INCOMING!

I don’t mean to gloat, but I love my job. New guns arrive at Shooting Illustrated headquarters on a daily basis, and part of my duties is to make sure a good deal of these rifles, shotguns and handguns have my name on them for testing and evaluation.

The firearms inventory manager, that lucky guy here who gets to check out all the new guns the minute they arrive and log them into the books, lets the rest of us know what came in from where through e-mail. The messages are simply titled “INCOMING,” all caps to convey the excitement owed to new guns.

So think of this running commentary as an inside look at what we just added to our gun vault—and what you may want to add to yours. Ed Friedman, who blogs as often as he breathes, demanded that I keep this short. If you want more info on a particular gun, buy Shooting Illustrated. Or e-mail me. Just don’t title your note “INCOMING.” I’m not sure I could handle the disappointment when I discover your message doesn’t include a list of new guns for me to shoot.

Look for the first gun in a couple days. Here’s a hint: It’s from Remington, it’s a pump shotgun, and it’s not the 870.