In the first edition of this series we chatted with Tom Givens of Rangemaster. Today we have the opportunity to speak with the Sultan of Shotguns, Rob Haught. Interview with Rob Haught If you consider yourself a remotely serious shotgunner, the surname “Haught” should be at the forefront of your mind. Rob Haught is the…
While people know Ian Fleming for his James Bond series, he also published a handful of non-fiction works. In 1957, Fleming published The Diamond Smugglers, one of these factual novels. The novel focuses on an international team that was formed to stop diamond smuggling in Africa, and I found it to be a pretty enjoyable…
I’ve never been a big competitor, but I have dabbled in a variety of competitive shooting bodies for nearly a decade. These include IDPA, USPSA, GSSF, Steel Challenge, SASS, and 3-Gun to name a few. Some have been more fun than others, but each has taught me something valuable. However, I don’t think that these…
I spent a lot of time behind the Beretta A300 Ultima Patrol throughout 2023. In short, I really love the gun, and it performed excellently across multiple classes and my own range time. However, one issue did appear during the Rangemaster Shotgun Instructor Development Course. The broken tab on the factory bolt release cover. A…
Back in 2022 I wrote a series of articles titled “How to Choose a Good IWB Holster“. Over the course of several articles I covered just that, with the first two in the series using the framework set by Tom Givens. These criteria are Comfortable, Concealable, Secure, and Fast. For the first section, Comfortable, I…
I’m a pretty big fan of the shotgun. While handgun shooting makes up the majority of my practice and training, shotguns are a strong second place. While the shotgun didn’t get much love in the GWOT era, it’s been gaining ground over the past few years. While I don’t claim any credit for this renaissance,…