Category: Shotgun Reviews

If you grew up hunting in Canada, there is a very good chance you or someone you know started with a Cooey. While the earlier Model 84 is the true vintage icon, the Model 840 (produced after Winchester bought the company) remains one of the most common single-shot shotguns on the used market today. It

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The Winchester Model 12, often called the “Perfect Repeater,” held the crown of American pump shotguns for decades. Introduced in 1912, it was Winchester’s first hammerless repeating shotgun and eventually saw over two million units produced. While it was eventually phased out by cheaper alternatives like the Remington 870, it remains a common sight on

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The Huglu Renova SA is a semi automatic, inertia-driven, shotgun from Turkey. Wolverine Supplies had them on sale for a screaming deal and I’m a sucker for a sale, so I bought one. Is the Huglu Renova the same as the CZ 1012? Yes, with a few accessory differences. The case is the same, shotgun

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The Ternion International T870 and T870-1 are Chinese made, Remington 870 clones. At $400-500, they’re more affordable than the Remington 870 Express shotguns that they compete with and they come with more features. These shotguns were sent to me by Ternion International for review. Above: T870 with mag extension added Below: T870-1 without mag extension

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After the Benelli inertia system patent expired, we’ve seen an explosion in the number of shotguns using their system. It’s easy to see why: they’re simple in number of parts, clean shooting, and very reliable. The Girsan MC312 is an inertia-driven, semi automatic shotgun made in Turkey. It’s budget priced (I got this one on

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The IJ-12 is a Soviet era O/U (Over/Under), hammerless, double trigger, 12 gauge shotgun. They’re very reasonably priced on the used market and based on the “arrow in shield” mark on mine, it was made in the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant. I bought mine from Intersurplus in Canada for under $300. These shotguns were superseded by

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