Hunting shotguns: New products, tests, experience reports

The number of lady hunters is growing. Many manufacturers are responding to this trend by offering shotguns specially designed for women. The focus is not so much on optics as on adaptation to female anatomy. all4hunters.com had 2 Beretta Vittoria sent in for testing. Find out here how they performed.

Designed for American hunters, the Dea SLX is a classic Fausti side-by-side shotgun.  With a box-lock receiver scaled to gauge and Anson & Deeley-type locks, it's sturdy yet handy at the same time, allowing the hunter to enjoy the swing of an elegant gun that’s well suited to walked-up hunts. We are showing you our experience hunting quails and partridges with it in a video: watch it and enjoy!

We tested the F.A.I.R. Xlight Snipe over-under shotgun at the Valle Duppo shooting range in Lodrino, Italy. As its name indicates, this is a gun designed  for walked-up hunting and instinctive shooting. Featuring an Ergal 55 light alloy receiver and a Paradox first barrel, the F.A.I.R. Xlight Snipe is also available in 20 gauge.

Elegance, beauty and solidity: these are just some of the qualities of the new 20 gauge Caesar Guerini Revenant over-under shotgun. Available with three barrel lengths, it's well suited for walked-up hunting too. Our field test of this nice hunting gun has come to an end. And we will tell you how it was, also with our exclusive video: enjoy it!

Exclusivity and envious looks. This is what you automatically get when you own a K-20 Victoria by Krieghoff. all4hunters.com took care of this Krieghoff over-under shotgun intended for lady shooters and examined it very carefully. Was it able to convince us? You can read it here on all4hunters.com.

The 20-gauge Super X4 models offer reductions in weight and recoil, so are appealing to shooters and hunters who want a lighter gun. Sharing the same features of the popular 12-gauge models, the new 20-gauge versions add a Speed Loading feature: the first shell loaded into the magazine is sent directly to the chamber when the bolt is open. 

Once only available through special order, the 12 and 20 ga Turkey models are now available everywhere as standard models. They are built around the Model 110 rifle action. Among their features, a free-floating 22-in carbon steel barrel, user-adjustable AccuTrigger and AccuFit system that allows hunters to customize length-of-pull and comb height. They are offered with  one-piece synthetic sporter …

At the Valle Duppo shooting range in Lodrino, Italy, we get acquainted with the sporting clays course using one of the shotguns that F.A.I.R. gave us for the next hunting season, the 28 gauge Iside Prestige side-by-side in the Tartaruga Gold version. With its elegant, rounded and streamlined design, thanks to its low weight it's the ideal shotgun for walked-up hunts. Add to this very little recoil …

In the company of the Fausti sisters in their Marcheno headquartes, we introduce the guns that will be given to us for field tests and hunting days during the next season: the Magnificent SLX Sporting over-under, the Class SLX over-under and the DEA SL side-by-side.

Terzilio Belladonna was a gunsmith from Perugia, Italy, to whom we can trace back a side-by-side shotgun with a strong personality and the long recoil semi-auto shotgun that we are dealing with in these lines. We found one in the Fratelli Poli's shop windows, in Gardone Val Trompia.

The Beccaccia Supreme in 20 magnum gauge is the latest semi-automatic shotgun dedicated by Benelli to those who love hunting with pointing dogs. This light and well-balanced shotgun - based on Benelli's inertia-driven geometric locking system, fast in cycling and practical in maintenance - can also be used for hunting other game animals.

Or more simply, Piotti Fabio: from the name of the man who conceived it and worked on it for a long time – trying and trying again, according to the motto of the Italian “Accademia del Cimento” – overcoming many problems and rejecting many solutions to refine the idea and transforming it in an exciting shotgun.

For hunters who love the lightness of small gauges, F.A.I.R introduced a 28 ga over-under shotgun dedicated to stalking hunts and specifically to woodcock hunting. Weight is under 2.3 kg. Technical features include 62 cm barrels and 70 mm chambers with internal chrome lining, in order to maintain their performance over time.

IWA 2019 / New from F.A.I.R: Iside Prestige Tartaruga Gold in .28 gauge. The F.A.I.R Iside Prestige Tartaruga Gold side-by-side shotgun now also comes in 28 gauge. Featuring quality details such as a color case hardened receiver and a select walnut stock, it's light and easy to swing and its main intended use is stalking with pointer dogs. 

IWA 2019 / New from Poli: 28 ga Amber side-by-side. A classic from the production of the Poli brothers, the Amber double-barreled shotgun showcased at the Nuremberg fair in its last 28 gauge version.