Hunting shotguns: New products, tests, experience reports

Hunting waterfowl with a shotgun is a mastery in itself. With the Affinity 3 Elite Bronze, Franchi has the right tool for the job. But what makes the Italian self-loading shotgun so special? all4hunters.com tells you.

With an online event and the slogan "the beauty of the perfect shot", Beretta introduced the new 687 Silver Pigeon III over/under to the international hunting audience. It incorporates all the most advanced features of Beretta's guns and is available in 12, 20, 28 gauge and .410 bore.

A shotgun especially designed for sporting clays with all the right features sought by shooters, including a perfect balance and an adjustable stock: we tested the F.A.I.R. Racing Sporting over/under on the field and here on all4shooters.com we tell you what happened. Watch our video too!

The Italian company offers a semi-automatic 12-gauge hunting shotgun with 3” (Magnum) chamber featuring a simple and reliable action, capable of handling quiet or very powerful loads with the utmost ease. The aesthetics are also pleasantly retro and will certainly be appreciated by those who love more classic shotguns.

The cleaning of a semiautomatic shotgun must necessarily be more accurate and frequent than with a break-action shotgun, especially if you want a perfect cycling over time. It takes certainly longer, but it's not difficult if we know how to do that and if we have good products and simple tools – most of which are also available at home.

It's part of the F.A.I.R. Classic series: the De Luxe model is a light over/under shotgun featuring pleasant lines. It's a light gun too: total weight ranges from 5.7 lb/2.6 kg for the 12-gauge model to 5 lb/2.3 kg for the smaller gauges - including the .410 bore showed here. This makes it the ideal gun even for walked-up hunts with pointing dogs.

A series of exclusive and numbered over/unders with which the Fausti sisters wanted to give a different face to their luxury shotguns with a link to art and history. The series is called Brixian in homage to the Italian city of Brescia, and the model is the Vittoria Alata (“Winged Victory”).

After a short forced break, our series of videos to discover shotguns and their technical aspects continues. In this video, Antonio Poli briefly tells us the differences between monobloc and demibloc/chopper lump barrels.

Since 1835, Holland & Holland is synonymous with extreme quality guns. We had the opportunity to visit their London shop, with an in-depth tour of the Brevis Room, the inner sanctum which holds multiple historical and highly collectible pieces. We also had the privilege to admire Holland & Holland's “Royal” side-by-side shotguns. 

Just in time for the beginning of the new season, the Italian shotgun manufacturer F.A.I.R. introduces the new products for 2020/2021. We can present eight interesting new over/under shotguns in the medium price segment even before the company's 50th anniversary in 2021. Here on all4shooters.com you will get an overview divided into hunting and shooting guns

Krieghoff had invited us to Ulm for a factory tour and to go duck hunting in Einberg. We got to the bottom of the question: what is better, machine-made or hand-made? Read our report on two exciting days in Ulm here on all4hunters.com to get exclusive insights into the sacred halls of Krieghoff.

SHOT Show 2020 / New from FAIR: Iside Prestige De Luxe side-by-side shotgun. Back in fashion thanks to the renewed interest in gauges below 12, this side-by-side shotgun is a great classic. With the Iside Prestige De Luxe, the Italian manufacturer proposes a light and elegant 20-gauge gun, as a hunting side-by-side should be.

Hunting in the woods with the 20 gauge Fausti Class SLX over/under. A shotgun designed for walked-up hunting that I tested in the Fiordimonte Valley, Italy, looking for woodcocks with my pointing dogs. 

A light over-under by Caesar Guerini dedicated to walked-up hunts, the Magnus Light is a shotgun with which feeling was immediate while hunting woodcocks in the forests of the Fiordimonte Valley, Italy, on a beautiful winter morning. Enjoy our video!

Let’s talk about the F.A.I.R. SLX 692 Gold over-under, an aesthetically pleasing and reliable shotgun suited to different types of environment and wild game. It’s available in 12, 20, 28 gauge and .410 bore, with three scaled actions in 12, 20 and 28 gauge. It's a reliable, rugged and aesthetically satisfying gun. We field-tested it in the 20 gauge version during a hunting day with pointing dogs …

In the woods of the Central Apennines, in Italy, we tested the new Elos B2 Classic Paradox Gold over-under in 12 gauge, a shotgun dedicated by Fabarm to hunting in the woods. The Paradox barrel produces a wide and full shot pattern at short ranges, and the very well-balanced weight allows the hunter to carry the gun for hours without much fatigue. Enjoy our exclusive video too.