My daddy purchased a semi-automatic Remington Model 742 Woodsmaster from JCPenney the same year I was born. He topped it with ...

Dr. Edward Maynard, a Washington, D.C.-based dentist, developed a number of mechanical innovations for firearms, including a ...

The forend has a Schnabel tip with a Deeley latch on the bottom, and the checkering panels on the forend and grip are as neat and clean as one expects them to be in these days of laser-cutting.

A gun should be easy to grip in bad weather, too. Most shotguns have some form of checkering, whether it’s molded into a synthetic stock or cut into a wooden one, to make them easier to grip.