#Shotgun

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.

With 2024 certainly being the year of the lever-action rifle, it only seems natural this trend will keep on trucking into 2025. While many of the big brands are releasing all kinds of updated or completely new lever-action rifles and pistols, there is still somehow a corner of this market the gun industry seems reluctant to slap m-lock rails and red dots on and promote. I’m of course talking about the Lever Action Shotgun.

Over/under shotguns have long occupied a unique position in the market - respected for their reliability and classic handling, but can often be priced out of reach for many shooters. Stevens, a division of Savage Arms, aims to solve this with their 555 series. While some might dismiss Turkish-made shotguns, the 555 and its variations have earned a reputation for delivering fundamental quality at an attainable price point. Let's see how their standard 555 in 12 gauge performs where it counts.

In what could be described as shooting decadence, Blaser has announced its FBX Competition Shotgun that most of us might like to handle, but few of us will ever have the bacon to own. Introducing the FBX as its latest masterpiece, Blaser designed the FBX sporting shotgun with a fat body receiver, combining balance and stability to provide peak competition performance.

Want a better bullpup? Depending on what that means for you, whether it’s aesthetics or actual mechanical parts, Escort might have what you want in their Bulltac lineup. Some of their shotguns have been updated with new colors for 2025, and they are also bringing in a mag-fed line.

Last year Palmetto State Armory pitched the 570 shotgun as one of their 2024 concept guns, and it was our favorite gun from the entire show. Since then they figured out a way to build a semi-auto shotgun off of the same receiver, allowing end users to swap between action types while keeping the same receiver and furniture. @Hoplopfheil stopped by the PSA booth to check it out and implore viewers to cast their vote for the shotgun because it is very cool.

For generations, clay shooting has worked around the same basic technology, whether you’re involved at the highest level of Olympic competition or just goofing off in your backyard. A heavy machine on the ground (or a handheld thrower) heaves clay targets up in the air, usually on predictable flight patterns, and a shotgunner tries to blast them. In 2025, Caldwell is taking a new approach. The new Caldwell Claycopter is one of the most innovative products on the fudd side of SHOT Show this year, as it could completely change informal clay shooting, and offers interesting new potential for competition shooting as well.

Recently, one of the biggest Turkish firearms manufacturers, the company called Derya Arms, announced its plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Jacksonville, Florida. Derya Arms is mostly famous for their shotguns, and TFB managed to get an exclusive look at their next flagship product, a semi-automatic shotgun called Derya MAX that will be officially presented in a few days at the SHOT Show.

Mossberg has announced two additions to its 590M lineup: the 590M Professional Series Mag-Fed shotguns and the 590M Breacher. Both models use the 590M’s double-stack magazine system, designed for increased capacity.

Mossberg has introduced three new Slugster models to its well-known 500 series of pump-action shotguns. These shotguns are designed for those who prioritize accuracy and performance when using slugs, offering options in 12 gauge, 20 gauge, and .410 bore. The new Slugsters build on the established reputation of the 500 series, which has been a reliable choice for hunters and shooters for nearly six decades.