Few arms makers are as well known as the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. The guns turned out by the venerable New Haven, Connecticut, firm have enjoyed a great deal of popularity with collectors and ...

My grandfather’s Winchester Model 12 is the only possession of his I have. It was passed down to me after his firstborn son (my uncle) died several years ago. Most hunters and shooters hold on to guns ...

From the farm to the battlefield, 19th-century shotguns put food on the table, kept enemies at bay, and became widely available during a post-Industrial Revolution economy. The Civil War had made the ...

Winchester Repeating Arms, the beloved American firearms company behind “the gun that won the West” and brand new ammo supplier for the U.S. Army Modular Handgun System program, just added some ...

This article appeared originally in the February 2006 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. How ...

If there is one place you can find a small glimmer of solace when a family member or close hunting buddy passes away, it is in their gun closet. When your father, uncle, cousin, friend, etc. is a gun ...

One of the most common shotguns in circulation is the venerable Remington 870. A manual, pump action shotgun, the “870” first hit the civilian market in 1950. The 870 is sold in a variety of ...

Winchester Repeating Arms has issued a recall on some of its SXP-model 12-gauge shotguns that the company says may fire while the discharge is being closed. A YouTube video is making its way around ...

Ken Hallstrom was introduced to the outdoors much like other kids in northeastern South Dakota, tagging along on hunting trips with his father to local duck and goose sloughs and through grassy fields ...

Upland hunting, done right, is a close-range affair. With a few exceptions—wild-flushing pheasants come to mind—upland ...

Winchester Repeating Arms recently announced a recall of certain SXP, or Super X Pump shotguns. According to Winchester, a limited number of SXP, 3.5-inch chamber models can discharge when closing the ...

Types of shotguns are classified by their action, which is their operating system, so to speak, and by their gauge, an archaic measure of caliber. Each action type and gauge has its advantages and ...