Gun Review – Shooting News Weekly

The Taurus PT99: My Gunsmith Special (2)

Travis Pike — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:00:41 +0000

The PT99 keeps the same overall Beretta 92 and PT92 design with a couple of changes.

If a Saiga and an 870 Had a Baby: The Civet 12 Shotgun

Travis Pike — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:00:24 +0000

Magazine-fed shotguns have their own inherent problems. Some are better than others, but the general problem with magazine-fed shotguns is the shells.

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Gun Review: Derya Arms DY9Z 9mm Pistol

Graham Baates — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:00:59 +0000

To use the common size reference of GLOCK pistols, the Derya Dy9Z is roughly a G43X with a G26 slide, and with 15+1 capacity of 9mm.

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The Dark Mountain Arms Stowaway Rifle

Travis Pike — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:00:19 +0000

I can get 5.7 cheaper than a lot of 5.56 these days, thanks to Fiocchi, so I don’t hear "ka-ching" every time I shoot.

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Gun Review: Tisas PX-9 Gen3 Duty Pistol

Paul Markel — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:00:32 +0000

After every company succumbs to the pressure from the Instagram models to port and comp their supposed self-defense pistols, what then? How soon before some company puts a bottle opener in the grip?

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H&R Commando: A Retro 300 Blackout Truck Gun

Cory Ross — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:00:51 +0000

The ongoing debate over the ideal “truck gun” covers a wide range of options, including pistols, shotguns, AR-15s, and PDW-style […]

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SHOT 2026: Springfield Armory’s New Echelon FC Modular Pistol

Yamil Sued — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:05:56 +0000

SHOT Show 2026 is spinning up and that means lots of new and exciting products from a range of manufacturers. […]

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Ultra Affordable Bird Guns: TriStar’s Viper G2 and Raptor II 12 and 20 Gauge Shotguns

Dan Zimmerman — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:00:06 +0000

We put suppressors on TriStar's Viper G2 in 12 gauge and their Raptor II model in soft-shooting 20 gauge, took them on a south Texas dove hunt, and shot the hell out of them.

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Gun Review: Colt Python 2.5-Inch Matte Blued Edition

Jon Wayne Taylor — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:00:48 +0000

The 2.5-inch matte blued Colt Python is a classic big-boy Roscoe with all the improvements of the modern Python.

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Modern Classics: The Remington 870 Police Magnum Shotgun

Paul Markel — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:00:27 +0000

While Mossberg has since overtaken Remington in the last five to ten years, the fact remains that the Remington Model 870 is still a very viable tool.

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