The JTS X12PT is a pump-action 12 gauge with an 18.5-inch barrel, a 2 3/4-inch chamber and a 4+1 capacity, finished in black with a synthetic stock. Overall length is 38.2 inches, sighting is a simple bead, and a crossbolt manual safety keeps the controls familiar to anyone who has handled a pump. There is no rail, no threading and no optic mount; it is a plain manual-cycling shotgun.

In Connecticut this is the plain home-defense shotgun: short, manual and simple to run. The 2 3/4-inch chamber limits it to standard-length shells, so check your loads before the November 18 to December 8 shotgun deer season if you mean to hunt with it, since 12 gauge single-projectile loads are allowed on private land and shotguns are permitted on state land over the same dates. For most owners it will stay by the bed and come out for the occasional box of birdshot at the range.

Key features

• Pump-action 12 gauge, 2 3/4-inch chamber
• 18.5-inch barrel, 38.2 inches overall
• 4+1 capacity
• Bead sight, crossbolt manual safety
• Black synthetic stock

This shotgun ships to the Connecticut FFL dealer you select at checkout, who completes the transfer in person.