Pumped for action

I always wanted a pump action when I was young, primarily due to the aesthetics. Most pump actions look big and mean and there is an inner child in most people who shoot that lets us believe we look so much cooler doing anything with a pump action. This image probably stems from Hollywood action films, where actors crank a new round into the chamber at any given opportunity.

I was never allowed one as a youngster, as my dad always believed that they weren’t that practical compared with semi-automatics, and he thought I would struggle with cycling the gun in a live fire situation. Fast-forward to my early twenties and I found myself purchasing one of my dream