A bunch of people are buying their very first gun right now, so we thought it would be a good time to revisit our Shooting 101 series. This time, we're doing pumpaction shotguns. This one ended up being pretty long, so we cooked up some handy timecode shortcuts for easy navigation:
00:02 Introduction
01:46 Safe Gun Handling
04:33 Demo Guns and Nomenclature
06:20 Shotgun Ammunition Overview
08:13 Clearing and Unloading
12:52 Loading
16:37 Shooting Technique Intro
17:25 Stance, Mount, and Cheek Weld
20:31 Using the Safety
22:48 The PushPull Technique
24:14 Cycling the Action
25:57 Aiming and Shotgun Sights
28:22 Using the Shockwave and Other Stockless Shotguns
31:13 Wrap Up

Be sure to check out our other Shooting 101 videos here:    • Shooting 101  

Gear used in the video:
In the first half, I used a 12 gauge Remington 870 with a Magpul stock and Magpul forend, a Streamlight Protac Rail Mount light, and a Vang Comp Systems sidesaddle/ammo carrier attached to the receiver with some adhesive velcro tape from the hardware store. The front sight is a Wilson Combat/Scattergun Technologies sight and the rear is a very old ghost ring from the nowdefunct company MMC. It also has a Vang Comp Systems +1 mag tube extension.

The Mossberg Shockwave is a 20 gauge model with an XS Big Dot front sight and an EssTac sidesaddle attached with velcro

The shotgun I used for the range demos is actually the same 870 as before, but in a different configuration. The stock and mag tube extension are the same as before. It has a 14inch Remington barrel with XS Express sights (yes, it is a legal, registered SBS). The stock is from Magpul. The forend is a janky old Surefire unit with a Malkoff LED head in place of the original incandescent bulb. The sidesaddle is from EssTac, attached to the receiver with Velcro.

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