Review: Kel-Tec KSG-25

By Brad Fitzpatrick

The first firearm I purchased was a Winchester 1300, which I then used to hunt everything from doves to deer. I’m still a fan of slide-­action shotguns but, in my opinion, there haven’t been a lot of groundbreaking changes to the basic pump design since I bought that 1300. Unless, of course, you consider Kel-­Tec’s KSG.

Imported pump shotguns are limited to five shells in their tubular magazines, and there are some domestic pump guns that come with nine-­shot tubes. Kel-­Tec, on the other hand, beat those numbers soundly with the KSG in 2011. The original held seven 23/4-­inch, 12-­gauge shells each in two tubes with the option of one extra in the chamber for 15. The new KSG-­25 holds 24 (plus one) and weighs 9 ­pounds (2 pounds more than the original). Shells are cleverly held in a pair of tubular magazines that run from the receiver — the top of which doubles as the comb of the stock — to the muzzle.

The KSG feeds from below the barrel, and ejects as the forend is pumped along …Read the Rest

Source:: Guns and Ammo