Dean Weingarten has a good find at Ammoland.
Judge Eduardo Ramos, the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, has issued an Opinion & Order that a ban on stun guns is constitutional. A New York State law prohibits the private possession of stun guns and tasers; a New York City law prohibits the possession and selling of stun guns. Judge Ramos has ruled these laws do not infringe on rights protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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At Recoil they have a short assessment of the new CZ 712 G3 shotgun.
GunMagWarehouse also has a writeup. Before pushing this to the web sites, CZ had the sense to send a gun to Target Focused Life for review. Here is his writeup, and here is his video review.
Just several days ago we were discussing how to get the most distance out of your tactical shotgun, and the corollary issue of how to get the best pattern.
Little did I know this was going to come out on that very issue. These results are very impressive.
Here’s the catch. The choke is currently not available. I’ve written Kick’s Industries to ascertain when it will become available. I’ll let you know what they respond.
This seems like a fair test for a run of the mill shotgun with offhand shooting. I don’t think it’s a fair test of more expensive shotguns or guns that have been modified and adjusted for distance.
Most shotgun manufacturers have much longer barrels, and trying different chokes would have helped with his shot spread. Beretta has a longer barrel “forcing cone” than other tactical shotguns, and using different ammunition might have helped (e.g., Federal FliteControl).
So if I wanted distance versus a more portable close quarters battle shotgun, I’d install a 32″ competition barrel and use different ammunition. I’m willing to bet that he could land pellets at 100 yards. I wouldn’t want to get hit by a 9mm bullet at any range, including 100 yards.
This is a good video. I’ve shot trap, and I didn’t know some of the rules of etiquette he covered. By the way, if you don’t shoot clays, you’re missing out on the most fun you’ll ever have.
I said I would watch out for TFBTV discussing the Beretta 1301 with Ernest Langdon, and here it is. He also compares and contrasts it with the more recent Beretta patrol shotgun (A300 OS, different from the A400).
Here is another review of the Beretta A400 Xcel Black Edition shotgun. It’s a looker (and the A400 models have the same OS as the 1301), and I like the Walnut furniture. It has a black anodized receiver.
Reddit/Firearms has a post on someone who’s having issues with their new Benelli M4 jamming after addition of the mag extension tube on the gun. Who knows – perhaps this is a gun problem, perhaps a modification problems, perhaps a gunsmithing problem.
James at TFBTV recently uploaded a 500 round test of his Benelli M4. It seemed to work fine except for bird shot loads. Back to the reddit post, the comments point to a need to “break in” the shotgun. James points to a need not to run cheap ammo in the gun.
Remove cheap ammo from your own equation with firearms. I never run cheap ammo. All I can tell you is that the Beretta 1301, modified by Langdon Tactical, (a) runs everything, from bird shot to buck shot to slugs, (b) and needs no “break in” procedure.
Like everything else, you make up your own mind.
James is headed to Ernest Langdon to discuss the Beretta 1301 next. I await this video – it’ll likely be good and I have a lot of respect for Ernest.
