shotgun built from the ground up rather than an evolution of the company's existing DY12 line. The MAX made its public debut at the GOA GOALS 2026 summit and is now in production in small quantities at Derya's Jacksonville, Florida facility, with shipping to authorized dealers beginning in September 2026.

Every gun writer keeps a mental list of firearms they'd shoot exactly once and never need to shoot again, mostly out of morbid curiosity rather than any real desire to own one. One such gun I recently crossed off my bucket list is the   Armsel Striker, which has sat near the top of mine for years. So when a friend showed up with another friend to a recent range day with an actual Street Sweeper, I dropped what I was doing and immediately sauntered on over to take a look. This is one of a small handful of guns most shooters recognize only from movies, video games, or federal court filings, but one that few people get to shoot. So while my time with the gun was short, I felt like it was an experience worth writing up, even though this is less a full review than a field report on whether the legend I built up in my head about the Street Sweeper matched reality.

Beretta's new A400 Solo slots into the Goldilocks zone of the A400 lineup: faster cycling and cleaner operation than the A300 family, but without the premium features and recoil reduction of the Xtreme Plus or AX800 Suprema. It's built for hunters who want the A400 platform's proven reliability in genuinely harsh conditions (which include flooded timber, salt marsh, upland slop) without the extra cost.

The spring turkey hunting season is just around the corner and Weatherby has a new offering for those who prepare to chase gobblers. The Weatherby SORIX Turkey is a new addition to their line of inertia-operated semi-auto shotguns tailored for thunder chicken hunters with features like magnum chambers, Mossy Oak Original Bottomland camo, an extended turkey choke included with the gun and a flip-up rear sight for more accurate payload delivery.

Beretta has introduced the 694 Black DLC Sporting, an upgraded version of its popular 694 competition shotgun designed for clay shooters and sporting disciplines. The Black DLC version builds on the proven 694 platform with enhanced materials, finishes, and adjustability aimed at durability, handling, and long-term performance.

On Christmas Eve, Ruger announced a new generation of the Red Label shotgun. The Red Label III is a 20-gauge over/under shotgun, made by Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company. Let's take a look at all the details.

Birds beware! Beretta has announced the launch of the AX800 Suprema, a new semi-automatic shotgun developed specifically for waterfowl hunters. The model represents a ground-up engineering effort aimed at improving reliability, handling, and performance in the type of harsh, wet conditions typical of duck and goose seasons.

Cole Fine Guns and Gunsmithing is unsurprisingly known for making some immaculate firearms as well as performing some amazing gunsmithing. Every once in a while they will even look to collaborate on projects to kick up the curb appeal and quality to an even higher level, and that is exactly what occurred to create the Cole Exclusive Rizzini BR220 Limited.

KelTec has released the KS7 GEN2, an updated version of the KS7 single tube magazine bullpup shotgun. The KS7 GEN2 incorporates modifications to enhance ergonomics, customization options, and functionality while retaining the original KS7's attributes, including a lightweight design, maneuverability in confined spaces, ambidextrous downward shell ejection, and compact size.